Luke 5:27

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

26And all were astonished; and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful things to day.

28And leaving all things, he rose up and followed him.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:19And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be fishers of men.

Matthew 9:9And when Jesus passed on from hence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after 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 of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean:

John 1:43On the following day, he would go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip. And Jesus saith to him: Follow me.

John 21:19And this he said, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had said this, he saith 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 →

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