Luke Chapter 5 verse 29 Holy Bible

ASV Luke 5:29

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.
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BBE Luke 5:29

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.
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DARBY Luke 5:29

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.
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KJV Luke 5:29

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.
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WEB Luke 5:29

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.
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YLT Luke 5:29

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),
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - And Levi made him a great feast in his own house. There is no doubt that this Levi was the same person as Matthew the publican (subsequently the evangelist), whose calling under precisely similar circumstances is related in the First Gospel (Matthew 10; and see Mark 2.). The name Matthew, "gift of God," was probably given to him, as that of Peter (or Cephas, "a rock") was bestowed on Simon, after his association with Jesus. The words used, "a great feast," a great company, plainly indicate that Levi (Matthew)was a person of consideration and position. And there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. The great company was owing to the fact that the publicans and their friends, moved by the kindness and friendship of the new Teacher, assembled at the feast in numbers out of respect to him; or, more likely, the assemblage was owing to the effort of Levi (Matthew) to bring into friendly relations his associates and friends and the new Master, for whose sake he had given up everything.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) A great feast.--The fact stated agrees with St. Mark, but the precise phrase is peculiar to St. Luke. The noun means literally a reception, and agrees, curiously enough, with the most modern use of that word.Of publicans and of others.--It is, perhaps, characteristic of St. Luke as a Gentile that he will not use the word "sinners" as St. Matthew and St. Mark appear to have used it, as popularly including heathen as such, and substitutes the vaguer word "others."