1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Matthew 9:9-13

9 For I think that God hath set forth us, the apostles, last, as it were approved to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honorable, but we are despised.

11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place,

12 and we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;

13 being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.

14 I write these things not to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved sons.

15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet ye have not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the Gospel.

16 Therefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.

9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, He saw a man named Matthew, sitting in the customhouse. And He said unto him, "Follow Me." And he arose and followed Him.

10 And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto His disciples, "Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?"

12 But when Jesus heard that, He said unto them, "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

13 But go ye and learn what this meaneth: `I will have mercy and not sacrifice.' For I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."