Luke 5:29

WEB

²⁹Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

KJV

²⁹And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.

BSB

²⁹Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

FBV

²⁹Levi organized a large banquet at his home in Jesus' honor. Many tax collectors and others were in the crowd that sat down to eat with them. But the Pharisees and the religious teachers complained to Jesus' disciples, asking,

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Extra References

Luke 15:1

¹Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.

Mark 2:15

¹⁵He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

1 Corinthians 10:27

²⁷But if one of those who don’t believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience.

Matthew 9:10

¹⁰As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

John 12:2

²So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.

1 Corinthians 5:9-11

⁹I wrote to you in my letter to have no company with sexual sinners; ¹⁰yet not at all meaning with the sexual sinners of this world, or with the covetous and extortionists, or with idolaters, for then you would have to leave the world. ¹¹But as it is, I wrote to you not to associate with anyone who is called a brother who is a sexual sinner, or covetous, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or an extortionist. Don’t even eat with such a person.