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

29 And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of [a]publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them. 30 And [b]the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the [c]publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are [d]in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

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  1. Luke 5:29 See marginal note on 3:12.
  2. Luke 5:30 Or, the Pharisees and the scribes among them
  3. Luke 5:30 See marginal note on 3:12.
  4. Luke 5:31 Greek sound.