Mark 2:13-14
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Jesus Calls Levi
13 Jesus[a] went out again beside the sea; the whole crowd gathered around him, and he taught them.(A) 14 As he was walking along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.(B)
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Mark 2:13-14
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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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- Mark 2:13 That is, the Sea of Galilee
- Mark 2:13 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
- Mark 2:14 Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“was passing by”) which is understood as temporal
- Mark 2:14 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stood up”) has been translated as a finite verb
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