Luke 5:28
26 Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,
and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
29 Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.
30 But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
- KJV
- And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
- WEB
- He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
- ASV
- And he forsook all, and rose up and followed him.
- DARBY
- And having left all, rising up, he followed him.
- BLB
- And having left all, having arisen, he began to follow Him.
- ÅB
- Og han forlot alt og sto opp og fulgte ham.
- OTB
- og Levi reiste seg, forlot alt og fulgte ham.
- B1930
- Og han forlot alt og stod op og fulgte ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 5:11
And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
Read in context1 Kings 19:19–21
So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him.
Read in contextMatthew 19:22–27
When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
Read in contextLuke 9:59–62
Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”
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