Matthew 9:7-9

New Century Version

⁷ And the man stood up and went home. ⁸ When the people saw this, they were amazed and praised God for giving power like this to human beings.

Jesus Chooses Matthew

⁹ When Jesus was leaving, he saw a man named Matthew sitting in the tax collector’s booth. Jesus said to him, “Follow me,” and he stood up and followed Jesus.