14And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.
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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. …
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
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. …
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-17)Here is, I. Christ preaching by the sea-side (Mark 2:13), whither he went for room , because he found, upon second trial, no house or street large enough to contain his auditory; but upon the strand there might come as many as would. It should seem by this, that our Lord Jesus had a strong voice, and could and did speak loud; for wisdom crieth without in the places of concourse . Wherever he goes,…
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