Matthew 9:9-11

International Standard Version

Jesus Calls Matthew^(A)

⁹ As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s desk and told him, “Follow me.” So he got up and followed him.

¹⁰ While he was having dinner at Matthew’s^[a] home, many tax collectors and sinners arrived and began eating with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ The Pharisees saw this and asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”