Parallel Passage

As you may have known I have been doing a study in the gospels comparing the different versions presented by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. In doing this I have discovered that they kinda jump around a bit and aren't always chronologically identical.

This has added to the time it takes me to study, and to be honest without the help of the Gospelcom bible and it's search tool I wouldn't have been able to stick with it as easily.

So just in case you are interested I decided to put together some of the passages as I go along to make it easier for you to try it for yourself.

One thing you will notice is that due to John's Gospel focusing more on statements and relationships between Jesus and His disciples, events that occur are often only mentioned in the first three Gospels and are not included in John.

Finally if you don't like the translation that I used (the New Living Translation) then after you have gone to the page you can use "see this passage in" pull down box at the top of the page, change it to the translation of your choice, and click go. NIV - New International Version, or KJV - King James Version, are probably two that are the most popular or well known. Do bear in mind that as this is an American website though it will have spelling mistakes (honour, and colour for example).

Jesus Calls Levi (Matthew)


In this passage Jesus meets Levi the Tax collector and just goes straight up to him and tells him to follow him. Levi/Matthew then has a party and invites his friends (other tax collectors as pretty much the rest of society shunned him), Jesus and his disciples. This is the passage in which Jesus teaches us that we don't have to clean up our act to become Christians we need to follow Christ and he will help us do it.
"Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do. I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough."

the second part of this quote talks of how we need to spend time in the world - and not shut ourselves off, otherwise how will we reach those that need Jesus the most (especially as they are more likely to realise so than those who already think they are good).
Matthew is disciple number five.

posted by Tim @ 1/20/2004 09:11:00 AM

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