'Farmer' in the Bible

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

Then he began to tell them many things in parables. He said, "Listen! A farmer went out to sow.

"Listen, then, to the parable about the farmer.

And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.