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Jesus Christ and Matthew
How Jesus Christ and Matthew are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jesus Christ mentored Matthew.
Jesus saw Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and said, "Follow me." Matthew the publican is later listed among the twelve apostles.
he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him
Matthew 9:9, King James Version
Matthew the publican
Matthew 10:3, King James Version
Where they cross: Matthew 9:9
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Matthew 9:9
9And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Matthew 10:3
3Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
King James Version