Matthew 9:8-10

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⁸ When the crowds saw it, they were filled with awe, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to human beings.^(A)

The Call of Matthew

⁹ As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax-collection station, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.

¹⁰ And as he sat at dinner^[a] in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting^[b] with Jesus and his disciples.