Matthew 9:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² Jesus heard them and answered, “Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do. ^13 (A) Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.’ I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”

People Ask about Going without Eating

(Mark 2.18-22; Luke 5.33-39)

¹⁴ Some followers of John the Baptist came and asked Jesus, “Why do we and the Pharisees often go without eating,^[a] while your disciples never do?”