2023-09-21 02:00:00
However, none of the above seemed to matter much to Jesus, who, one day while walking, saw Matthew sitting collecting taxes, approached him and said, “Follow me.” He heard the Master’s call and, without hesitation, got up and followed him (Mt 9:9ff). The episode also appears related in the other two synoptic Gospels (Mc 2,14ff; Lk 5,27ff).
Tradition suggests that it was Christ who changed his name ‘Levi’ to ‘Matthew’, which means “gift of God.”
Saint Matthew is always in the group of the Twelve. In the Gospel he is included in the list of the Apostles (Mt 10:2-3). In this passage, after giving his name, he rehearses a description of himself: “Matthew, the tax collector” and “the publican.”
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