Focused Passage

Luke 5:27-32

The Authority of Jesus to Call, Cleanse, Forgive, and Make New

Luke moves from Jesus' authoritative word over fish and fishermen to His cleansing of the unclean, forgiveness of the paralyzed, call of Levi, table fellowship with sinners, and the announcement that His bridegroom presence brings newness that cannot be contained by old forms.

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27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,

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.

30But 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.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 27

Original words

-ΚαὶG2532ConjunctionAfterμετὰG3326Preposition[this]ταῦταG3778Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural[Jesus] went outἐξῆλθενG1831Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularandκαὶG2532ConjunctionsawἐθεάσατοG2300Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singulara tax collectorτελώνηνG5057Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularnamedὀνόματιG3686Noun - Dative Neuter SingularLeviΛευὶνG3018Noun - Accusative Masculine SingularsittingκαθήμενονG2521Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine SingularatἐπὶG1909PrepositiontheτὸG3588Article - Accusative Neuter Singulartax boothτελώνιονG5058Noun - Accusative Neuter SingularFollowἈκολούθειG190Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person SingularMeμοιG1473Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionHe toldεἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularhimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 28

Original words

andκαὶG2532Conjunction[Levi] got upἀναστὰςG450Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingularleftκαταλιπὼνG2641Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine SingulareverythingπάνταG3956Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural[and] followedἠκολούθειG190Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person SingularHimαὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Verse 29

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ThenΚαὶG2532ConjunctionLeviΛευὶςG3018Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularhostedἐποίησενG4160Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singulara greatμεγάληνG3173Adjective - Accusative Feminine SingularbanquetδοχὴνG1403Noun - Accusative Feminine Singularfor [Jesus]αὐτῷG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person SingularatἐνG1722PrepositionhisαὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τῇG3588Article - Dative Feminine SingularhouseοἰκίᾳG3614Noun - Dative Feminine Singular-καὶG2532ConjunctionA largeπολὺςG4183Adjective - Nominative Masculine SingularcrowdὄχλοςG3793Noun - Nominative Masculine Singularof tax collectorsτελωνῶνG5057Noun - Genitive Masculine Pluralwas thereἦνG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singularalong withκαὶG2532ConjunctionothersἄλλωνG243Adjective - Genitive Masculine PluralwhoοἳG3739Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine PluralwereἦσανG1510Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluraleatingκατακείμενοιG2621Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Pluralwithμετ’G3326PrepositionthemαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Verse 30

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ButκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralPhariseesΦαρισαῖοιG5330Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctiontheirαὐτῶνG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural-οἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralscribesγραμματεῖςG1122Noun - Nominative Masculine PluralcomplainedἐγόγγυζονG1111Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluraltoπρὸςG4314Preposition[Jesus’]αὐτοῦG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular-τοὺςG3588Article - Accusative Masculine PluraldisciplesμαθητὰςG3101Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural-λέγοντεςG3004Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine PluralWhyΔιὰG1223Preposition. . .τίG5101Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singulardo you eatἐσθίετεG2068Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctiondrinkπίνετεG4095Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person PluralwithμετὰG3326Preposition-τῶνG3588Article - Genitive Masculine Pluraltax collectorsτελωνῶνG5057Noun - Genitive Masculine PluralandκαὶG2532ConjunctionsinnersἁμαρτωλῶνG268Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Verse 31

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-ΚαὶG2532Conjunction-G3588Article - Nominative Masculine SingularJesusἸησοῦςG2424Noun - Nominative Masculine SingularansweredἀποκριθεὶςG611Verb - Aorist Participle Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular. . .εἶπενG2036Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. . .πρὸςG4314Preposition. . .αὐτούςG846Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural[It is] notΟὐG3756AdverbtheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralhealthyὑγιαίνοντεςG5198Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural[who]ἔχουσινG2192Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person PluralneedχρείανG5532Noun - Accusative Feminine Singulara doctorἰατροῦG2395Noun - Genitive Masculine SingularbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctiontheοἱG3588Article - Nominative Masculine PluralsickκακῶςG2560Adverb. . .ἔχοντεςG2192Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural
Verse 32

Original words

vvvοὐκG3756AdverbI have not comeἐλήλυθαG2064Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singularto callκαλέσαιG2564Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active[the] righteousδικαίουςG1342Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluralbutἀλλὰG235ConjunctionsinnersἁμαρτωλοὺςG268Adjective - Accusative Masculine PluraltoεἰςG1519PrepositionrepentanceμετάνοιανG3341Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular

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