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Jesus Christ » History of » Calls matthew (capernaum)
As Jesus moved on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the toll booth [i.e., collecting taxes]. He said to him, "Become my follower." And he got up and followed Him.
Then after these things happened, Jesus went out [i.e., probably walking along a street] and saw a publican [Note: This was a person with a bad reputation for dishonest tax collecting activities] named Matthew [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14] sitting at the toll booth [collecting taxes] and said, "Become my follower." So, Matthew gave up everything, got up and followed Jesus.
Then Jesus went out again, walking along the shore of the lake, and [when] all the crowd came out to Him, He taught them. And as He walked along He saw Levi [i.e., the same person as Matthew. See Matt. 9:9], the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the toll booth [i.e., collecting taxes]. He said to him, "Become my follower." And he got up and followed Him.
Multitudes » The multitudes follow Christ
Large crowds came to Him, bringing crippled, blind, deaf-mute, disabled and many other [sick] people and laid them down at His feet. And He healed [all of] them,
About this time, while a crowd of many thousands had assembled, [so large that] people were trampling on one another, Jesus first began telling His disciples, "Watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Soon a crowd assembled again so that they could not even eat a meal [i.e., without people crowding all around them].
Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River.
Great crowds gathered around Him so that He went and sat down in a boat [just off shore], while the crowd stood on the beach.
Large crowds followed Him there and were healed by Him.
Then Jesus went out again, walking along the shore of the lake, and [when] all the crowd came out to Him, He taught them.
Popularity of Christ » The multitudes follow him
Large crowds came to Him, bringing crippled, blind, deaf-mute, disabled and many other [sick] people and laid them down at His feet. And He healed [all of] them,
About this time, while a crowd of many thousands had assembled, [so large that] people were trampling on one another, Jesus first began telling His disciples, "Watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
Soon a crowd assembled again so that they could not even eat a meal [i.e., without people crowding all around them].
Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River.
Great crowds gathered around Him so that He went and sat down in a boat [just off shore], while the crowd stood on the beach.
Large crowds followed Him there and were healed by Him.
Then Jesus went out again, walking along the shore of the lake, and [when] all the crowd came out to Him, He taught them.