PUBLICANS
(Tax collectors for the Romans)
Disreputable MAT 5:46,47; 9:11; 11:19; 18:17; 21:31; LUK 18:11
Change their ways because of the preaching of John the Baptist MAT 21:32; LUK 3:12; 7:29
Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle MAT 9:9; 10:3; MRK 2:14; LUK 5:27
Parable concerning LUK 18:9-14
Zacchaeus, chief among, receives Jesus into his house LUK 19:2-10