Then Levi made a great banquet for Him in his own house. And there was a great number of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them [to eat].

And their scribes and the Pharisees complained against His disciples, saying, "Why do You eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"

The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'

Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And entering into the Pharisee's house, He reclined [to eat].

Now it came to pass, when He came into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath, that they were watching Him closely.

Now both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding.

Then they made for Him a supper there; and Martha was serving, but Lazarus was one of those reclining [to eat] with Him.

Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, [son] of Simon, who was about to betray Him, said,

This he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to pilfer the things which were placed in it.

For the poor you have with you always, but Me you do not have always."

Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, leading to edification.

Now it came to pass, as He reclined [to eat] in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners, having come, were reclining [to eat] with Jesus and His disciples.

And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him.

And the Pharisees and scribes were grumbling, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."

But when they saw it, they all were complaining, saying, "He has gone to be a guest with a sinful man."

How have Your works been magnified, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep.

A foolish man will not know, and a senseless man will not understand this.

The countenance of a wise man is sensible, but the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John.

And so wisdom is justified by all her children."

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

For you see your calling, brothers, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many powerful, not many noble, [are called].

And the base things of the world, and the things having been despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, in order that He might nullify the things which are,

To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

that the manifold wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the rulers and authorities in the heavenlies,

Then I looked, and I heard as it were the voice of many angels around the throne, and the living beings, and the elders. And the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and a thousand thousands,

And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying: "Blessing and honor and glory and power to Him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever. Amen!"

saying: "Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, [be] to our God forever and ever. Amen."