LUKE 5:29 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, pink:genitive/possessor, cyan:dative/indirect object.
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ULT And Levi made a great banquet in his house for him, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others, who were reclining to eat with them.

UST Later on Levi prepared a big feast in his own house for Jesus and his disciples. There was a large group of tax collectors and others eating together with them.

BSB Then 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.

BLB And Levi made a great banquet for Him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax collectors and others, who were reclining with them.

AICNT And Levi made a [great][fn] feast for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors [and others][fn] who were reclining [with them].[fn]

5:29, great: Absent from D(05).

5:29, and others: Absent from some manuscripts. ℵ(01) ‖ Some manuscripts read “and sinners.” W(032)

5:29, with them: Absent from some manuscripts. D(05) Latin(e)

OEB And Levi gave a great banquet at his house, in honour of Jesus; and a large number of tax collectors and others were having dinner with them.

WEBBE Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them.

LSV And Levi made a great entertainment to Him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax collectors and others who were with them reclining,

FBV Levi organized a large banquet at his home in Jesus' honor. Many tax collectors and others were in the crowd that sat down to eat with them. But the Pharisees and the religious teachers complained to Jesus' disciples, asking,

TCNT Then Levi gave a great banquet for Jesus in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others reclining at the table with them.

T4T Afterwards, Levi prepared a big feast in his own house for Jesus and his disciples. There was a large group of tax collectors and others eating together with them.

LEB And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.

BBE And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

Moff Levi held a great banquet for him in his house; there was a large company present of taxgatherers and others who were guests along with them.

Wymth Levi also gave a great entertainment at his house in honour of Jesus, and there was a large party of tax-gatherers and others at table with them.

ASV And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.

DRA And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans, and of others, that were at table with them.

YLT And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),

Drby And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.

RV And Levi made him a great feast in his house: and there was a great multitude of publicans and of others that were sitting at meat with them.

SLT And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house: and there was a great crowd of publicans and others who were sitting down with them.

Wbstr And 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.

KJB-1769 And 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.

KJB-1611 And Leui made him a great feast in his owne house: and there was a great company of Publicanes, and of others that sate downe with them.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And Leui made hym a great feast in his owne house. And there was a great companie of publicanes, and of other that sate at meate with them.
(And Levi made him a great feast in his own house. And there was a great company of publicanes, and of other that sat at meat with them.)

Gnva Then Leui made him a great feast in his owne house, where there was a great company of Publicanes, and of other that sate at table with them.
(Then Levi made him a great feast in his own house, where there was a great company of Publicans, and of other that sat at table with them. )

Cvdl And Leui made hi a greate feast i his house. And many publicans & other sat wt hi at ye table
(And Levi made hi a great feast 1 his house. And many publicans and other sat with hi at ye/you_all table)

TNT And that same Levi made him a greate feaste at home in his awne housse. And ther was a greate company of publicans and of other that sate at meate with him.
(And that same Levi made him a great feast at home in his own house. And there was a great company of publicans and of other that sat at meat with him. )

Wycl And Leuy made to hym a greet feeste in his hous; and ther was a greet cumpanye of pupplicans, and of othere that weren with hem, sittynge at the mete.
(And Levi made to him a great feast in his house; and there was a great cumpanye of pupplicans, and of other that were with hem, sitting at the mete.)

Luth Und Levi richtete ihm ein groß Mahl zu in seinem Hause; und viel Zöllner und andere saßen mit ihm zu Tisch.
(And Levi directed him a large Mahl to/for in his house; and many Zöllner and other/different sat with him to/for table.)

ClVg Et fecit ei convivium magnum Levi in domo sua: et erat turba multa publicanorum, et aliorum qui cum illis erant discumbentes.
(And he_did to_him banquet magnum Levi in/into/on at_home his_own: and was crowd fine publicnorum, and of_others who/which when/with to_them they_were those_who_sit_down. )

UGNT καὶ ἐποίησεν δοχὴν μεγάλην Λευεὶς αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἦν ὄχλος πολὺς τελωνῶν καὶ ἄλλων, οἳ ἦσαν μετ’ αὐτῶν κατακείμενοι.
(kai epoiaʸsen doⱪaʸn megalaʸn Leueis autōi en taʸ oikia autou, kai aʸn oⱪlos polus telōnōn kai allōn, hoi aʸsan met’ autōn katakeimenoi.)

