Luke 5:27 Douay-Rheims

And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and he said to him: Follow me.

Bede the Venerable

c. A.D. 672–735 Patristic

Now by the election of Matthew is signified the faith of the Gentiles, who formerly gasped after worldly pleasures, but now refresh the body of Christ with zealous devotion.

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A.D. 735 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Luke 5:27-32

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.

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