Pray & Read: (NASB2020)

13 And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.

Levi (Matthew) Called

14 As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax office, and He *said to him, “Follow Me!” And he got up and followed Him.

15 And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. 16 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, “Why is He eating with tax collectors and sinners?” 17 And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Big Picture:

• Main Point:

Jesus and His Gospel is for , no exceptions.

• Big Question:

How do we see people when we them – like the scribes of the , with disgust, or like , with compassion?

Sub Points:

1. Nothing in our past can prevent Jesus from us and us to follow Him (vv. 13-14).

2. Jesus wants to be our closest as well as our (vv. 15-16).

3. Jesus will dine with who their need for Him to be of their sins (v. 17).