Luke 5:29-32

Expanded Bible

²⁹ Then Levi gave a ·big dinner [great banquet] for Jesus at his house. Many tax collectors and other people were ·eating there [^Lreclining; ^Caround a low table, the posture for a formal banquet or dinner party], too. ³⁰ But the Pharisees and ·the men who taught the law for the Pharisees [^Ltheir scribes] began to ·complain [grumble] to Jesus’ ·followers [disciples], “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” [^CTax collectors were despised because they worked for the Roman rulers and were notorious for corruption and extortion.]

³¹ Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. ³² I have not come to ·invite [call] ·good people [the righteous; ^Cmeaning the “self-righteous” who feel no need to repent] but sinners to ·change their hearts and lives [repentance].”