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| 5:27After
that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the
tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me."And he left everything behind,
and got up and {began} to follow Him. 5:29And Levi gave a big reception
for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and
other {people} who were reclining {at the table} with them. 5:30 The Pharisees
and their scribes {began} grumbling at His disciples, saying, "Why do you
eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?" 5:31 And Jesus answered
and said to them, "{It is} not those who are well who need a physician,
but those who are sick. 5:32"I have not come to call the righteous
but sinners to repentance."
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5:27After this he went out, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." 5:28And he left everything, and rose and followed him. 5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there was a large company of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them. 5:30 And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" 5:31And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick; 5:32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." | 5:27 Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax-collection booth. "Come, be my disciple!" Jesus said to him. 5:28 So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.5:29 Soon Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi's fellow tax collectors and other guests were there. 5:30 But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus' disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with such scum?" 5:31 Jesus answered them, "Healthy people don't need a doctor – sick people do. 5:32 I have come to call sinners to turn from their sins, not to spend my time with those who think they are already good enough." | 5:27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."5:28 Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. 5:29 Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people. 5:30 Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus' disciples. "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?" they asked. 5:31 Jesus answered them, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. 5:32 I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts." |
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