“How is it that you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” But Jesus spoke up, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor,
but sick people do. I have not come to call the just, but sinners to a change of heart.”

Reflection:

Even sinners dream of a life with meaning. They too feel the gnawing
lack that is in their heart. And no matter how much they satiate this gnawing
hunger with the things of the earth, this hunger remains to vex them. That
is why when Jesus invited Levi to a different life that he is having right now, he
did not hesitate. This is his chance to stave off the hunger for a meaningful
life that haunted him for a long time. But others were not happy at his fortune.
They even complained to Jesus about it. That is why Jesus has to disclose
His game plan. He came for the lost, the sinful and those who don‘t know
how to break loose from a meaningless life. They are the ones who need Him
the most.

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