Luke 5:27-32

Jesus Calls Levi

27 ¹After this he went out and saw ²a tax collector named ³Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me."

28 And ⁴leaving everything, he rose and followed him.

29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company ⁵of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.

30 And the Pharisees and ⁶their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, ⁷"Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

31 And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.

32 ⁸I have not come to call the righteous ⁹but sinners ¹⁰to repentance."

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 27-38, see Matthew 9:9-17; Mark 2:14-22
• 2. Matthew 11:19; See Matthew 5:46
• 3. [Matthew 9:9]
• 4. [ver. 11]
• 5. [Luke 15:1, 2]
• 6. Acts 4:5; Acts 23:9
• 7. Luke 15:2; Matthew 11:19
• 8. [Luke 15:7; John 9:39]
• 9. 1 Timothy 1:15
• 10. Luke 13:3, 5; Luke 15:10; Luke 24:47; Matthew 4:17; Matthew 11:20; Mark 1:15; Acts 5:31