Mark 2:14

And passing by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, “Follow Me.” And arising, he followed Him.

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

In Context

13Then He went out again alongside the sea; and all the crowd was coming to Him, and He was teaching them.

15Now it came about, as He was dining in Levi's house, that many tax collectors and sinners were dining together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:19Then He said to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

Mark 1:17Then Jesus said to them, “Come after Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

Luke 5:27After these things He went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.”

Acts 1:13And when they had entered, they went up into the upper room where they were staying; both Peter and James and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James.

Matthew Henry on Mark 2:14-18

Christ among Publicans and Sinners. 13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw… Read the whole commentary →

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