27And 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.
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And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. …
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. …
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 27-35)All this, except the last verse, we had before in Matthew and Mark; it is not the story of any miracle in nature wrought by our Lord Jesus, but it is an account of some of the wonders of his grace , which, to those who understand things aright, are no less cogent proofs of Christ’s being sent of God than the other. I. It was a wonder of his grace that he would call a publican , from the receipt of…
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