Jesus Calls Levi

Mark 2

13 He went out again beside the sea, and d all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. 14 e And as he passed by, he saw f Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

15 And as he reclined at table in his house, many g tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 And h the scribes of 1 the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, g "Why does he eat 2 with tax collectors and sinners?" 17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. i I came not to call the righteous, j but sinners."

  1. Cross References
    Mark 1:45
    But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him from every quarter.
  2. Cross References
    Mark 2:14 - 22
    And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Matthew 9:9 - 17
    As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Luke 5:27 - 38
    After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 9:9
    As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
  4. Cross References
    Mark 2:14 - 22
    And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Matthew 9:9 - 17
    As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
    Luke 5:27 - 39
    After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, "Follow me.
  5. Cross References
    Matthew 11:19
    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.
    Luke 15:2
    And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them.
  6. Cross References
    Acts 4:5
    On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem.
    Acts 23:9
    Then a great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and contended sharply, "We find nothing wrong in this man. What if a spirit or an angel spoke to him?
  7. Cross References
    Mark 2:15
    And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him.
  8. Cross References
    Luke 15:7
    Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
    John 9:39
    Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.
  9. Cross References
    1 Timothy 1:15
    The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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