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| | |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. | | |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. |
| − | | | + | |Jesus continued onward and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at his collection booth. Jesus said to him, "Follow me." |
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| | |And he left all, rose up, and followed him. | | |And he left all, rose up, and followed him. |
| − | | | + | |Levi dropped everything, got up, and followed Jesus. |
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| | |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. | | |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. |
| − | | | + | |Levi threw a magnificent party in his own home, and the guests included many tax collectors. |
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| | |But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? | | |But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? |
| − | | | + | |So intellectuals spread gossip against His disciples in saying, "Why do You eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" |
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| | |And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. | | |And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. |
| − | | | + | |Jesus rebutted the criticism, "People who are well do not need a physician; those who are sick do. |
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| | |I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. | | |I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. |
| − | | | + | |I came not for the the holy, but to call sinners to repent. |
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