Luke 5:27-30

J.B. Phillips New Testament

Jesus calls Levi to be his disciple

²⁷ Later on, Jesus went out and looked straight at a tax-collector called Levi, as he sat at his office desk. “Follow me,” he said to him.

²⁸ And he got to his feet at once, left everything behind and followed him.

^29-30 Then Levi gave a big reception for Jesus in his own house, and there was a great crowd of tax-collectors and others at table with them. The Pharisees and their companions the scribes kept muttering indignantly about this to Jesus’ disciples, saying, “Why do you have your meals with tax-collectors and sinners?”