While Jesus sat at supper in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s station. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he rose and followed Him.
We know that God does not listen to sinners. But if anyone is a worshipper of God and does His will, He hears him.