John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:29
Verse 29 Luke 5:29.And Levi made him a great banquet This appears to be at variance with what Luke relates, that he left all: but the solution is easy. Matthew disregarded every hinderance, and gave up himself entirely to Christ, but yet did not abandon the charge of his own domestic affairs. When Paul, referring to the example of soldiers, exhorts the ministers of the word to be free and disentangled from every hinderance, and to devote their labors to the church, he says: No man that warreth... read more
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 5:30
Why do ye eat and drink, etc. - See what passed at this entertainment considered at large on Matthew 9:10-17 ; (note); Mark 2:15-22 ; (note). read more