First Reading

Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13

1And so, as a prisoner in the Lord, I beg you to walk in a manner worthy of the vocation to which you have been called: 2with all humility and meekness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. 3Be anxious to preserve the unity of the Spirit within the bonds of peace. 4One body and one Spirit: to this you have been called by the one hope of your calling: 5one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all. 7Yet to each one of us there has been given grace according to the measure allotted by Christ. 8Because of this, he says: “Ascending on high, he took captivity itself captive; he gave gifts to men.” 9Now that he has ascended, what is left except for him also to descend, first to the lower parts of the earth? 10He who descended is the same one who also ascended above all the heavens, so that he might fulfill everything. 11And the same one granted that some would be Apostles, and some Prophets, yet truly others evangelists, and others pastors and teachers, 12for the sake of the perfection of the saints, by the work of the ministry, in the edification of the body of Christ, 13until we all meet in the unity of faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God, as a perfect man, in the measure of the age of the fullness of Christ.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 18

2The heavens describe the glory of God, and the firmament announces the work of his hands. 3Day proclaims the word to day, and night to night imparts knowledge. 4There are no speeches or conversations, where their voices are not being heard. 5Their sound has gone forth through all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.

Gospel

Matthew 9:9-13

9And when Jesus passed on from there, he saw, sitting at the tax office, a man named Matthew. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And rising up, he followed him. 10And it happened that, as he was sitting down to eat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners arrived, and they sat down to eat with Jesus and his disciples. 11And the Pharisees, seeing this, said to his disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” 12But Jesus, hearing this, said: “It is not those who are healthy who are in need of a physician, but those who have maladies. 13So then, go out and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the just, but sinners.”