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Luke 5

Luke 5:32

Jesus Calls Levi · Luke 5:27–32
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Translations

Modern
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Traditional
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Literal
I have not come to call righteous ones, but sinners, to repentance.”
Latin
Non veni vocare justos, sed peccatores ad pœnitentiam.

Original

Greek
English
I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

Notes

Luke 5:31–32

Jesus responded that, like a doctor, his mission was to work with sick people, not the healthy. Jesus was not called to minister to self-righteous people, but to those who recognized their spiritual need for God’s grace and healing.

Luke 5:27–32

When Jesus called Levi to become his disciple, this led to a second conflict with the religious leaders. It also introduced the idea that Jesus came to save sinners.

Events

Parallels

Matthew 9:9–13 Mark 2:13–17

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Justification, Justified Luke, Gospel of

Topics

Come as you Are Jesus, the Christ: Eats with Tax Collectors and Sinners, and Discourses on Fasting (Capernaum) Jesus, the Christ: Mission of Jesus, the Christ: Saviour Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Salvation: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To