Luke 5:27

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After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. He said to him, "Follow Me."

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  • Mark 2:13-22 : 13 And again, Jesus went out beside the sea, and the crowd came to him, and he was teaching them. 14 As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And Levi got up and followed him. 15 And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?' 17 When Jesus heard this, he said to them, 'Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.' 18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast? 19 Jesus said to them, 'Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.' 20 'But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.' 21 'No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear becomes worse.' 22 'And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the wineskins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.'
  • Mark 3:18 : 18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
  • Luke 18:22 : 22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, 'You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.'
  • John 1:43 : 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, He said to him, 'Follow Me.'
  • John 12:26 : 26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
  • John 21:19-22 : 19 Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. Then he said to him, 'Follow me.' 20 Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. This was the one who had leaned against Jesus at the supper and asked, 'Lord, who is going to betray you?' 21 When Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, 'Lord, what about him?' 22 Jesus said to him, 'If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!'
  • Matt 4:19-21 : 19 And He said to them, 'Come, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.' 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. 21 Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them.
  • Matt 8:22 : 22 But Jesus told him, 'Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.'
  • Matt 9:9-9 : 9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 10 While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?' 12 But when Jesus heard this, he said, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.' 13 'Go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.' 14 Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?' 15 Jesus answered them, 'Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.' 16 No one patches an old garment with a piece of unshrunk cloth, because the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. 17 Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst, the wine will spill out, and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
  • Matt 10:3 : 3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James, son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (also called Lebbaeus);
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

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    13And again, Jesus went out beside the sea, and the crowd came to him, and he was teaching them.

    14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, 'Follow me.' And Levi got up and followed him.

    15And while Jesus was dining in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining at the table with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.

    16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Jesus eating with tax collectors and sinners, they said to his disciples, 'Why does he eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'

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    28So Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

    29Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors and others were reclining there with them.

    30But the Pharisees and their scribes began to grumble to His disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?"

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    10While Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.

    11When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, 'Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?'

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    11So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything, and followed Him.

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    20Immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

    21Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets, and He called them.

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    18Immediately, they left their nets and followed him.

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