Object: symbol of Saint Matthew (Levi) white shield with three blue money bags

Good evening my young friends of Jesus. It has been good to share with you some of the experiences that some of the first friends Jesus knew had with Him. One of the wonderful things about Jesus was that He had many friends and that they all trusted Him with love.

Tonight, I want to tell you about another one of Jesus’ friends, a man called Levi, or, as most of us know him, Matthew. Matthew was a tax collector which was not a very good job for Jews. To be a tax collector meant he had to work for the enemy Romans and take money away from his Jewish brothers. One day as Matthew was doing his job collecting mone…