'Farmers' in the Bible

Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?

And Levi made a great feast for him in his house: and a great number of tax-farmers and others were seated at table with them.

And the Pharisees and their scribes made protests against his disciples, saying, Why do you take food and drink with tax-farmers and sinners?

(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

Now all the tax-farmers and sinners came near to give ear to him.

Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went away for a long time.

At harvest time he sent a slave to the farmers so that they might give him some fruit from the vineyard. But the farmers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

“But when the tenant farmers saw him, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let’s kill him, so the inheritance will be ours!’

He will come and destroy those farmers and give the vineyard to others.”But when they heard this they said, “No—never!”