We continue our series in the Gospel of Luke, one of four eyewitness accounts of Jesus’ words and works. In them we learn of his life, death, and resurrection to rescue a people of his own from among the nations—even us. Today Jesus calls a social outcast to follow him as a disciple. This made the Pharisees grumble, and it should make us wonder, “Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”