And it was done, while he sat at the meat in the house, lo! many publicans and sinful men came, and sat at the meat with Jesus and his disciples.
And the Pharisees saw, and said to his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinful men?
And when Jesus passed from thence, he saw a man, Matthew by name, sitting in a tollbooth. And he said to him, Pursue thou me. And he rose, and followed him.
And we know, that God heareth not sinful men, but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, he heareth him.