“Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?” This last question is the one that Jesus’ detractors ask in today’s Gospel passage from Mark. They are baffled that Jesus not only asks a ...

Many tax collectors were dishonest and abused this system by taking far too much. Jesus wants to teach people the importance of praying with the right attitude. This parable is aimed at those who ...

Jesus was passing through Jericho. There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich. Zacchaeus was a little man, and wanted to see Jesus, so he climbed a sycamore tree.

While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him. Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating ...