Luke 5:29-32

Jesus Calls Levi

²⁹ 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. ³⁰ And the Pharisees and _g their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, _h "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" ³¹ And Jesus answered them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. ³² _i I have not come to call the righteous _j but sinners _k to repentance."

1. Cross References
   Luke 15:1 - 2
   Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
   
2. Cross References
   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?
   
3. Cross References
   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.
   
4. Cross References
   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.
   
5. Cross References
   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.
   
6. Cross References
   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...