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The Bible doesn't say how old he was when he became a follower of Christ, but the Bible says in Matthew 9:9

And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

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Saint Matthew was likely in his early thirties when he became a follower of Christ.

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