Joyful Moments in Christ

1. After — Coming later in time.
2. Answered — Said something back to a question.
3. Ask — To say you want something.
4. Began — Started to do something.
5. Big — Very large or great.
6. Change — To become different.
7. Collecting — Gathering or taking things from people.
8. Come — To arrive at a place.
9. Complain — To say that you are unhappy or do not like something.
10. Doctor — A person who helps sick people get well.
11. Drink — To take a liquid into your mouth and swallow it.
12. Eat — To put food in your mouth, chew, and swallow it.
13. Follow — To go after someone or do what they do.
14. Gave a Dinner — Hosted or paid for a large meal for guests.
15. Good — Kind, nice, or helpful.
16. Got Up — Stood up from sitting or lying down.
17. Healthy — Not sick; strong and in good condition.
18. House — A building where people live.
19. Law — A rule or command that tells us what to do or not do.
20. Left Everything — To stop having or doing everything you had before.
21. Levi — The name of a man Jesus called to follow him. He is also called Matthew.
22. Live — To be alive or continue to have life.
23. Many — A large number of people or things.
24. Matthew — The name of a man Jesus called to follow him. He is also called Levi.
25. Need — Something very important for living.
26. Other — A different person or thing.
27. People — A group of men, women, or children.
28. Pharisee — A religious leader in the Bible who taught people to follow God’s laws.
29. Place — A space or area where something happens.
30. Saw — Looked at something with your eyes.
31. Sick — Not healthy; feeling bad in your body.
32. Sinner — A person who does things against God’s commands.
33. Sitting — To be resting on a chair or a seat.
34. Table — A piece of furniture with a flat top and legs.
35. Taught — Helped someone learn something.
36. Tax Collector — A person who gathers money for the government.
37. Taxes — Money people must pay to the government.
38. Too — Also; in addition.
39. Way — A plan or path to do something.
40. Went Out — Left or came out from a place.

1. Among — In the middle of or part of a group.
2. Call — To ask someone to come or follow.
3. Doctor — A person who helps sick people get well.
4. Feast — A big meal with a lot of food, often for a special time.
5. Follow — To go after someone or do what they do.
6. Guests — People who are invited to a home or event.
7. Got Up — Stood up from sitting or lying down.
8. House — A building where people live.
9. Left Everything — To stop having or doing everything you had before.
10. Levi — The name of a man Jesus called to follow him. He is also called Matthew.
11. Office — A place where people work.
12. Outcast — A person who is not accepted by others or by the community.
13. Repent — To be sorry for wrong things you have done and decide to change.
14. Respectable — Someone others think is good and follows the rules.
15. Sick — Not healthy; feeling bad in your body.
16. Sitting — To be resting on a chair or a seat.
17. Tax Collector — A person who gathers money for the government, often disliked by people.
18. Well — Feeling healthy and not sick.

Levi (Matthew) Follows Jesus
27 After this Jesus went out and saw a tax collector sitting at his place for collecting taxes.
His name was Levi.
Jesus said to him, “Follow me!”
28 Levi got up, left everything, and followed Jesus.
29 Then Levi gave a big dinner at his house for Jesus.
At the table there were many tax collectors and some other people too.
30 But the Pharisees and those who taught the law for the Pharisees began to complain to the followers of Jesus,
“Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other sinners?”
31 Jesus answered them,
“It is the sick people who need a doctor, not those who are healthy.
32 I have not come to ask good people to change.
I have come to ask sinners to change the way they live.”

Luke 5:27-32 (ERV)

Jesus Calls Levi
27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, “Follow me.”
28 Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.
29 Then Levi had a big feast in his house for Jesus, and among the guests was a large number of tax collectors and other people.
30 Some Pharisees and some teachers of the Law who belonged to their group complained to Jesus’ disciples. “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and other outcasts?” they asked.
31 Jesus answered them, “People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick.
32 I have not come to call respectable people to repent, but outcasts.”

Luke 5:27-32 (GNT)