Jesus explained it this way: A man who is well does not need a doctor. Only the sick have need of healing. It would do no good for Jesus to spend much time with people that are already believers. It was the tax collectors and criminals that needed to be saved.
There were two tax collectors one was Matthew and the other was Zachaeus.
because the tax collectors are sinners..for they are collecting too much of the amount of the peoples tax..that's why they are criticizing him..for they say that if Jesus does mingle with the sinners, therefore he is also a sinners..
Jesus came to all mankind, especially the sick and the lost. Matthew was a tax collector.
Matthew, also known as Levi, was a tax collector in Capernaum. His acquaintances likely included other tax collectors, Jews who were ostracized for collaborating with the Romans, as well as other local traders and businessmen. Additionally, he may have interacted with Jesus and his disciples as he was called to follow Jesus and became one of the twelve apostles.
Priests, Romans, tax collectors
Collected taxes, the same as always. Tax collectors of those days were comparable to modern-day bill collectors; they were paid a commission, and anything they could collect over what was actually assessed, they could keep.
the main people who were powerful back then was: Jesus, Herod, The Romans, Tax Collectors and Priests.
Jesus was criticized for entering the house of Zacchaeus because Zacchaeus was a chief tax collector, considered a sinner and traitor by society. By associating with Zacchaeus, Jesus was seen as endorsing his behavior and going against social norms.
St Matthew, as he was a tax collector himself for the occupying Roman authorities, before becoming one of jesus' disciples.
Saint Matthew is the patron saint of tax collectors. He was a tax collector before he became one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. Matthew's gospel in the Bible is attributed to him.
That would be Matthew, who Jesus called as he walked by his booth on the street. The tax collectors were a despised bunch because they generally collected more than was necessary and pocketed the difference.
lots of different ones! there were doctors, fishers, tax collectors....