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Jesus Calls Levi

Luke 5:28

In 9 translations

BSB
and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.
KJV
And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
WEB
He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
ASV
And he forsook all, and rose up and followed him.
LSV
and he, having left all, having arisen, followed Him.
YLT
and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.
DBY
And having left all, rising up, he followed him.
DRC
And leaving all things, he rose up and followed him.
GNV
And he left all, rose vp, and folowed him.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read πάντα (“all [things]”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἅπαντα (“all [things]”).
  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read ἠκολούθει (“he was following”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἠκολούθησεν (“followed”).
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: πάντα. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read πάντα; Robinson–Pierpont read ἅπαντα.
  • SBLGNT: ἠκολούθει. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἠκολούθει; Robinson–Pierpont read ἠκολούθησεν.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ καταλιπὼν πάντα ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθει αὐτῷ.
RP2018
Καὶ καταλιπὼν ἅπαντα, ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ.
TR-Boyd
Καὶ καταλιπὼν ἅπαντα, ἀναστὰς ἠκολούθησεν αὐτῷ.
SCR1894
και καταλιπων απαντα αναστας ηκολουθησεν αυτω

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Luke 5:11And when they had brought their boats ashore, they left everything and followed Him.
  • 1 Kings 19:19–21So Elijah departed and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve teams of oxen, and he was with the twelfth team. Elijah passed by him and threw his cloak around him. So Elisha left the oxen, ran after…
  • Matthew 19:22–27When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth. Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is…
  • Luke 9:59–62Then He said to another man, “Follow Me.” The man replied, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus told him, “Let the dead bury their own dead. You, however, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Still…

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