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Luke 5:27-31
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Levi Called to Follow Jesus

27 And after these things, he went out and saw a tax collector named[a] Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me!” 28 And leaving everything behind, he got up and[b] began to follow[c] him.

29 And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them. 30 And the Pharisees and their scribes began to complain[d] to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered and[e] said to them, “Those who are healthy do not have need of a physician, but those who are sick.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:27 Literally “by name”
  2. Luke 5:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Luke 5:28 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to follow”)
  4. Luke 5:30 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to complain”)
  5. Luke 5:31 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“answered”) has been translated as a finite verb
  6. Luke 5:31 Literally “having badly”
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