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# Connecting Statement:
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When Jesus leaves the house, he calls Levi, the Jewish tax collector, to follow him.
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# After these things happened
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The phrase "these things" refers to what happened in the previous verses. This signals a new event. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
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# saw a tax collector
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"looked at a tax collector with attention" or "looked carefully at a tax collector"
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# Follow me
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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/translate/figs-idiom]])
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