29 (A)Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And (B)there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them. 30 [a]And their scribes and the Pharisees [b]complained against His disciples, saying, (C)“Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31 Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 (D)I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:30 NU But the Pharisees and their scribes
  2. Luke 5:30 grumbled

29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors(A) and others were eating with them. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect(B) complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”(C)

31 Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”(D)

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