The Call of Levi

13 Jesus(A) went out again beside the sea. The whole crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching(B) them. 14 Then, passing by, he saw Levi(C) the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office,(D) and he said to him, “Follow me,”(E) and he got up and followed(F) him.

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Levi Called to Follow Jesus

13 And he went out again beside the sea,[a] and all the crowd was coming to him, and he began to teach[b] them. 14 And as he[c] was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me!” And he stood up and[d] followed him.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:13 That is, the Sea of Galilee
  2. Mark 2:13 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
  3. Mark 2:14 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was passing by”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Mark 2:14 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb