It is possible that the meal at Levi’s house took place on a Pharisee day of fasting (Monday or Thursday). It is on that very day that Jesus (with his disciples) eats with sinners and tax collectors! Eating and drinking instead of fasting: this Jesus is not a good example in Israel!
18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”