Mark 2:14

Levi (Matthew) Called

14 1As He passed by, He saw 2Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "3Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.

Mark 2:14 In-Context

12 And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this."
13 And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them.
14 As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him.
15 And it happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him.
16 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?"

Cross References 3

  • 1. Mark 2:14-17: {Matthew 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32}
  • 2. Matthew 9:9
  • 3. Matthew 8:22

Footnotes 1

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