Jesus called the most unlikely man in town to be his disciple. Why? And Levi left everything and followed him straightaway. Why? How do we account for his instant obedience?

Jesus didn't wait for his elect to look for him: he went out to search for them. And how different they were! A leper was desperate to be cleansed; a paralytic would never have come if others hadn't brought him; a tax-collector was determined to carry on in his life…