December 14, 2013, Gospel

Motiejus 17: 9-13

9:9 And when Jesus passed on from there, he saw, sitting at the tax office, a man named Matthew. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And rising up, he followed him.

9:10 Ir atsitiko taip, as he was sitting down to eat in the house, štai, many tax collectors and sinners arrived, and they sat down to eat with Jesus and his disciples.

9:11 And the Pharisees, pamatęs tai, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?“

9:12 But Jesus, hearing this, sakė: “It is not those who are healthy who are in need of a physician, but those who have maladies.

9:13 Taigi tada, go out and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the just, but sinners.”