Luke 5:31-32

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Luke 5:1-39

Luke 5:3 . He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Here he used those beautiful parables, in Matthew 13:0.; but Matthew’s gospel being extant, St. Luke does not repeat the parables in this place. Luke 5:5 . Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing. The obedience of Peter is the point which arrests attention, and in a case where success was improbable. How much he shames those christians who boast of faith and love to Christ, but lifting up the little... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 5:31

Luke 5:31They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sickThe soul’s malady and cureThe occasion of the words is set down in the context; Levi was called from the receipt of custom (he was a customhouse man), but Christ called him, and there went out power with the word, “he left all, rose up, and followed Him.” “Levi made Him a great feast in his own house”; a better guest he could not invite. Levi feasted Christ with his cheer, and Christ feasted him with salvation. I. THE... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Luke 5:32

Luke 5:32I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentanceThe Sin healerThis conduct of Christ was not official or symbolic.It was His feeling as very God that led Him to this course. It opened to the world the very Divine nature. A disposition to heal men of sin is a greater manifestation of Divine rectitude than to exterminate sin by punishment. It is this thought that I shall attempt to draw out briefly, and apply to our own case and experience. I. To HEAR SIN EVINCES HATRED OF... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 5:31

They that: Jeremiah 8:22, Matthew 9:12, Matthew 9:13, Mark 2:17 Reciprocal: Ezekiel 34:16 - seek that Luke 7:40 - answering Luke 9:11 - healed Luke 19:10 - General read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Luke 5:32

Luke 4:18, Luke 4:19, Luke 15:7, Luke 15:10, Luke 18:10-2 Chronicles :, Luke 19:10, Luke 24:47, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 57:15, Matthew 18:11, Mark 15:7, Mark 15:10, Acts 2:38, Acts 3:19, Acts 3:26, Acts 5:31, Acts 17:30, Acts 20:21, Acts 26:18-Proverbs :, 1 Corinthians 6:9-1 Kings :, 1 Timothy 1:15, 1 Timothy 1:16, 2 Timothy 2:25, 2 Timothy 2:26, 2 Peter 3:9 Reciprocal: Jeremiah 8:22 - no physician Ezekiel 34:16 - seek that Matthew 4:17 - Repent Matthew 9:13 - to call Mark 2:17 - They... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:29-39

§ 52. LEVI’S FEAST, Luke 5:29-39 . Matthew 9:10-25; Mark 2:15-22. See notes on parallel section on Matthew and Mark. read more