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Matthew 9:8-10
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8 [a]When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to human beings.

The Call of Matthew.[b] 9 As Jesus passed on from there,(A) he saw a man named Matthew[c] sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him. 10 While he was at table in his house,[d] many tax collectors and sinners came and sat with Jesus and his disciples.(B)

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  1. 9:8 Who had given such authority to human beings: a significant difference from Mk 2:12 (“They…glorified God, saying, ‘We have never seen anything like this’”). Matthew’s extension to human beings of the authority to forgive sins points to the belief that such authority was being claimed by Matthew’s church.
  2. 9:9–17 In this section the order is the same as that of Mk 2:13–22.
  3. 9:9 A man named Matthew: Mark names this tax collector Levi (Mk 2:14). No such name appears in the four lists of the twelve who were the closest companions of Jesus (Mt 10:2–4; Mk 3:16–19; Lk 6:14–16; Acts 1:13 [eleven, because of the defection of Judas Iscariot]), whereas all four list a Matthew, designated in Mt 10:3 as “the tax collector.” The evangelist may have changed the “Levi” of his source to Matthew so that this man, whose call is given special notice, like that of the first four disciples (Mt 4:18–22), might be included among the twelve. Another reason for the change may be that the disciple Matthew was the source of traditions peculiar to the church for which the evangelist was writing.
  4. 9:10 His house: it is not clear whether his refers to Jesus or Matthew. Tax collectors: see note on Mt 5:46. Table association with such persons would cause ritual impurity.
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