Luke 5:27

After this he went forth and noticed a tax-gatherer, named Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

Montgomery New Testament

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

26Astonishment fell upon them all, and they began to glorify God, and they were filled with awe, and they said, "We have seen strange things today."

28He rose, left everything, and followed him.

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Cross References

Matthew 4:19"Come, follow me," said Jesus, "And I will make you fishers of men."

Matthew 9:9As Jesus was passing thence, he saw a man called Mathew sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, "Follow me."

Matthew 16:24Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

Mark 3:18and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and Jamesthe son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot,

John 1:43Next day Jesus decided to go into Galilee; and he found Philip and said to him, "Follow me."

John 21:19This he said to show by what kind of death Peter was to glorify God. After speaking thus, he said 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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