Luk 5:27-32 | NASB2020 | STEP | After that He went out and looked at a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax office , and He said to him, “ Follow Me.”

a Luke 5:27-39: Matt 9:9-17; Mark 2:14-22

Luke 5:27-32

Call of Levi (Matthew)

27 ^aAfter that He went out and looked at a tax collector named ^{▼▼Also called Matthew
,} ^cLevi sitting in the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” 28 And he ^dleft everything behind, and got up and began following Him.

29 And ^eLevi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a large crowd of ^ftax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. 30 ^gThe Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling to His disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and ^{▼▼I.e., irreligious Jews}sinners?” 31 And Jesus answered and said to them, “ ⁱIt is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”