Luke 5:30

Luke 5:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
• New International Version (NIV)But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law who belonged to their sect complained to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

Context of Luke 5:30

28and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him. 29Then 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. But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Luke 5:30 word by word

καὶ ἐγόγγυζον οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς αὐτῶν πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ λέγοντες· διὰ τί μετὰ τῶν τελωνῶν καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐσθίετε καὶ πίνετε;¶Read the interlinear

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• theὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122
• complainedγογγύζωgogguzō · to murmurG1111
• toπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• ·λέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• Whyδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• do you eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• tax collectorsτελώνηςtelōnēs · tax collectorG5057
• sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268

Cross-references for Luke 5:30

• Luke 5:17One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.
• Luke 7:29All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
• Luke 15:1Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus.
• Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.
• Luke 19:7And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
• Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
• Matthew 21:28But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
• Mark 7:3Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially.

Commentaries on Luke 5:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30Why do ye eat and drink, etc. - See what passed at this entertainment considered at large on Matthew 9:10-17; (note); Mark 2:15-22; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27-32Verses 27-32 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-39Verses 27-39 It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was made so effectual. It was a wonder of his grace, that he came to call sinners to repentance, and to assure them of pardon. It was a wonder of his grace, that he so patiently bore the contradiction of sinners against himself and his disciples. It was a wonder of his grace, that he fixed the services…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30Meals showed a person’s social standing in the ancient world. Eating with someone meant you accepted them. The Pharisees refused to eat with tax collectors and other sinners or to enter their homes. They believed this would make them unclean. They expected Jesus, as a rabbi (a Jewish teacher), to do the same. But Jesus broke these social rules. He ate with sinners and allowed sinful people to touch him (5:29; 7:39; 15:1). The religious leaders strongly…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. their scribes--a mode of expression showing that Luke was writing for Gentiles. (See on Mt 9:14-17.) The incongruities mentioned in Lu 5:36-38 were intended to illustrate the difference between the genius of the old and new economies, and the danger of mixing up the one with the other. As in the one case supposed, "the rent is made worse," and in the other, "the new wine is spilled," so by a mongrel mixture of the ascetic ritualism of the old with the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Luke 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings