26 And amazement seized them all, and they began to glorify[a] 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[b] Levi sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me!” 28 And leaving everything behind, he got up and[c] began to follow[d] him.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 5:26 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to glorify”)
  2. Luke 5:27 Literally “by name”
  3. Luke 5:28 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got up”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Luke 5:28 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to follow”)