Matthew 9:9-13 (The Call of Matthew)
Mat 9:9-13 For whom did the tax collectors gather taxes? Cf. Mat 22:15-17. Why would this have made them even more unpopular than if they had simply been collecting taxes for the Jews? How were they paid? Note: “tariff rates were vague and indefinite” and the publican “paid a fixed sum for the taxes, and…