"And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed him.
Then Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house"
So did he give up everything? In the next line he still has his house. In what sense can he have given up everything if he still has what is likely his chief possession? He now sees it as the LORD's rather than his own, used for the LORD's purposes. The banquet is really the work of the LORD, calling all of Levi's friends from his former life to come and discover what Levi has discovered.
Levi is no longer following his own pursuits. He is no longer seeking his own interest. He counts what he had as loss and puts it in the service of Jesus. He old life was definitely "parched land" but now even here the LORD will give him plenty. Now that he has turned from a life of oppression, malice, and greed light shall rise for him in the darkness. In the presence of his LORD the gloom shall be as midday.
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