And after these things he went forth, and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office: and he said unto him,
Follow me.
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Bede
AD 735
Now Luke and Mark, for the honor of the Evangelist, are silent as to his common name, but Matthew is the first to accuse himself, and gives the name of Matthew and publican, that no one might despair of salvation because of the enormity of his sins, when he himself was changed from apublican to an Apostle.
Now by the election of Matthew is signified the faith of the Gentiles, who formerly gasped after worldly pleasures, but now refresh the body of Christ with zealous devotion.
