Calling of Matthew

The Calling of St. Matthew, by Vittore Carpaccio, 1502.
Calling of St. Matthew by Alexandre Bida, 1875.

The Calling of Matthew is an episode in the life of Jesus which appears in all three synoptic gospels, Matthew 9:9–13, Mark 2:13–17 and Luke 5:27–28, and relates the initial encounter between Jesus and Matthew, the tax collector who became a disciple.[1]

  1. ^ France, R.T. (2007), The Gospel of Matthew, p. 349, ISBN 978-0-8028-2501-8.