Luke 5:30
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?”
μαθητής
Not just a follower — a learner who becomes like the teacher. The last command Jesus gives is not go and convert — it is go and make mathetes. People who learn from Me, walk like Me, think like Me, love like Me. The mission is not decisions. It is transformation.
λέγω
saying;
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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ἐσθίω
do you eat
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ἐσθίω
To eat, to consume. Man shall not live by bread alone. Physical eating sustains the body. Feeding on God's word sustains the soul.
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τίς
why
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τίς
an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions)
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Φαρισαῖος
Pharisees
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Φαρισαῖος
a separatist, i.e. exclusively religious; a Pharisean, i.e. Jewish sectary
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διά
Because of
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διά
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
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τελώνης
tax collectors
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τελώνης
a tax-farmer, i.e. collector of public revenue
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πίνω
drink?
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πίνω
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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γογγύζω
were grumbling
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γογγύζω
to grumble
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γραμματεύς
scribes
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