And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, Follow Me. So he arose and followed Him.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?

But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; Jacob the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them.

And as He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, Follow Me. So he arose and followed Him.

Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Jacob the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Canaanite;

So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell everything that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me.

And He says to them, Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And going on from there, He saw two other brothers, Jacob the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. And He called them,

But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, Follow Me.

If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, My Father will honor him.

This He spoke, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, Follow Me.

Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, But Lord, what about this man?