MATTHEW

also known as Levi

JESUS CHRIST JOHN PETER PHILIP BARTHOLOMEW THOMAS THADDEUS JAMES JAMES ANDREW SIMON MATTHEW JUDAS ISCARIOT

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Matt 9:9-13
     As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him.  While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." 
NIV

Mark 2:14
14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him. 
NIV

HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS

    Matthew was the brother of James, son of Alphaeus. Matthew, also known as Levi, was a contracted tax collector under the authority of Herod Antipas and worked in or around Capernaum.  Tax collectors were despised by the Jews and were considered to be of the same class as murderers and robbers.

                    Life size bronze sculpture by Bill McCown, Edition of 3, Price on request.

                                                                

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