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Luke 5:29-32
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Luke 5:29-32
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Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.
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But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum? ”
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Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.
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I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”
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Greek with tax collectors and sinners?
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