27And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.


In Context

24 But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, he said to the paralysed man, I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy little couch and go to thine house.

25 And immediately standing up before them, having taken up that whereon he was laid, he departed to his house, glorifying God.

26 And astonishment seized all, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

27 And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.

28 And having left all, rising up, he followed him.

29 And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.

Luke 5:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:27And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:27After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. "Follow me," Jesus said to him,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:27And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and he said to him: Follow me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:27And after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:27And after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:27And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him, Follow me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:27After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, |Follow me!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:27And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, 'Be following me;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:27And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him, Follow me.