So, although Matthew most likely lived in comfort, he would also have experienced much ostracism from his fellow Jews. When Jesus called Matthew to apostleship, his sudden acceptance is striking ...

He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him (Mt 9:9). Whenever ... in which Jesus tells the despised tax collector, “Follow me.” Matthew responds simply, it seems, by ...

When Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers − Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother − casting a net into the sea. He said to them, “Follow Me and I will make you fishers ...

As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Peter and Andrew and said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." They left their nets. A little farther down the way, he saw ...

It was noted by this one skeptic that in every Gospel instance of Jesus saying “Follow me!” (see, e.g., Matthew 4:19; 8:22; 9:9; Mark 1:16 ... heal his servant, he said about him, “Truly ...