Recently, I have been fascinated by Matthew the Tax Collector. By the way, "Matthew the Tax Collector" is how he identified himself (Matthew 10:3). I assume that what the early believers said ...

Before Matthew wrote gospels, he was a tax collector. Per Matthew 9:9 , "As Jesus was going down the road, he saw Matthew sitting at his tax collection booth. 'Come, be my disciple,' Jesus said to ...

The season consists of eight episodes, and by episode seven, viewers have been introduced to many prominent Biblical characters - like Jesus' diciples Simon and Andrew, Matthew the tax collector ...

I wonder whether Matthew's own calling in Matthew 9 has something to do with that. "As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, 'Follow me.' ...

Watch as Jesus calls Levi the tax collector and they share a meal together, while the Pharisees and scribes ridicule Jesus for his embrace of outcasts. Levi the tax collector dropped everything to ...

As Matthew works in his tax collector booth like every other day, he does not expect Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) ... Jesus stops, turns around, and calls to Matthew by name to follow him.

And truly, why does Matthew have to be a “good” tax collector? If you think about it, our impulse to excuse him actually diminishes the power of Jesus’ message. Jesus said he came for sinners.

After his drastic transformation, Matthew threw a big feast for Jesus and invited many of his tax-collector-type friends. The Pharisees and scribes had a hard time accepting Jesus mixing with such ...

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.