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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Basil the Great
AD 379
He not only gave up the profits of the customs, but also despised the dangers which might occur to himself and his family from leaving the accounts of the receipts uncompleted.