^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.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep^(A)

15 Then ^(B)all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.

^15 (A)Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.

²⁷ If any of those who do not believe invites you to dinner, and you desire to go, ^(A)eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for conscience’ sake.

Immorality Must Be Judged

⁹ I wrote to you in my epistle ^(A)not to ^[a]keep company with sexually immoral people. ¹⁰ Yet I certainly did not mean with the sexually immoral people of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or idolaters, since then you would need to go ^(B)out of the world. ¹¹ But now I have written to you not to keep company ^(C)with anyone named a brother, who is sexually immoral, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner—^(D)not even to eat with such a person.

^2 (A)There they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.

^10 (A)Now it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.