Reference: Matthew (Apostle
Hastings
Two sets of parallel passages, both from the Petrine tradition, tell us of this chosen companion of our Lord. The first (Mt 9:9; Mr 2:14; Lu 5:27) narrates his call. He was named both 'Matthew' (Mt.) and 'Levi' (Mk. [where some Western MSS read 'James'] and Lk.), and was the son of Alph
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Jesus moved on. He then saw Matthew seated at his work collecting taxes. He said to him: Follow me. He rose and followed him.
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where taxes were collected. He said to him: Come with me. And he got up and went with him.
The women watching from afar included: Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome,
After that he met a tax collector named Levi sitting at his place of business. He told him: Follow me.
and Matthew and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealous one,
In these days Peter stood up among the brothers (about a hundred and twenty), and said: