Tax collector and apostle · First century AD

Matthew in the Bible

Also called Levi

Called from the customs post at Capernaum, Matthew throws a feast for his colleagues that draws the first complaint about the company Jesus keeps. The Gospel bearing his name is the one most concerned with showing Scripture fulfilled.

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JesusPeterZacchaeusCapernaumSea of Galilee
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Verses mentioning Matthew

5 occurrences across 5 verses in the King James Version.

  1. Matthew 9:9

    And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

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  2. Matthew 10:3

    Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

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  3. Mark 3:18

    And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,

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  4. Luke 6:15

    Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,

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  5. Acts 1:13

    And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.

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