Mark 2:12-14

J.B. Phillips New Testament

¹² At once the man sprang to his feet, picked up his bed and walked off in full view of them all. Everyone was amazed, praised God, and said, “We have never seen anything like this before.”

¹³ Then Jesus went out again by the lake-side and the whole crowd came to him, and he continued to teach them.

Jesus now calls “a sinner” to follow him

¹⁴ As Jesus went on his way, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at his desk in the tax office and he said to him, “Follow me!”