Luke 5:29

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Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were reclining there with them.

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  • Luke 15:1 : 1 Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Him.
  • John 12:2 : 2 There they prepared a dinner for Him. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.
  • 1 Cor 5:9-9 : 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. 10 I did not at all mean the sexually immoral people of this world, or the greedy, or swindlers, or idolaters. In that case, you would have to leave the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral, greedy, an idolater, a slanderer, a drunkard, or a swindler. With such a person, do not even eat.
  • 1 Cor 10:27 : 27 If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is placed before you without raising questions of conscience.
  • Matt 9:10 : 10 While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.
  • Mark 2:15 : 15 And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

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  • Mark 2:13-17
    5 verses
    89%

    13And again, Jesus went out beside the sea, and the crowd came to him, and he was teaching them.

    14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And Levi got up and followed him.

    15And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

    17When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'

  • Matt 9:9-12
    4 verses
    87%

    9As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

    10While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

    11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

    12But when Jesus heard this, he said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.'

  • Luke 5:26-28
    3 verses
    83%

    26Everyone was amazed and gave glory to God. They were filled with awe and said, "We have seen remarkable things today."

    27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. He said to him, "Follow Me."

    28So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

  • Luke 5:30-34
    5 verses
    82%

    30But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

    31Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

    32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

    33Then they said to Him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?"

    34Jesus replied, "Can you make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?

  • Luke 15:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming near to listen to Him.

    2And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, saying, 'This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.'

    3So He told them this parable, saying:

  • Luke 7:36
    76%

    36One of the Pharisees invited Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table.

  • Luke 11:37
    75%

    37While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

  • Luke 7:34
    75%

    34'The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, "Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!"'

  • Luke 19:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, because today I must stay at your house."

    6So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.

    7But when they saw this, everyone began to complain, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a sinful man."

  • Luke 14:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15When one of those reclining at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, 'Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.'

    16Jesus replied, 'A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.'

  • Matt 11:19
    72%

    19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.

  • Luke 14:1
    72%

    1One Sabbath, as Jesus went to eat at the house of a prominent Pharisee, they were carefully watching him.

  • John 12:2
    71%

    2There they prepared a dinner for Him. Martha served, and Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with Him.

  • Luke 7:49
    71%

    49Those who were reclining at the table began to say among themselves, 'Who is this who even forgives sins?'

  • Luke 3:12
    70%

    12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

  • Luke 14:12-13
    2 verses
    70%

    12Then Jesus said to the one who had invited him, 'When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, your relatives, or your rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you back, and you will be repaid.'

    13But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind.

  • Luke 22:14
    70%

    14When the hour came, Jesus reclined at the table, and the apostles were with him.

  • John 6:3
    69%

    3Jesus went up onto the mountain and sat there with his disciples.

  • Matt 12:4
    69%

    4How he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for him or those with him to eat, but only for the priests?

  • Mark 12:39
    69%

    39and the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets.

  • Matt 15:29
    69%

    29Jesus left there and went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up on a mountainside and sat down.

  • Matt 19:2
    69%

    2Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there.

  • Luke 14:7
    69%

    7When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them this parable:

  • Matt 21:32
    68%

    32For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him. And even when you saw it, you did not later change your minds and believe him.

  • Luke 6:4
    68%

    4"He entered the house of God, took the bread of the Presence, ate it, and gave some to those with him, which is not lawful for anyone to eat but the priests alone."

  • Luke 19:2
    68%

    2And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.

  • Luke 9:15
    68%

    15So they did as instructed and had them all sit down.

  • Luke 6:17
    68%

    17He came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples and a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal regions of Tyre and Sidon were present.

  • Mark 2:26
    68%

    26'He entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the Presence, which was not lawful for anyone but the priests to eat. He also gave some to his companions.'

  • Matt 26:20
    68%

    20When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve.

  • Luke 15:23
    68%

    23Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us eat and celebrate!