Matthew 9:9-13, 35-38; 10:1-4

As Jesus went on from there,
He saw a man named Matthew
sitting at the tax collector's booth.
"Follow me," He told him,
and Matthew got up and followed Him.
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house,
many tax collectors and "sinners"
came and ate with Him and His disciples.
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples,
"Why does your Teacher eat
with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"
On hearing this, Jesus said,
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
But go and learn what this means:
'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.'
For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
(Matthew 9:9-13) NIV

Jesus went through all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the good news of the kingdom
and healing every disease and sickness.
When He saw the crowds,
He had compassion on them,
because they were harassed and helpless,
like sheep without a Shepherd.
Then He said to His disciples
"The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
As the Lord of the harvest, therefore,
to send out workers int His harvest field.

He called His twelve disciples to Him
and gave them authority to drive out evil spirits
and to heal every disease and sickness.
These are the names of the twelve apostles:
First, Simon (who is called Peter)
and his brother Andrew;
James son of Zebedee,
and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew;
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James son of Alphaeus,
and Thaddaeus;
Simon the Zealot
and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him.
(Matthew 9:35-38; 10:1-4) NIV