25 And immediately he stood up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and[a] went away to his home, glorifying God. 26 And amazement seized them all, and they began to glorify[b] God. And they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen wonderful things today!”

Levi Called to Follow Jesus

27 And after these things, he went out and saw a tax collector named[c] Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me!”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:25 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participles (“stood up” and “picked up”) have been translated as finite verbs
  2. Luke 5:26 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to glorify”)
  3. Luke 5:27 Literally “by name”