Sitting at his customs post, Levi the tax collector must have gotten some angry glares. After all, tax collectors were despised for collaborating with the Roman authorities and were unwelcome in the ...

“While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ‘Why does your ...

Even in Biblical times, tax collectors are despised and seen as dishonest, corrupt and even traitors for helping the Roman conquerors. They are put in the same class as prostitutes. But Jesus made it ...