Let us focus first on the novelty of an offer of forgiveness. The tax collectors and sinners, Perrin assures us, 'responded in glad acceptance' to Jesus' saying that they would be forgiven,l05 But was ...

And as he reclined at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples, for ...

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 ...

Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. Two men went up ...

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 ...

From the context of Matthew’s calling as one of the Twelve Disciples (Matthew 9:9), it is not surprising that most scholars ...

This is the Daily Gospel for today, January 18, 2025, which is the Saturday of the first week in ordinary time. READ MORE: ...