Jesus did not tell sinners that, before purifying themselves ... and it is probably this fact which gave immediate substance to the charge that he ate with tax collectors. The Gospel tradition ...

Tax collectors were hated in biblical times and were regarded as sinners. They were Jews who ... and abused this system by taking far too much. Jesus wants to teach people the importance of ...

Tax collectors were not popular in Jesus’ day and were commonly regarded as sinners. Tax collectors worked for the Romans, the occupying force in Palestine at the time. They collected taxes from ...

One time “Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, and many tax collectors and ‘sinners’ came and ate with Him and His ...