Jesus Calls Levi
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b After this he went out and saw c a tax collector named d Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me."
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And e leaving everything, he rose and followed him.
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And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company f of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.
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And the Pharisees and g their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, h "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
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And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
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i I have not come to call the righteous j but sinners k to repentance."
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Luke 5:27 - 38
After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me.
Matthew 9:9 - 17
As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
Mark 2:14 - 22
And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
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Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
Matthew 5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
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Matthew 9:9
As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
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Luke 5:27 - 38
After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me.
Matthew 9:9 - 17
As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
Mark 2:13 - 22
He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them.
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Luke 5:11
And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.
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Luke 15:1 - 2
Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
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Acts 4:5
On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
Acts 23:9
Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?
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Luke 15:2
And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
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Luke 15:7
Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
John 9:39
Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
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1 Timothy 1:15
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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Luke 13:3
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will...
Luke 13:5
No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will...
Luke 15:10
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the an...
Luke 24:47
And that repentance and forgiveness of sins sho...
Matthew 4:17
From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "...
Matthew 11:20
Then he began to denounce the cities where most...
Mark 1:15
And saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kin...
Acts 5:31
God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and...
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