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Luke 5:30 KJV
Luke · chapter 5 · verse 30
But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?Luke 5:30 · King James Version
Luke 5:30 in context
28And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?
31And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- PhariseespharisaiosA sect that seems to have started after the Jewish exile. In addition to OT books the…G5330 →
- disciplesmathētēsa learner, pupil, discipleG3101 →
- publicanstelōnēsa renter or farmer of taxes, among the Romans, usually a man of equestrian rank, a tax…G5057 →
- murmuredgongyzōto murmur, mutter, grumble, say anything against in a low tone, of the cooing of doves…G1111 →
- scribesgrammateusa clerk, scribe, esp.a public servant, secretary, recorder, whose office and influence…G1122 →
- againstprosto the advantage of, at, near, by, to, towards, with, with regard toG4314 →
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All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace, which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ's being sent of God than the other. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-39