Tax collectors
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Also: collect taxes, tax gatherers, pay the civil taxes, customs collector, tax gathering, tax-gatherer, temple-tax collector.
Early rulers used secret clubs as a means for collecting taxes and debts, a practice that evolved from the tithe and temple offerings. 70:7.18
John taught his disciples to live by the spirit, not just the letter, of the law, instructing tax collectors to “extort no more than assigned” and soldiers to be content with their wages. 135:6.8
Jesus sold his harp and gave away the Greek Scriptures to avoid seizure by tax collectors and pay for his brother Jude's schooling. 126:5.5-6 127:4.10
Matthew Levi was a publican who followed Jesus and dedicated his life to showing that God is no respecter of persons. (138:3.1,4) 181:2.14
Peter paid the temple tax for all three, fulfilling his promise to the temple-tax collector by catching a fish with a shekel in its mouth. 157:1
Zaccheus was a chief publican who much desired to see Jesus, and when the Master passed by the customs house in Jericho, he climbed up a sycamore tree to get a good view. 171:6.1
Bible parallels
Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.
- John's classes for disciples 135:6.8 — Lk 3:10-11.
- Lesson to tax gatherers 135:6.8 — Lk 3:12-13.
- Lesson for soldiers 135:6.8 — Lk 3:14.
- Lesson for everyone 135:6.8 — Mt 3:2; Mk 1:15.
- Follow new teacher in hearts 181:2.14 — Ezk 11:19; Ezk 18:31; Ezk 36:26-27; Jl 2:28-29; Lk 24:49; Jn 7:39; Jn 14:16-18,23,26; Jn 15:4,26; Jn 16:7-8,13-14; Jn 17:21-23; Acts 1:5,8a; Acts 2:1-4,16-18; Acts 2:33; 2 Co 13:5; Ga 2:20; Ga 4:6; Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30; 1 Jn 4:12-15.
- God and Son no respecter of persons 181:2.14 — 2 Ch 19:7; Job 34:19; Sir 35:12; Mt 22:16; Mk 12:14; Lk 20:21; Acts 10:34; Ro 2:11; Ga 2:6; Ga 3:28; Eph 6:9; Col 3:11.
- Believers are sons of God 181:2.14 — 1 Ch 22:10; Ps 2:7; Is 56:5; Mt 5:9,16,45; Lk 20:36; Jn 1:12-13; Jn 11:52; Acts 17:28-29; Ro 8:14-17,19,21; Ro 9:26; 2 Co 6:18; Ga 3:26; Ga 4:5-7; Eph 1:5; Eph 2:15; Heb 12:5-8; 1 Jn 3:1-2,10; 1 Jn 5:2; Rev 21:7; 2 Sam 7:14.
- Zaccheus up a tree 171:6.1 — Lk 19:1-4.
- Jesus invites self to visit 171:6.1 — Lk 19:5-6.