(A)[a]And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man sitting at the [b]custom, named Matthew, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 9:9 Christ calleth the humble sinners unto him, but he condemneth the proud hypocrites.
  2. Matthew 9:9 At the customer’s table, where it was received.

The Calling of Matthew(A)

As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,”(B) he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.

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27 (A)[a]And after that, he went forth and saw a Publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:27 The Church is a company of sinners through the grace of Christ repentant, which banquet with him, to the great offence of the proud and envious worldlings.

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners(A)

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. “Follow me,”(B) Jesus said to him,

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