Luke 5:27

And after these things He went forth, and beheld a tax collector, by name Levi, sitting at the tax office, and said to him, “Follow Me”;

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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 astonishment took all, and they were glorifying God, and were filled with fear, saying, “We saw strange things today.”

28and he, having left all, having arisen, 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 there saw a man sitting at the tax office named Matthew, and says to him, “Follow Me,” and he, having risen, followed Him.

Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wills to come after Me, let him disown 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 Zealot,

John 1:43On the next day He willed to go forth to Galilee, and He finds Philip and says to him, “Follow Me.”

John 21:19and this He said, signifying by what death he will glorify God; and having said 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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