Matthew

• Mark 2:14 says that Jesus saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office and said to him, “Follow me,” and he arose and followed him. Mark 3:18 names Matthew among the twelve but does not say whether he is Levi.
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  • MRK 2:13–17, engwebp

    ¹³He went out again by the seaside. All the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

    ¹⁴As he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.

    ¹⁵He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

    ¹⁶The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, “Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

    ¹⁷When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

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  • MRK 3:13–19, engwebp

    ¹³He went up into the mountain and called to himself those whom he wanted, and they went to him.

    ¹⁴He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach

    ¹⁵and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:

    ¹⁶Simon (to whom he gave the name Peter);

    ¹⁷James the son of Zebedee; and John, the brother of James, (whom he called Boanerges, which means, Sons of Thunder);

    ¹⁸Andrew; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;

    ¹⁹and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. Then he came into a house.

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• Matthew 9:9 says that Jesus saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office and said to him, “Follow me,” and he got up and followed him; 10:3 names Matthew the tax collector among the twelve apostles.
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  • MAT 9:9–13, engwebp

    ⁹As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.

    ¹⁰As he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

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

    ¹²When Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.

    ¹³But you go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,’ for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

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  • MAT 10:1–4, engwebp

    ¹He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

    ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these. The first, Simon, who is called Peter; Andrew, his brother; James the son of Zebedee; John, his brother;

    ³Philip; Bartholomew; Thomas; Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus; Lebbaeus, who was also called Thaddaeus;

    ⁴Simon the Zealot; and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

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The two Gospels give different names to the man called from the tax office. This collection records Levi the son of Alphaeus and Matthew separately and does not decide whether they are the same man.