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I have notοὐκcomeἐλήλυθαto callκαλέσαιthe righteous,δικαίουςbutἀλλὰsinnersἁμαρτωλοὺςtoεἰςa change of mind.”μετάνοιαν
Luke 5:32
Study it in the app“I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to a change of mind.””
With the Greek beneath
Luke 5:32, word by word
- comeἐλήλυθαelēlytha
come as Messiah
The coming of Jesus; "the one who comes" is the awaited one.
Where else “elēlytha” appears- to callκαλέσαιkalesai
call to life
God inviting someone to a new life.
Where else “kalesai” appears- the righteousδικαίουςdikaious
righteous
One who lives well, as God wants.
Where else “dikaious” appears- sinnersἁμαρτωλοὺςhamartōlous
sinner
Sinner; in the Pharisees' mouth, someone who did not keep the law.
Where else “hamartōlous” appears- a change of mindμετάνοιανmetanoian
change of mind
Change of mind: turning around one's way of thinking and of living to return to God. It is usually translated "repentance".
Where else “metanoian” appears
Parallel passages
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The call of Levi (Matthew)
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Luke 5:27-32
27And after this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” 28And leaving behind everything, he got up and began following him. 29And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house; and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at table with them. 30And the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling to his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?” 31And Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. 32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to a change of mind.”
9And passing on from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10And it happened, as he was reclining at table in the house, that look, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and his disciples. 11And seeing this, the Pharisees were saying to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?” 12But he, hearing it, said, “The healthy have no need of a doctor, but those who are ill. 13So go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
13And he went out again beside the sea; and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he says to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 15And it happens that he is reclining at table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they were following him. 16And the scribes of the Pharisees, seeing that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, were saying to his disciples, “Why does he eat with the tax collectors and sinners?” 17And hearing it, Jesus says to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
The context
31And Jesus answered and said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick.
32 · This verse (above)
33And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and make petitions, and so do those of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”
To study Luke 5 in a group
1. What it says
What happens when Simon lets down the nets “at your word,” and what does Jesus tell him afterward? (vv. 4-10)
2. What it means
Jesus calls a tax collector and eats with sinners. What does he answer the Pharisees who criticize him? (vv. 27-32)
3. How I live it
Simon, Levi and the paralyzed man's friends all acted in trust. In what situation today could you take a step like that?