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Verse	Translation	Text
Lu 5:27	Strong Concordance	And [2532] after [3326] these things [5023] he went forth [1831], and [2532] saw [2300] a publican [5057], named [3686] Levi [3018], sitting [2521] at [1909] the receipt of custom [5058]: and [2532] he said [2036] unto him [846], Follow [190] me [3427].
	King James	And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
See the notes at Mat 9:9-13. Luk 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 consciousness of doing well than in its being known; and it leaves its good deeds to be spoken of, if spoken of at all, by others. This is agreeable to the direction of Solomon Pro 27:2; "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth." This feast was made expressly for our Lord, and was attended by many publicans, probably people of wicked character; and it is not improbable that Matthew got them together for the purpose of bringing them into contact with our Lord to do them good. Our Saviour did not refuse to go, and to go, too, at the risk of being accused of being a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners, Mat 11:19. But his motives were pure. In the thing itself there was no harm. It afforded an opportunity of doing good, and we have no reason to doubt that the opportunity was improved by the Lord Jesus. Happy would it be if all the "great feasts" that are made were made in honor of our Lord; happy if he would be a welcome guest there; and happy if ministers and pious people who attend them demeaned themselves as the Lord Jesus did, and they were always made the means of advancing his kingdom. But, alas! there are few places where our Lord would be "so unwelcome" as at great feasts, and few places that serve so much to render the mind gross, dissipated, and irreligious.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

See the notes at Mat 9:9-13.

Luk 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 consciousness of doing well than in its being known; and it leaves its good deeds to be spoken of, if spoken of at all, by others. This is agreeable to the direction of Solomon Pro 27:2; "Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth." This feast was made expressly for our Lord, and was attended by many publicans, probably people of wicked character; and it is not improbable that Matthew got them together for the purpose of bringing them into contact with our Lord to do them good. Our Saviour did not refuse to go, and to go, too, at the risk of being accused of being a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners, Mat 11:19. But his motives were pure. In the thing itself there was no harm. It afforded an opportunity of doing good, and we have no reason to doubt that the opportunity was improved by the Lord Jesus. Happy would it be if all the "great feasts" that are made were made in honor of our Lord; happy if he would be a welcome guest there; and happy if ministers and pious people who attend them demeaned themselves as the Lord Jesus did, and they were always made the means of advancing his kingdom. But, alas! there are few places where our Lord would be "so unwelcome" as at great feasts, and few places that serve so much to render the mind gross, dissipated, and irreligious.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
He saw (ἐθεάσατο) Better, as Rev., beheld, since the verb denotes looking attentively. See on Mat 11:7. A publican See on Luk 3:12. Receipt of custom See on Mat 9:9.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Mat 9:9; Mar 2:14.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Levi - See on Mat 9:9 (note); Mar 2:14 (note).

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¹⁹ The Son [5207] of man [444] came [2064] eating [2068] and [2532] drinking [4095], and [2532] they say [3004], Behold [2400] a man [444] gluttonous [5314], and [2532] a winebibber [3630], a friend [5384] of publicans [5057] and [2532] sinners [268]. But [2532] wisdom [4678] is justified [1344] of [575] her [846] children [5043].

² Let another man [02114] praise [01984] thee, and not thine own mouth [06310]; a stranger [05237], and not thine own lips [08193].

²⁹ And [2532] Levi [3018] made [4160] him [846] a great [3173] feast [1403] in [1722] his own [846] house [3614]: and [2532] there was [2258] a great [4183] company [3793] of publicans [5057] and [2532] of others [243] that [3739] sat down [2258] [2621] with [3326] them [846].

⁹ And as [2532] Jesus [2424] passed forth [3855] from thence [1564], he saw [1492] a man [444], named [3004] Matthew [3156], sitting [2521] at [1909] the receipt of custom [5058]: and [2532] he saith [3004] unto him [846], Follow [190] me [3427]. And [2532] he arose [450], and followed [190] him [846].
¹⁰ And [2532] it came to pass [1096], as Jesus [2424] sat at meat [345] in [1722] the house [3614], [2532] behold [2400], many [4183] publicans [5057] and [2532] sinners [268] came [2064] and sat down [4873] with him [846] and [2532] his [846] disciples [3101].
¹¹ And [2532] when the Pharisees [5330] saw [1492] it, they said [2036] unto his [846] disciples [3101], Why [1302] eateth [2068] your [5216] Master [1320] with [3326] publicans [5057] and [2532] sinners [268]?
¹² But [1161] when Jesus [2424] heard [191] that, he said [2036] unto them [846], They that be [2192] whole [2480] need [5532] not [3756] a physician [2395], but [235] they that are [2192] sick [2560].
¹³ But [1161] go ye [4198] and learn [3129] what [5101] that meaneth [2076], I will [2309] have mercy [1656], and [2532] not [3756] sacrifice [2378]: for [1063] I am [2064] not [3756] come [2064] to call [2564] the righteous [1342], but [235] sinners [268] to [1519] repentance [3341].

¹² Then [1161] came [2064] also [2532] publicans [5057] to be baptized [907], and [2532] said [2036] unto [4314] him [846], Master [1320], what [5101] shall we do [4160]?

⁷ And [1161] as [5130] they departed [4198], Jesus [2424] began [756] to say [3004] unto the multitudes [3793] concerning [4012] John [2491], What [5101] went ye [1831] out into [1519] the wilderness [2048] to see [2300]? A reed [2563] shaken [4531] with [5259] the wind [417]?

¹⁴ And [2532] as he passed by [3855], he saw [1492] Levi [3018] the son of Alphaeus [256] sitting [2521] at [1909] the receipt of custom [5058], and [2532] said [3004] unto him [846], Follow [190] me [3427]. And [2532] he arose [450] and followed [190] him [846].