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11 The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”

12 When Jesus[a] heard that, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a physician, but sick people do. 13 Go and learn what this means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice,’[b] because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:12 Lit. he
  2. Matthew 9:13 Cf. Hos 6:6