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Tuesday, November 26th, 2024
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New Century Version

Luke 5:29

Then Levi gave a big dinner for Jesus at his house. Many tax collectors and other people were eating there, too.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Jesus, the Christ;   Matthew;   Thompson Chain Reference - Feasts;   Levi, Son of Jacob;   Matthew;   Publicans;   Social Functions;   Social Life;   Suppers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Entertainments;   Publicans;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Matthew;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lord's Supper, the;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Levi;   Matthew;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Levi;   Matthew;   Zacchaeus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gift, Giving;   Luke, Gospel According to;   Magnificat;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Banquet;   Character;   Family (Jesus);   Giving;   Home (2);   Hospitality;   Loneliness;   Man (2);   Matthew ;   Matthew (2);   Meals;   Multitude;   Reality;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Levi ;   Matthew ;   Publicans;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Matthew;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Le'vi;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Banquet;   Great;   Guest;   Triclinium;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Levi gave a big dinner at his house for Jesus. At the table there were many tax collectors and some other people too.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
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.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
International Standard Version
Then Levi gave a large banquet at his home for Jesus.him">[fn] A large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.Matthew 9:10; Mark 2:15; Luke 15:1;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
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.
Update Bible Version
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.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
Amplified Bible
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.
English Standard Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
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.
Weymouth's New Testament
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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.
English Revised Version
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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.
Contemporary English Version
In his home Levi gave a big dinner for Jesus. Many tax collectors and other guests were also there.
American Standard Version
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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
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.
Darby Translation
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.
Etheridge Translation
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.
Murdock Translation
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.
King James Version (1611)
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.
New Living Translation
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.
New Life Bible
Levi made a big supper for Jesus in his house. Many men who gathered taxes and other people sat down with them.
New Revised Standard
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
George Lamsa Translation
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
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.
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
Good News Translation
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.
Christian Standard Bible®
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.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
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.
Literal Translation
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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),
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Leui made hi a greate feast i his house. And many publicans & other sat wt hi at ye table
Mace New Testament (1729)
Levi having prepared a handsom entertainment in his own house for him, a great number of publicans, and others, were likewise at table.
THE MESSAGE
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'?"
New English Translation
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.
New King James Version
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.
Simplified Cowboy Version
That evening, Levi invited a bunch of other outlaws to his place to meet Jesus.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Contextual Overview

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax collector's booth. Jesus said to him, "Follow me!" 28 So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. 29 Then Levi gave a big dinner for Jesus at his house. Many tax collectors and other people were eating there, too. 30 But the Pharisees and the men who taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to Jesus' followers, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" 31 Jesus answered them, "It is not the healthy people who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not come to invite good people but sinners to change their hearts and lives." 33 They said to Jesus, "John's followers often fast for a certain time and pray, just as the Pharisees do. But your followers eat and drink all the time." 34 Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them. 35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast." 36 Jesus told them this story: "No one takes cloth off a new coat to cover a hole in an old coat. Otherwise, he ruins the new coat, and the cloth from the new coat will not be the same as the old cloth.

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

Genesis 5:8
So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:9
When Enosh was 90 years old, he had a son named Kenan.
Genesis 5:11
So Enosh lived a total of 905 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:12
When Kenan was 70 years old, he had a son named Mahalalel.
Genesis 5:17
So Mahalalel lived a total of 895 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:19
After Enoch was born, Jared lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
After Lamech was born, Methuselah lived 782 years and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:27
So Methuselah lived a total of 969 years, and then he died.
Genesis 7:23
God destroyed from the earth every living thing that was on the land—every man, animal, crawling thing, and bird of the sky. All that was left was Noah and what was with him in the boat.
Genesis 9:24
Noah was sleeping because of the wine. When he woke up and learned what his youngest son, Ham, had done to 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.


 
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