After calling Levi, Jesus eats at a large gathering with tax collectors and others. When Pharisees and their scribes complain, Jesus answers that the healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. He says he has not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance (Luke 5:29–32).
In Luke 5:27–32 Jesus notices Levi, a tax collector, and calls him to follow. Levi responds immediately, leaving his work and arranging a large meal where many other tax collectors and assorted guests join them. This scene follows closely on earlier reports of Jesus teaching, healing, and drawing a growing circle of followers in Galilee. It continues a pattern where Jesus’ actions prompt questions from observers, especially religious specialists, and Jesus responds with short, vivid explanations.
Luke presents a tight sequence: Jesus notices Levi at work as a tax collector, gives a direct call (“Follow me”), and Levi responds decisively (“left everything… followed”). The next visible result is not a private moment but a public meal hosted by Levi, with many tax collectors and other guests.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Luke 5:29-32, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
29Levi made him a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
30Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
31Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
32I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."