Passage

Luke 5.27-28

Book: Luke · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"25. And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God. 26. And amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day."

"27. And after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me. 28. And he forsook all, and rose up and followed him."

"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. 30. And the Pharisees and their scribes murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?" (Luke 5:25-30, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"25. Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God. 26. Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”"

"27. After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow me!” 28. He left everything, and rose up and followed him."

"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. 30. Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?”" (Luke 5:25-30, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"25. And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. 26. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day."

"27. 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. 28. And he left all, rose up, and followed him."

"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. 30. But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?" (Luke 5:25-30, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"25. And presently having risen before them, having taken up [that] on which he was lying, he went away to his house, glorifying God, 26. and astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying, 'We saw strange things to-day.'"

"27. And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, 'Be following me;' 28. and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him."

"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), 30. and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, 'Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'" (Luke 5:25-30, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Matthew the Apostle

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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