The Pharisees and their scribes (ο Φαρισαιο κα ο γραμματεις αυτων). Note article with each substantive and the order, not "scribes…

Murmured.—Better, were murmuring. In reporting what was said by others, St. Luke naturally gives the word “sinners” as it…

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After healing the man with paralysis, St. Luke goes on to mention the conversion of a tax collector, say…

A banquet in the NT symbolizes joy and often hints at the eschatological banquet (see comments on Mk 14:25). Jesus is the guest of honor; but Levi …

But their Scribes and Pharisees
Not the Scribes of the publicans and sinners that sat down, but the Scribes of the p…

It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was m…