Verse 27
Luke 5:27
Free Bible Version
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Levi organized a large banquet at his home in Yashua (Jesus)' honor. Many tax collectors and others were in the crowd that sat down to eat with them. But the Pharisees and the religious teachers complained to Yashua (Jesus)' disciples, asking,
Original Language Text
greek
Καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἐθεάσατο τελώνην ὀνόματι Λευὶν καθήμενον ἐπὶ τὸ τελώνιον, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἀκολούθει μοι.
English Translation
And after this, he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth, and said to him, "Follow me."
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Chapter 5 Context
1
One day, as Yashua (Jesus) was standing beside the Sea of Galilee, people crowded around him to hear...
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Yashua (Jesus) noticed two boats lying on the shore, left there by fishermen who were washing their...
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3
Yashua (Jesus) got into a boat, the one that belonged to Simon, and asked him to push it out into th...
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4
After he'd finished speaking, he told Simon, “Go out into deeper water, and let down your nets for a...
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5
“Teacher, we worked hard all night, and didn't catch anything. But if you say so, I'll let down the...
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6
Having done this, a large shoal of fish filled the nets full to breaking point.
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They waved to their partners in the other boat, asking them to come over and help. The others came o...
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8
When Simon Peter saw what had happened, he dropped to his knees before Yashua (Jesus). “Lord, please...
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9
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon's partners, felt the same way. “Don't be afraid,” Yashua...
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10
So they dragged the boats onto the shore, left everything, and followed Yashua (Jesus).
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11
Once when Yashua (Jesus) was visiting one of the towns, he met a man there who had a very bad case o...
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12
Yashua (Jesus) reached out and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” Immediately the...
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13
“Say nothing to anyone,” Yashua (Jesus) instructed him. “Go and show yourself to the priest and make...
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14
Yet the news about Yashua (Jesus) spread more and more. Large crowds came to hear Yashua (Jesus) and...
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15
One day when Yashua (Jesus) was teaching, the Pharisees and religious teachers who had come from all...
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16
Some men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to take him in and lay him in front o...
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17
But they couldn't find any way through the crowd, so they went up on the roof and made a hole in the...
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18
When Yashua (Jesus) saw the trust they had in him, he said to the man, “Your sins are forgiven.”
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19
The religious teachers and the Pharisees began to argue with that. “Who is this who's speaking blasp...
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20
Yashua (Jesus) knew what they were arguing about, so he asked them, “Why are you thinking to questio...
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21
What is easier? To say your sins are forgiven, or to say get up and walk?
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22
However, I will prove to you that the Son of man has the authority here on earth to forgive sins.” T...
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23
Immediately the man stood up in front of them. He picked up the mat he'd been lying on, and went hom...
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24
Everyone was completely astonished at what had happened, and in great awe they praised God (Elohim),...
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25
Later, as Yashua (Jesus) was leaving the town, he saw a tax collector called Levi sitting at his tax...
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26
Levi stood up, left everything, and followed Yashua (Jesus).
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27
Levi organized a large banquet at his home in Yashua (Jesus)' honor. Many tax collectors and others...
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“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
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29
“Healthy people don't need a doctor—but sick people do,” Yashua (Jesus) replied.
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30
“I didn't come to call those who are living right to repentance—I came to call sinners.”
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31
“Well, John's disciples often fast and pray, and the Pharisees' disciples do so as well. But your di...
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32
“Should the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Yashua (Jesus) asked.
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“No—but the time is coming when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they can fast.”
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34
Then he gave them an illustration: “You don't tear out a patch from new clothes to mend old clothes....
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You don't put new wine into old wineskins, because if you did the new wine would burst the wineskins...
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And nobody after drinking old wine wants new wine, for they say, ‘the old tastes good.’”
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