[14] And as he passed by, Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow And he arose and followed him. [15] And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners also together with Jesus and his disciples: for many, and they followed him. [16] And when the scribes and Pharisees him eat with publicans and sinners, unto his disciples, is it that he eateth and with publicans and sinners? [17] When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners