Luke 5:28
26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans 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 ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.
Read in context1 Kings 19:19–21
So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.
Read in contextMatthew 19:22–27
But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
Read in contextLuke 9:59–62
And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
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