Luke 5:29-30

Dining with Sinners

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29} Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for Him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests^(a) with them.^(A) ^{Tools
30} But the Pharisees and their scribes^(B) were complaining to His disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Footnotes:

a. Luke 5:29: Lit were reclining (at the table); at important meals the custom was to recline on a mat at a low table and lean on the left elbow.

Cross references:

A. Luke 5:29: Luke 15:1

B. Luke 5:30: Mark 2:16; Acts 23:9