Tax Collectors

And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?' — read the full passage →

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners, and wisdom was justified of her children.'

`And if thy brother may sin against thee, go and show him his fault between thee and him alone, if he may hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother; — read the full passage →

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile: — read the full passage →

`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same?

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually; — read the full passage →

`Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher--doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.' — read the full passage →

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?'

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God, — read the full passage →

the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer;

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him, — read the full passage →

and passing by, he saw Levi of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him.

`And if he may not hear them, say <FI>it<Fi> to the assembly, and if also the assembly he may not hear, let him be to thee as the heathen man and the tax-gatherer.

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples,

And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming nigh to him, to hear him,

And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat),

the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;

and the scribes and the Pharisees among them were murmuring at his disciples, saying, `Wherefore with tax-gatherers and sinners do ye eat and drink?'

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;'

and he said unto them, `Exact no more than that directed you.'

And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.

and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,

`And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me--the sinner!

And the scribes and the Pharisees, having seen him eating with the tax-gatherers and sinners, said to his disciples, `Why--that with the tax-gatherers and sinners he doth eat and drink?'

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

And Jesus passing by thence, saw a man sitting at the tax-office, named Matthew, and saith to him, `Be following me,' and he, having risen, did follow him. — read the full passage →

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

and having seen <FI>it<Fi> , they were all murmuring, saying--`With a sinful man he went in to lodge!'

and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying--This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.'

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;' — read the full passage →

tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?' — read the full passage →

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God,

`For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a demon; — read the full passage →

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, — read the full passage →

And having entered, he was passing through Jericho,

And Jesus, having heard, saith to them, `They who are strong have no need of a physician, but they who are ill; I came not to call righteous men, but sinners to reformation.'

And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him. — read the full passage →

And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them, — read the full passage →

which of the two did the will of the father?' They say to him, `The first.' Jesus saith to them, `Verily I say to you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots do go before you into the reign of God, — read the full passage →

And the king calleth for Jehoiada the head, and saith to him, `Wherefore hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tribute of Moses, servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich, — read the full passage →

And having entered, he was passing through Jericho, — read the full passage →

And Levi made a great entertainment to him in his house, and there was a great multitude of tax-gatherers and others who were with them reclining (at meat), — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners were reclining (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him. — read the full passage →

And again he entered into Capernaum, after <FI>some<Fi> days, and it was heard that he is in the house, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, — read the full passage →

and having opened his mouth, he was teaching them, saying:

For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

stedfast <FI>is<Fi> the word, and of all acceptation worthy, that Christ Jesus came to the world to save sinners--first of whom I am;

And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:

And he went forth again by the sea, and all the multitude was coming unto him, and he was teaching them, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, he reclining (at meat) in the house, that lo, many tax-gatherers and sinners having come, were lying (at meat) with Jesus and his disciples, — read the full passage →

for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.

`And to you we are making known, that upon any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of the house of God, tribute and custom there is no authority to lift up.

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

kindness to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied!

we by nature Jews, and not sinners of the nations,

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

And Jesus said unto him--`To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham; — read the full passage →

And Jesus said unto him--`To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

and he would not for a time, but after these things he said in himself, Even if God I do not fear, and man do not regard,

And a certain one of the Pharisees was asking him that he might eat with him, and having gone into the house of the Pharisee he reclined (at meat), — read the full passage →

I came not to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'

And after these things he went forth, and beheld a tax-gatherer, by name Levi, sitting at the tax-office, and said to him, `Be following me;' — read the full passage →

and they having come, say to him, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?'

And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was there a man having the hand withered, — read the full passage →

and Jesus having seen their faith, saith to the paralytic, `Child, thy sins have been forgiven thee.'

Then Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, — read the full passage →

and said, `Verily I say to you, if ye may not be turned and become as the children, ye may not enter into the reign of the heavens;

and the Pharisees having seen, said to his disciples, `Wherefore with the tax-gatherers and sinners doth your teacher eat?' — read the full passage →

And lo, certain of the scribes said within themselves, `This one doth speak evil.'

`Not every one who is saying to me Lord, lord, shall come into the reign of the heavens; but he who is doing the will of my Father who is in the heavens.

`For, if ye may love those loving you, what reward have ye? do not also the tax-gatherers the same? — read the full passage →

`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth; — read the full passage →

`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.

What, then, shall we say? shall we continue in the sin that the grace may abound? — read the full passage →

And when he completed all his sayings in the ears of the people, he went into Capernaum; — read the full passage →

And it came to pass in those days, there went forth a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world be enrolled--

Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James of Alpheus, and Lebbeus who was surnamed Thaddeus;

And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave to them power over unclean spirits, so as to be casting them out, and to be healing every sickness, and every malady. — read the full passage →

And having gone to the boat, he passed over, and came to his own city, — read the full passage →

`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

Therefore, because of your trampling on the poor, And the tribute of corn ye take from him, Houses of hewn work ye have built, And ye do not dwell in them, Desirable vineyards ye have planted, And ye do not drink their wine.

`And stood up on his station hath <FI>one<Fi> causing an exactor to pass over the honour of the kingdom, and in a few days he is destroyed, and not in anger, nor in battle.

In the beginning of God's preparing the heavens and the earth--

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest, — read the full passage →

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

If, then, ye were raised with the Christ, the things above seek ye, where the Christ is, on the right hand of God seated, — read the full passage →

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

And Peter and the apostles answering, said, `To obey God it behoveth, rather than men;

and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that <FI>way<Fi> he was about to pass by.