December 14, 2013, Gospel

מתיא 17: 9-13

9:9 And when Jesus passed on from there, he saw, sitting at the tax office, a man named Matthew. און ער האָט צו אים געזאָגט, “Follow me.” And rising up, he followed him.

9:10 און דאָס איז געשען, as he was sitting down to eat in the house, זע, many tax collectors and sinners arrived, and they sat down to eat with Jesus and his disciples.

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

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

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