As he moved on, Jesus saw a man named Matthew at his post where taxes were collected. He said to him, “Follow me.” Matthew got up and followed him. Now it happened that, while Jesus was at table in Matthew’s home, many tax collectors and those known as sinners came to join Jesus and his disciples at dinner.The pharisees saw this and complained to his disciples, “What reason can the Teacher have for eating with tax collectors and those who disregard the law?” Overhearing the remark, He said: “People who are in good health do not need a doctor, sick people do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, It is mercy I desire and not sacrifice. I have come to call, not the self-rightous, but sinners.”
St Matthew pray for us
