Luke 5:27-32

Levi Called to Follow Jesus

27 And after these [things], he went out and saw a tax collector {named} Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me!"

28 And leaving everything behind, he got up [and] began to follow him.

29 And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.

30 And the Pharisees and their scribes began to complain to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

31 And Jesus answered [and] said to them, "Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those {who are sick}.

32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "by name"
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("got up") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to follow")
• [d]. *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here ("began to complain")
• [e]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("answered") has been translated as a finite verb
• [f]. Literally "having badly"