SBL-GNT Καὶ ἐποίησεν δοχὴν μεγάλην Λευὶς αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἦν ὄχλος ⸂πολὺς τελωνῶν⸃ καὶ ἄλλων οἳ ἦσαν μετʼ αὐτῶν κατακείμενοι.
(Kai epoiaʸsen doⱪaʸn megalaʸn Leuis autōi en taʸ oikia autou; kai aʸn oⱪlos ⸂polus telōnōn⸃ kai allōn hoi aʸsan metʼ autōn katakeimenoi.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἐποίησεν δοχὴν μεγάλην Λευῒς αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἦν ὄχλος τελωνῶν πολύς, καὶ ἄλλων οἳ ἦσαν μετ' αὐτῶν κατακείμενοι.
(Kai epoiaʸsen doⱪaʸn megalaʸn Leuis autōi en taʸ oikia autou; kai aʸn oⱪlos telōnōn polus, kai allōn hoi aʸsan met' autōn katakeimenoi.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἐποίησε δοχὴν μεγάλην [fn]Λευῒς αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἦν ὄχλος [fn]τελωνῶν πολύς, καὶ ἄλλων οἳ ἦσαν μετ᾽ αὐτῶν κατακείμενοι.
(Kai epoiaʸse doⱪaʸn megalaʸn Leuis autōi en taʸ oikia autou; kai aʸn oⱪlos telōnōn polus, kai allōn hoi aʸsan meta autōn katakeimenoi. )

5:29 λευις ¦ ο λευις TR ¦ λευεις TH WH

5:29 τελωνων πολυς ¦ πολυς τελωνων CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 5:27–32: Jesus chose Levi to become one of his disciples

In this section, Jesus asked a man named Levi to be his disciple. For the meaning of “disciple,” see the note at 5:30a.

Levi was a tax collector. Jews hated tax collectors for at least two reasons:

Tax collectors worked for the Roman government or for Herod’s government. These were foreign governments that ruled the Jews.
Tax collectors sometimes collected more money than necessary. Then they kept the extra money and became rich.

This story also tells about another conflict that Jesus had with the Jewish religious leaders. After Levi became Jesus’ disciple, Jesus came to have dinner at his house. Levi’s friends, who were also tax collectors or other sinners, also came to the dinner. During the dinner, the religious leaders criticized Jesus for associating with such people. Jesus answered that it is people who know they are sinners who need him, not people who believe themselves to be righteous.

Some other possible headings for this section are:

Jesus called Levi to be his disciple and ate with sinners

Jesus loves sinners

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 9:9–13 and Mark 2:13–17.

5:29a

Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house.

¶ Later Levi had a big feast in his house to honor Jesus.
¶ Afterwards Levi invited Jesus to his house as the chief/honored guest at a big dinner.

Then: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as Then is literally “And.” It introduces what happened next in the story. Some other ways to connect this paragraph to 5:28 are:

Later (NLT)

Afterwards (REB)

Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus: The phrase Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus means “Levi invited many people to come and eat a meal to honor Jesus.” Levi was the host of the banquet.

banquet: The Greek word that the BSB translates as banquet refers to a large meal. Some other ways to translate this word are:

big dinner (CEV)

big feast (GNT)

big reception (REB)

for Jesus: The phrase for Jesus here means that Jesus was invited to the banquet as the guest of honor. Levi had the feast in order to honor Jesus in the presence of all the other guests. For example:

with Jesus as the guest of honor (NLT)

5:29b

A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

A large number of tax collectors and other people ate there with Levi and Jesus.
Many tax collectors and other guests were also there. (CEV)

tax collectors: The term tax collectors also occurs in 5:27b. See the note there.

along with others: The Greek word the BSB translates as others refers to “other people.” It refers generally to other people whom Levi knew. It includes Jesus’ disciples. Translate this word in a general way.Matthew (Matthew 9:10) and Mark (Mark 2:15) refer to these “others” as “sinners.” But because Jesus’ disciples were also included in this group, it is best to translate the word “others” in a generic way. For example:

other people (GNT)

other guests (NLT)

were eating: The Greek word that the BSB translates as were eating is literally “were reclining” (as in the NASB). The Jews usually ate at low tables while reclining on the floor (on cushions). This is not the custom in many parts of the world, and the posture is not in focus here. So most English versions translate this with more general expressions. For example:

sitting at table (RSV)

were eating (NCV)

ate (NLT)

with them: The word them probably refers to Levi, the host, and to Jesus, the honored guest.

Parallel LUKE 5:29

Section 5:27–32: Jesus chose Levi to become one of his disciples

5:29a

5:29b