He is sitting and eating with tax collectors. For a moment, you wonder why Jesus makes time for sinners and none for you, someone who has sought to follow God’s dictates all of your life.

Why would this Jesus eat with sinners and tax collectors? What is he thinking? Doesn’t he care about his reputation? How can any decent person take him seriously when he ...

Jesus has been eating with tax collectors, inviting the ire of the religious elites. He called Matthew, a tax collector, to be one of his disciples. And the parables of the lost sheep and the lost ...

Yet, Jesus would eat meals with, educate and even chose a tax collector (Matthew) to be one of his disciples. In Luke 19:1-10, Jesus is passing through Jericho.

As they dine together at Levi's house, the scribes and Pharisees balk and question Jesus' practice of eating and drinking with sinners and tax collectors. Prayerfully watch the tension unfold in ...

Thus, if Jesus can associate with tax collectors — forgive and heal their sins — He can easily forgive those who think of themselves as more worthy or hold higher titles. These two gospel ...

Some Pharisees saw this and said to the disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and outcasts?" Jesus heard them and responded, "I have not come to call respectable people, ...

It means: “Jesus, therefore, saw the tax collector, and because he saw, by having mercy and by choosing, He said to him, Follow me.” But when the Vatican struck the medal it goofed up the ...

West is a “tax collector,” and Jesus is king. We shouldn’t expect someone new to this level of devotion to spark a sudden revival. We should not expect him to lead.