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587 B
Connecting Statement:
When Jesus leaves the house, he calls Levi, the Jewish tax collector, to follow him.
After these things happened
The phrase "these things" refers to what happened in the previous verses. This signals a new event. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-newevent)
saw a tax collector
"looked at a tax collector with attention" or "looked carefully at a tax collector"
Follow me
To "follow" someone is to become that person's disciple. Alternate translation: "Be my disciple" or "Come, follow me as your teacher" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)