Bible Verses About Publicans: Matthew, the collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle

And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he arose up and followed him.

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,

And when he was passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And rising up, he followed him.

And after these things, he went forth and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him: Follow me.