And followed him.—Not then only, but continually, the verb being in the imperfect tense.

And he said unto him, Follow me. And he left all, rose up, and followed him.

This was just a parallel case to that of curing the pa…

St. Augustine of Hippo: After healing the man with paralysis, St. Luke goes on to mention the conversion of a tax collector, say…

Levi (i.e., Matthew; see comment on Mt 9:9) was a tax collector (see comment on Lk 3:12); he obviously was treated by the Pharisees as a religious …

And he left all
His company, his busine , and all the profits of it:

rose up ;
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It was a wonder of Christ's grace, that he would call a publican to be his disciple and follower. It was a wonder of his grace, that the call was m…