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Luke 5:27-32 Sermon on the Plain

27 The Calling of Levi
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,” Jesus said to him,

28 and Levi got up, left everything and followed him.

29 Then Levi held a great banquet for Jesus at his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were eating with them.

30 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’?”

31 Jesus answered them, “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.”

Cross References for Luke 5:27-32

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Matthew 19:21 - Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and... Click to read the verse Matthew 19:21 Click to read the verse Matthew 19:21

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Matthew 8:22 - But Jesus told him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.” Click to read the verse Matthew 8:22 Click to read the verse Matthew 8:22

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Mark 3:18 - Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot Click to read the verse Mark 3:18 Click to read the verse Mark 3:18

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John 21:19-22 - Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to... Click to read the verse John 21:19-22 Click to read the verse John 21:19-22

Matthew 4:19-21 - “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” Click to read the verse Matthew 4:19-21 Click to read the verse Matthew 4:19-21

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