PUBLICANS
-(Tax collectors for the Romans)
-Disreputable
Mt 5:46,47; 9:11; 11:19; 18:17; 21:31; Lu 18:11
-Change their ways because of the preaching of John the Baptist
Mt 21:32; Lu 3:12; 7:29
-Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle
Mt 9:9; 10:3; Mr 2:14; Lu 5:27
-Parable concerning
Lu 18:9-14
-Zacchaeus, chief among, receives Jesus into his house
Lu 19:2-10
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