Matthew

Matthew’s Gospel describes Jesus calling Matthew from the tax office. Mark and Luke tell a similar calling story using the name Levi.

Let the text introduce them.

Begin with Matthew 9; Mark 2; Luke 5. Notice what the passage tells you, what it leaves unsaid, and what you may have brought to it from other retellings.

Make room for an encounter.

What question would you bring to this person’s story? Read slowly enough to notice a detail you have passed over before.