Matthew 9:10
And it happened [as] he {was dining} in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners were coming [and] {dining} with Jesus and his disciples.
Matthew 5:46-47
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not the tax collectors also do the same?
Mark 2:15-17
And it happened that he {was dining} in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners {were dining with} Jesus and his disciples, for there were many and they were following him.
Luke 5:29-32
And Levi gave a great banquet for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining for the meal with them.
John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if someone is devout and does his will, he listens to this one.
1 Timothy 1:13-16
[although I] was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, but I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,