99 — Person: Matthew (Levi)

Number: 99

Person: Matthew (Levi)

Action: Sitting at the tax booth; rising to follow Jesus

Object: Tax booth

Scripture connection: Matthew 9:9 — As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.

Memory hook: 99 = Tet-Tet = double basket; Matt 9. Matthew at the tax booth — the number 99 is the tax collector who got up and followed, and wrote the first Gospel.

Why this number? 99 = Tet-Tet = double basket; Matt 9. Matthew sat at the tax booth and rose to follow; the number 99 ties him to the Hebrew letters and the booth.