Mark 2:14
Follow me.
Jesus sees Levi/Matthew in a tax booth and call him.
Mark 2:14 ...Follow me...
Mark 2:14 . Follow me,
Greek
We don't know why we are called to follow.
Lost in Translation
The word "follow" has the additional sense also of following a thought in a discourse as well as physically following someone. The object this word takes isn't a direct object, but an indirect one. Jesus doesn't ask those he has cured to follow him. The form can be either a request or a command.
The "me" is in the form of an indirect object, which the verb normally takes when the one being followed is a person.
Vocabulary (Greek word by word)
Ἀκολούθει [22 verses](verb 2nd sg pres imperat act) "Follow" is akoloutheo, which means "to follow," and "to go with." It also means "to be guided by" and means following a leader as a student. Follow is from akoloutheô, which is from a root meaning "first road" (alpha keleuthos).
μοί, [96 verses](pron 1st sg masc/fem dat) "Me" is moi (emoi) , which can be the object of some prepositions and as the object of a verb means "to me" "for me," and "by me."
KJV — word by word
Follow -- The term "follow" means "to follow," or "go with," in a physical sense, but it is also a metaphor meaning "to be guided by" or "to follow the meaning of."
me -- The "me" is in the indirect object form of the first-person pronoun, so usually "to me,""for me," and "by me."
NIV — word by word
Follow -- The term "follow" means "to follow," or "go with," in a physical sense, but it is also a metaphor meaning "to be guided by" or "to follow the meaning of."
me -- The "me" is in the indirect object form of the first-person pronoun, so usually "to me,""for me," and "by me."