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This concludes the account of Jesus' healing a paralyzed man. Jesus then calls a tax collector to be one of his disciples.
praise
Use the same word you used in Matthew 5:15.
such authority
the authority to declare sins forgiven
Matthew...him...he
Church tradition says that this Matthew is the author of the Gospel, but the text gives no reason to change the pronouns from "him" and "he" to "me" and "I."
he said to him
"Jesus said to Matthew"
As Jesus passed by from there
This phrase is used here to mark the introduction to the incident that begins with "behold" in Matthew 9:7. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
passed by
Use a general term for going. It is not clear whether Jesus was moving uphill or downhill or toward Capernaum or away from it.
He got up and followed him
"Matthew got up and followed Jesus" as a disciple (see UDB), not simply to Jesus' next destination.