Topic
Publicans
23 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Matthew 5:46Nave · Torrey Disreputable
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
- Matthew 5:47Nave · Torrey Disreputable
And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
- Matthew 9:11Nave · Torrey Disreputable
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
- Matthew 10:3Nave · Torrey Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
- Matthew 11:19Nave · Torrey Disreputable
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
- Matthew 21:31Nave · Torrey Disreputable
Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
- Matthew 21:32Nave · Torrey Change their ways because of the preaching of John the Baptist
For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
- Luke 3:12Nave · Torrey Change their ways because of the preaching of John the Baptist
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
- Luke 5:27Nave · Torrey Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle
¶ And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
- Luke 7:29Nave · Torrey Change their ways because of the preaching of John the Baptist
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
- Luke 18:11Nave · Torrey Disreputable
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- Matthew 9:9Nave Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle
¶ And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
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- Matthew 18:17 Nave Disreputable
- Mark 2:14 Nave Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle
- Mark 2:15 Torrey MANY OF — Attended the preaching of Christ
- Luke 3:13 Torrey Suspected of extortion
- Luke 5:29 Torrey Often hospitable
- Luke 15:1 Torrey MANY OF — Attended the preaching of Christ
- Luke 18:9–14 Nave Parable concerning
- Luke 19:2–10 Nave Zacchaeus, chief among, receives Jesus into his house
- Luke 19:2 Torrey Chiefs of, were very rich
- Luke 19:6 Torrey Often hospitable
- Luke 19:8 Torrey Often guilty of extortion
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 16 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → (Tax collectors for the Romans)
- → Disreputable Mt 5:46,47; 9:11; 11:19; 18:17; 21:31; Lu 18:11
- → Change their ways because of the preaching of John the Baptist Mt 21:32; Lu 3:12; 7:29
- → Matthew, the tax collector of Capernaum, becomes an apostle Mt 9:9; 10:3; Mr 2:14; Lu 5:27
- → Parable concerning Lu 18:9-14
- → Zacchaeus, chief among, receives Jesus into his house Lu 19:2-10
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 20 references, grouped by sub-topic
Texts: Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.