Mark 2:14 BSB — MannaFest

Mark 2:14

As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the place of toll, and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

KJV

And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

⋯

Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

On Idolatry (220)

Do you hesitate about arts, and trades, and about professions likewise, for the sake of children and parents? Even there was it demonstrated to us, that both "dear pledges," and handicrafts, and trades, are to be quite left behind for the Lord's sake; while James and John, called by the Lord, do leave quite behind both father and ship; while Matthew is roused up from the toll-booth; while even burying a father was too tardy a business for faith.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Levi - The same as Matthew; he appears to have been a Jew, though employed in the odious office of a tax-gatherer. For an account of his call, see his Gospel, Mat 9:9, etc.

Modern Voices2 voices

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906–1945

The Cost of Discipleship (1937)

When people complain that they find it hard to believe, it is a sign of deliberate or unconscious disobedience.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906–1945

The Cost of Discipleship (1937)

The call to follow at once produces a new situation. To stay in the old situation makes discipleship impossible.

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
παράγων	paragōn	passing on	G3855 →
εἶδεν	eiden	He saw	G1492 →
Λευὶν	Leuin	Levi	G3017 →
τὸν	ton	the [son]	G3588 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
Ἁλφαίου	Halphaiou	of Alphaeus	G256 →
καθήμενον	kathēmenon	sitting	G2521 →
ἐπὶ	epi	at	G1909 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
τελώνιον	telōnion	tax booth	G5058 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λέγει	legei	He says	G3004 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
ἀκολούθει	akolouthei	do follow	G190 →
μοι.	moi	Me.	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἀναστὰς	anastas	having arisen	G450 →
ἠκολούθησεν	ēkolouthēsen	he followed	G190 →
αὐτῷ.¶	autō	Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Mark 3:18
Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
leads to
- Acts 1:13
  When they arrived, they went to the upper room where they were staying: Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 1:1
  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.
- Matthew 13:55
  “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
- Acts 15:13
  When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
Through
Luke 6:15
Matthew and Thomas; James son of Alphaeus and Simon called the Zealot;
leads to
- Matthew 9:9
  As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Mark 3:18
  Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
- Galatians 2:9
  And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and…
- Luke 5:27
  After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,