Luke 5:27-32

Call of Levi (Matthew)

27 ¹After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named ²Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me."

28 And he ³left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him.

29 And ⁴Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of ⁵tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.

30 ⁶The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, "Why * do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

31 And Jesus answered and said to them, "⁷It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick.

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

Cross References

• 1. Luke 5:27-39: {Matthew 9:9-17; Mark 2:14-22}
• 2. Matthew 9:9
• 3. Luke 5:11
• 4. Matthew 9:9
• 5. Luke 15:1
• 6. Mark 2:16; Luke 15:2; Acts 23:9
• 7. Matthew 9:12, 13; Mark 2:17

Footnotes

• [a] Also called "Matthew"
• [b] I.e. irreligious Jews