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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 ...
From the Beatles to the Bible, today we focus on the relationship between Jesus and tax collectors. ... ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’” (Matthew 9:10-11).
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.
It said, “Jesus didn’t dine with tax collectors and sinners because he wanted to appear inclusive, tolerant, and accepting. He ate with them to call them to a changed and fruitful life, to die ...
Last Sunday the Gospel reading gave us two characters and we studied how they prayed inside the temple. It was The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector and we learned the proper posture ...
In the Gospel reading on July 4, the same day that our nation celebrated its birth, Jesus called Matthew to join the ...
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5 traits of a modern-day Pharisee - MSN
2. No compassion. The Pharisees lacked compassion for others. One time “Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, and many ...
The story of Zacchaeus (Luke 19.1-9) brings home the curiosity of the reported charge that Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners and promised them a place in the kingdom. This story was, as I ...
Jesus does not wait for sinners to change their lives before he welcomes them, said the preacher of the papal household. "He welcomes them and this leads sinners to change their lives," Cardinal ...
VATICAN CITY — In his Sunday Angelus message to the crowds in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis praised the ‘ridiculous’ actions of Zaccheus, the short tax collector who climbed a tree in ...