Matthew 9:12-15 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

12. Jesus heard them and answered, “Healthy people don't need a doctor, but sick people do.

13. Go and learn what the Scriptures mean when they say, ‘Instead of offering sacrifices to me, I want you to be merciful to others.’ I didn't come to invite good people to be my followers. I came to invite sinners.”

14. One day some followers of John the Baptist came and asked Jesus, “Why do we and the Pharisees often go without eating, while your disciples never do?”

15. Jesus answered:The friends of a bridegroom don't go without eating while he is still with them. But the time will come when he will be taken from them. Then they will go without eating.

Matthew 9