As a tax collector, Matthew was working for the enemy of God ... or that Jesus would eat with sinners like me or you or anyone else whom Jesus calls. Who had the harder time grasping the reality of ...

Just in time for Easter, Season One of "The Chosen" is streaming on Fox Nation, with stories and characters viewers will recognize from the Gospels. The season consists of eight episodes, and by ...

Zaccheus was “despised” by the people of Jericho because of his occupation as a tax collector, and yet, after he climbs a tree to see Jesus, the Lord “calls him by name,” noted Pope Francis.

Since Matthew, the aforementioned tax collector ... does your teacher eat with such people?' Jesus heard them and answered, 'I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts.'" ...

"I have not come to call respectable people, but the outcasts." Jesus was aware of the tax collector's reputation and he is clear about what types of people he groups them with. In Matthew 21: ...

21 is the feast of St. Matthew ... rabbi and the jaded tax collector. Matthew points to himself questioningly, as if he cannot quite believe he is being singled out by Jesus, and he is not ...

This gospel was written by a Jew, Matthew the tax-collector, for a Jewish Christian audience. The narrative closely follows the life of Jesus from his birth, through his ministry and unto his ...

A tax collectors decision between the love of money and the love of Jesus' way of life begs the question "Can a man serve two masters? Jesus calls Matthew to follow Him.

I had heard something like a voice, a call: I was convinced that ... day the Church celebrates the feast of St. Matthew, the tax collector whom Jesus called to become an apostle.

Zaccheus was "despised" by the people of Jericho because of his occupation as a tax collector, and yet after he climbs a tree to see Jesus, the Lord "calls him by name," noted Pope Francis.