Collectors
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Greek
5057. telones -- tax collector
... Word Origin from telos and oneomai Definition a farmer of taxes, ie a tax collector
NASB Word Usage collector (1), tax collector (5), tax collectors (15). ...
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Brief Outline of Ancient Jewish Theological Literature
... Jesus "the Apostle and High-Priest of our profession" (Hebrews 3:1). Besides these
functionaries, we also read of "Gabaei Zedakah," or collectors of charity ...
/.../edersheim/sketches of jewish social life/chapter 18 brief outline of.htm

The Prophet Joel.
... which Joel wrote. There cannot be any doubt that the Collectors were guided
by a consideration of the chronology. The circumstance ...
/.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the prophet joel.htm

The Stater in the Fish. (Matt. , xvii. , 27. )
... On his return, the collectors came to Peter, who was regarded as the spokesman of
the little society, and asked why his Master did not pay the tribute. ...
/.../section 191 the stater in.htm

The Christian Conception of Life Has Already Arisen in Our Society ...
... Governors, police officials, tax collectors often have compassion on the people
and try to find pretexts for not collecting the tax from them. ...
/.../the kingdom of god is within you/chapter xi the christian conception.htm

The First victory for Dissent
... that hath declared himself of y'e Church of England, that he can conveniently and
doth attend y'e public worship there, then the collectors, having first ...
/.../chapter viii the first victory.htm

The Canon from Semler to the Present Time, with Reflections on Its ...
... in the Hagiographa. We cannot, therefore, credit the collectors or editors
of the books with great critical sagacity. But they did ...
/.../davidson/the canon of the bible/chapter xi the canon from.htm

Bible in the Canarese Language.
... a good beginning, but the work has to be completed; every man, woman, and child
has to be converted; and therefore the young Missionary collectors all over ...
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The Lost Piece of Money.
... The publicans of those days were the collectors of taxes for the Romans, and it
was a constant complaint against them that they exacted more from the people ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the new testament/the lost piece of money.htm

What St. Paul Calls Spiritual Wickednesses Displayed by Pagan ...
... On the same principle, those poetasters are commonly called Homerocentones, "collectors
of Homeric odds and ends," who stitch into one piece, patchwork fashion ...
/.../the prescription against heretics/chapter xxxix what st paul calls.htm

The Coin in the Fish's Mouth
... The question of the collectors, 'Doth not your Master pay tribute?' does not sound
like the imperative demand which a 'publican' would have made for payment of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the coin in the fishs.htm

Thesaurus
Collectors (16 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Collectors (16 Occurrences). Matthew ... have?
Don't even the tax collectors do the same? (WEB NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Sinners (132 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:10 It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors
and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. ...
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Eating (151 Occurrences)
... Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,'Behold, a
gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But ...
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Eat (690 Occurrences)
... Matthew 9:11 When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your
teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT ...
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Tax (43 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't
even the tax collectors do the same? ... Don't even the tax collectors do the same? ...
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Glutton (4 Occurrences)
... Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,'Behold, a
gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But ...
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Gluttonous (4 Occurrences)
... Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,'Behold, a
gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But ...
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Reclining (25 Occurrences)
... Mark 2:15 It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many
tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there ...
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Eats (57 Occurrences)
... Mark 2:16 The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the
sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats ...
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Drunkard (15 Occurrences)
... Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,'Behold, a
gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But ...
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Resources
Why does the Bible speak so negatively about tax collectors? | GotQuestions.org

Who was Matthew in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is the significance of Jesus eating with sinners? | GotQuestions.org

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Collectors (16 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:46
For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 5:47
If you only greet your friends, what more do you do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
(WEB)

Matthew 9:10
It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 9:11
When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children. "
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 17:24
After their arrival at Capernaum the collectors of the half-shekel came and asked Peter, "Does not your Teacher pay the half-shekel?"
(WEY RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:31
Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 2:15
It happened, that he was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners sat down with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many, and they followed him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 2:16
The scribes and the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, said to his disciples, "Why is it that he eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?"
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 3:12
Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 5:29
Levi made a great feast for him in his house. There was a great crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining with them.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 5:30
Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:29
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 7:34
The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say,'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 15:1
Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming close to him to hear him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

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Ate (138 Occurrences)

Afterward (113 Occurrences)

Assemblies (48 Occurrences)

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Feast (209 Occurrences)

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