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 Living Translation (NLT)But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”

Context of Luke 5:30

28So he left all, rose up, and followed Him. 29Then 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. And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, “Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” 31Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butκαίkai · andG2532
• theirαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• scribesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• scribesγραμματεύςgrammateus · scribeG1122
• PhariseesΦαρισαῖοςPharisaios · PhariseeG5330
• murmuredγογγύζωgogguzō · to murmurG1111
• againstπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• sayingλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·διάdia · through/because ofG1223
• Whyτίςtis · which?G5101
• do ye eatἐσθίωesthiō · to eatG2068
• drinkπίνωpinō piō poō · to drinkG4095
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• publicansτελώνηςtelōnēs · tax collectorG5057
• sinnersἁμαρτωλόςhamartōlos · sinfulG268

Cross-references for Luke 5:30

• Luke 5:17Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
• Luke 7:29And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.
• Luke 15:1Then all the tax collectors and the sinners drew near to Him to hear Him.
• Luke 18:11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
• Luke 19:7But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”
• Isaiah 65:5Who say, ‘Keep to yourself, Do not come near me, For I am holier than you!’ These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day.
• Matthew 21:28“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go, work today in my vineyard.’
• Mark 7:3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a special way, holding the tradition of the elders.

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