Bible Verses

Jesus answered them: “How can you expect wedding guests to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

On Fasting Then John’s disciples approached him with the question: “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but not your disciples?”

Go and find out what this means: What I want is mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

When Jesus heard this, he said: “Healthy people do not need a doctor, but sick people do.

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples: “Why is it, that your master eats with sinners and tax collectors?”

Now, it happened while Jesus was at the table at Matthew’s house that many tax collectors and sinners joined Jesus and his disciples.

He Calls Matthew and Shares the Table With Sinners As Jesus continued on his way, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his booth in the customs house, and he said to him: “Follow me!” And Matthew got up and followed him.

When the crowds saw this, they were filled with awe and praised God for granting humans such power.

The man got up and went home.

But that you may know that the Son of Man has the power on earth to forgive sins,” he said to the paralyzed man: “Stand up! Take your stretcher and go home!”