Thematic Bible: The Publicans
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the Publicans » The jews » Classed with the most infamous characters
The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.
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For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but ye when ye saw it repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.
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the Publicans » The jews » Despised our lord for associating with
The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man that is eating and wine-drinking, a friend of tax-gatherers, and of sinners: and wisdom has been justified by her children.
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And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with tax-gatherers and sinners?
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the Publicans » Many of » Attended the preaching of Christ
And it came to pass as he lay at table in his house, that many tax-gatherers and sinners lay at table with Jesus and his disciples; for they were many, and they followed him.
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And all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near to him to hear him;
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the Publicans » Many of » Received john's baptism
And tax-gatherers came also to be baptised, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do?
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(And all the people who heard it, and the tax-gatherers, justified God, having been baptised with the baptism of John;
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the Publicans » Often hospitable
And he made haste and came down, and received him with joy.
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And Levi made a great entertainment for him in his house, and there was a great crowd of tax-gatherers and others who were at table with them.
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the Publicans » Often kind to their friends
For if ye should love those who love you, what reward have ye? Do not also the tax-gatherers the same? And if ye should salute your brethren only, what do ye extraordinary? Do not also the Gentiles the same?
the Publicans » Many of » Believed the preaching of john
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed him; but ye when ye saw it repented not yourselves afterwards to believe him.
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the Publicans » Many of » Embraced the gospel
Which of the two did the will of the father? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Verily I say unto you that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
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the Publicans » Matthew the apostle was of
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the tax-gatherer; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, who was surnamed Thaddaeus;
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the Publicans » The jews » Despised
The Pharisee, standing, prayed thus to himself: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer.
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the Publicans » The collectors of the public taxes
And after these things he went forth and saw a tax-gatherer, Levi by name, sitting at the receipt of taxes, and said to him, Follow me.
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the Publicans » Chiefs of, were very rich
And behold, there was a man by name called Zacchaeus, and he was chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich.
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the Publicans » Often guilty of extortion
But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from any man by false accusation, I return him fourfold.
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the Publicans » Suspected of extortion
And he said to them, Take no more money than what is appointed to you.
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