Luke 5:27
And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me.
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In Context
28And after leaving behind all, having risen up, he followed him.
Cross References
Matthew 4:19And he says to them, Come behind me, and I will make you fishermen of men.
Matthew 9:9And passing forth from there, Jesus saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And he says to him, Follow me. And after rising, he followed him.
Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Mark 3:18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
John 1:43On the morrow he wanted to go forth into Galilee, and he finds Philip. And Jesus says to him, Follow me.
John 21:19Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he will glorify God. And after saying this, he says to him, Follow me.
Matthew Henry on Luke 5:18-27
Cure of a Paralytic. 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. 19 And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the… Read the whole commentary →