Luke 5:27

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

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 they were all amazed; and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.

28And leaving all, he arose and followed him.

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Cross References

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

Matthew 9:9And Jesus, passing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him.

Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one 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 the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite[3:18],

John 1:43On the morrow he would go forth into Galilee. And he finds Philip; and Jesus says to him: Follow me.

John 21:19And this he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. And having spoken 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 →

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