Matthew the Tax Collector
27 aAfter these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, b“Follow Me.”
28 So he left all, rose up, and afollowed Him.
29 aThen Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And bthere were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.
30 1And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, a“Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting
33 Then they said to Him, a“Why do the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”
34 And He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while the abridegroom is with them?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Luke 5:29.
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