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Luke 5:29
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Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were guests with them.
And Leui made him a great feast in his owne house: and there was a great company of Publicanes, and of others that sate downe with them.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them.
And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.
Then Levi gave a big dinner for Jesus at his house. Many tax collectors and other people were eating there, too.
Levi (Matthew) gave a great banquet for Him at his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.
And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.
And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them.
Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
In his home Levi gave a big dinner for Jesus. Many tax collectors and other guests were also there.
Levi gave a banquet at his house in Yeshua's honor, and there was a large group of tax-collectors and others at the table with them.
And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.
Then Levi gave a big dinner at his house for Jesus. At the table there were many tax collectors and some other people too.
Then Leui made him a great feast in his owne house, where there was a great company of Publicanes, and of other that sate at table with them.
And Levi gave him a great reception in his house; and there was a large gathering of publicans and others, who were guests with them.
Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.
And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.
And Levi made a great feast for Him in his house. And there was a crowd of many tax collectors reclining, and of others who were with them.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.
And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.
Levi made him a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
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And Levi made in his house a great feast; [fn] and there was a large company of tribute-takers, and of others that reclined with them.
And Levi made a great entertainment for him at his house; and there was a numerous company of publicans and others who reclined with them.
And Leui made hym a great feast in his owne house. And there was a great companie of publicanes, and of other that sate [at meate] with them.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.
Levi made him a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
And Levi made him a great entertainment, in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them.
And Leuy made to hym a greet feeste in his hous; and ther was a greet cumpanye of pupplicans, and of othere that weren with hem, sittynge at the mete.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others that sat down with them.
Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.
Then Levi gave Him a great feast in his own house. And there were a great number of tax collectors and others who sat down with them.
Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi's fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them.
Levi made a big supper for Jesus in his house. Many men who gathered taxes and other people sat down with them.
Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.
And Levi made a great reception for him, in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-collectors, and others, - who were with them reclining.
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: And there was a great company of publicans and of others that were at table with them.
And Levi made him a great feast in his house; and there was a large company of tax collectors and others sitting at table with them.
And that same Levi made him a greate feaste at home in his awne housse. And ther was a greate copany of publicans and of other that sate at meate with him.
And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),
And Leui made hi a greate feast i his house. And many publicans & other sat wt hi at ye table
Levi having prepared a handsom entertainment in his own house for him, a great number of publicans, and others, were likewise at table.
Levi gave a large dinner at his home for Jesus. Everybody was there, tax men and other disreputable characters as guests at the dinner. The Pharisees and their religion scholars came to his disciples greatly offended. "What is he doing eating and drinking with crooks and ‘sinners'?"
That evening, Levi invited a bunch of other outlaws to his place to meet Jesus.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
made: John 12:2
and there: Matthew 9:10, Mark 2:15, 1 Corinthians 5:9-11, 1 Corinthians 10:27
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:3 - a feast 1 Kings 19:21 - gave unto Matthew 11:19 - came Luke 7:34 - eating Luke 9:3 - two Luke 15:1 - General Luke 19:6 - joyfully Acts 10:24 - and had Acts 16:34 - when
Cross-References
And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died.
And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan:
And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died.
And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel:
And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died.
And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:
And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died.
And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Levi made him a great feast in his own house,.... At Capernaum, which, very likely, was made some time after his call, though recorded here; for it is not reasonable to think there could be time enough that day to get ready so great a feast, as this is said to be Levi, it should seem, was a rich man, and in gratitude to Christ for his special grace and honour bestowed on him, made this entertainment for him; and he seems to have had also another view in it, to bring him into the company of his fellow publicans, hoping he might be useful to them, as he had been to him; for of this nature is true grace, to wish for, and desire the salvation of the souls of others, as well as a man's own:
and there was a great company of publicans, and of others: אחרים, which word is sometimes used in Talmudic writings for Gentiles; so
אשת אחרים, "the wife of others", is interpreted the wife of the Cuthites, or Samantans f: and thus the Jews explain the text in
Deuteronomy 24:14 "thou shalt not oppress an hired servant, that is poor and needy", whether he be "of thy brethren", on which they make this remark,
פרט לאחרים, "this excepts others"; that, is, as the gloss interprets it, it excepts the nations of the world, or the Gentiles: they go on to expound the text, "or of thy strangers that are in thy land"; these are the proselytes of righteousness: "within thy gates"; these are they that eat things that are torn g: so that the "others" are distinguished from the Jews, and from both the proselytes of righteousness, and of the gate; and it is easy to observe, that publicans and Heathens are sometimes mentioned together: here it means sinners, as appears from Matthew 9:10 such the Gentiles were reckoned:
that sat down with them; being invited by Matthew.
f T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 52. 2. & Gloss. in ib. g T. Bab. Bava Metzia, fol. 111. 2. & Gloss. in lb.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
See the notes at Matthew 9:9-13.
Luke 5:29
Made him a great feast - This circumstance “Matthew,” or “Levi” as he is here called, has omitted in his own gospel. This fact shows how little inclined the evangelists are to say anything in favor of themselves or to praise themselves. True religion does not seek to commend itself, or to speak of what it does, even when it is done for the Son of God. It seeks retirement; it delights rather in the consciousness of doing well than in its being known; and it leaves its good deeds to be spoken of, if spoken of at all, by others. This is agreeable to the direction of Solomon Proverbs 27:2; “Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth.” This feast was made expressly for our Lord, and was attended by many publicans, probably people of wicked character; and it is not improbable that Matthew got them together for the purpose of bringing them into contact with our Lord to do them good. Our Saviour did not refuse to go, and to go, too, at the risk of being accused of being a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners, Matthew 11:19. But his motives were pure. In the thing itself there was no harm. It afforded an opportunity of doing good, and we have no reason to doubt that the opportunity was improved by the Lord Jesus. Happy would it be if all the “great feasts” that are made were made in honor of our Lord; happy if he would be a welcome guest there; and happy if ministers and pious people who attend them demeaned themselves as the Lord Jesus did, and they were always made the means of advancing his kingdom. But, alas! there are few places where our Lord would be “so unwelcome” as at great feasts, and few places that serve so much to render the mind gross, dissipated, and irreligious.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 29. A great feast — δοχην μεγαλην, A splendid entertainment. The word refers more properly to the number of the guests, and the manner in which they were received, than to the quality or quantity of the fare. A great number of his friends and acquaintance was collected on the occasion, that they might be convinced of the propriety of the change he had made, when they had the opportunity of seeing and hearing his heavenly teacher.
