876 B
876 B
Connecting Statement:
When Jesus leaves the house, he calls Levi, the Jewish tax collector, to follow him. Levi prepares a big meal for Jesus which annoys the Pharisees and scribes.
After these things happened
The phrase "these things" refers to what happened in the previous verses. This signals a new event. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent)
saw a tax collector
"looked at a tax collector with attention" or "looked carefully at a tax collector"
Follow me
To "follow" someone was a term that means to become their disciple. AT: "Be my disciple" or "Come, follow me as your teacher" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
leaving everything behind
"left his work as a tax collector"