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Luke 5:29

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KJV ORIGINAL

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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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Levi threw Jesus a huge dinner party at his place, and tons of tax collectors and other people came to eat with them.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

When Jesus changes your life, the first thing you want to do is introduce him to everyone you know.

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So Jesus is having dinner at this guy's house, and the table is packed with tax collectors and people everyone else wrote off as 'bad.' They're all just sitting there eating with Jesus and his crew — and honestly, there were tons of them because they'd started following him around.

So Jesus was having dinner at someone's house, and a bunch of tax collectors and people with messy reputations showed up and sat down to eat with him and his crew.

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