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Governments have a right to collect taxes, but those who collect them have often been unpopular, not least because they seem to have demanded more than they were entitled to. Jesus Christ welcomed such people, as he did other sinners, and many repented as a result of his affirming attitude.
Temple taxes collected by Levites See also 2Ch 24:6,9
Temple tax paid by Jesus Christ Mt 17:24-26
In NT times Lk 18:11 Tax collectors were widely suspected of corruption.
Jesus Christ recognises this popular contempt See also Mt 5:46; Mt 18:17; Lk 18:11
Lk 3:12-13 See also Mt 21:31-32; Lk 7:29
Lk 15:1 See also Mt 9:10 pp Mk 2:15 pp Lk 5:29
Jesus Christ criticised for eating with tax collectors Lk 15:2 See also Mt 9:11 pp Mk 2:16 pp Lk 5:30; Mt 11:19 pp Lk 7:34; Lk 19:1-7
Jesus Christ defends his concern Mt 9:12-14 pp Mk 2:17 pp Lk 5:31 See also Lk 15:3-4 The parables in Luke chapter 15 are in part a defence of Jesus Christ’s concern for tax collectors and sinners.
In the parable Lk 18:13-14
Matthew Levi Mt 9:9 pp Mk 2:13-14 pp Lk 5:27-28
Zacchaeus See also Lk 19:1-9
2048 | Christ, love of |
2545 | Christ, opposition to |
4263 | Rome |
5098 | John the Baptist |
5577 | taxation |
5691 | friends, good |
6040 | sinners |
6130 | corruption |
6626 | conversion |
7903 | baptism |
7912 | collections |