Mt: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.
jesus Its the same everywhere.
Yes. Christians follow the Holy Bible.
People were shocked because Levi was a tax collector, a profession associated with corruption and working for the Roman oppressors. It was unexpected for Jesus, a religious figure, to choose someone like Levi as one of his followers.
When Jesus first saw Levi He thought, "here is a man that needs salvation and understanding of the Gospel because I am going to call him to be my disciple and he will become an apostle." All Jesus saw was a man collecting taxes.
No the bible does not say so .
12
No I don't think so.
to follow Jesus in his mission, joy, and sufferings
About 180 times
We called the 12 men as disciples.
Jesus called Matthew to follow him around the year 30 AD. Matthew was a tax collector when Jesus called him to be one of his disciples.
None of it.... we believe that the bible was one of the holy books, which is known as "injel" sent by Allah.... to our prophet Isa (AS) , whom Christan's call Jesus.... but we believe that the bible/injel has been corrupted by men.... so we believe nothing but the holy Quran.