Why would this Jesus eat with sinners and tax collectors? What is he thinking? Doesn’t he care about his reputation? How can any decent person take him seriously when he treats the scum of the earth ...

“While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ‘Why does your ...

Jesus said to them in reply, “Those who are healthy do not need a physician, but the sick do. I have not come to call the righteous to repentance but sinners.” (Lk 5:30-32) Imagine you are one of the ...

for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted” (Lk 18:9-14). What is it about tax collectors in Christian Scripture? Just about everybody treats them ...

"He sits with tax collectors and sinners." This is a common attack Jesus receives in the New Testament. For instance, in Luke 15, a crowd gathers to hear Jesus teach. The crowd is divided. On one side ...

Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector. His point is to show the fallacy of trusting in one’s righteousness while looking down on ...

The Easter story is kind of unbelievable. As the story goes, on this day about two thousand years ago Jesus defeated death and escaped from an earthly grave. An angel might have been involved. Jesus ...

WHEN one studies the Bible, you will find that Jesus had a far better relationship with sinners and tax collectors who were extremely unpopular during those days than with religious leaders and ...