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Early in his Galilean ministry (30 or early 31 C.E.) Jesus Christ called Matthew from the tax office in or near Capernaum. (Matthew 9:1, 9; Mark 2:1, 13, 14) 'Leaving everything behind, Matthew rose up and went following Jesus.' (Luke 5:27, 28)

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