Bible Verses About Publicans

For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do not even the publicans this?

And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not also the heathens this?

And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he arose up and followed him.

And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus,

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by her children.

And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican.

Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you.

For John came to you in the way of justice: and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.

And when he was passing by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And rising up, he followed him.

And it came to pass as he sat at meat in his house, many Publicans and sinners sat down together with Jesus and his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him.

And the publicans also came to be baptized and said to him: Master, what shall we do?

But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed you.

And after these things, he went forth and saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him: Follow me.

And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: And there was a great company of publicans and of others that were at table with them.

And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with John's baptism.

Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, he spoke also this parable:

Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and the other a publican.

The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, as also is this publican.

I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.

And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be merciful to me a sinner.

I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the publicans: and he was rich.

And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the crowd, because he was low of stature.