Bible verse
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.
Luke 5:29 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 5.
25 And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.
26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
28 and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
29 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.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
KJV
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.
ASV
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.
ERV
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.
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