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Tax Collector Poems - Poems about Tax Collector

The Pharisee and the Publican continued Luke 18:11-14 part two
...You that I am not like other men--extortioners, or even like this tax collector. 'I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all I possess.' And the tax collector standing afar off, would not so much r......

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Categories: tax collector, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose
Jesus and the rich young man and His disciples Matthew 19:16-30 NKJ
...Now behold, one came and said to Him,"Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I might have eternal life?" So, He said to him,"Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is God. But......

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Categories: tax collector, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose



Taxman
...In the land that I was born there is a man who takes from the sun, he takes from the moon, from the earth's womb, he takes from the sweat on your brow and the bread from your mouth. He calls h......

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Categories: tax collector, africa,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Mathew
...Traitorous tinges were seen in Levi. Did he love Rome? Could patriots ever bear their disloyal citizens? As a tax collector, he's a stranger to his own home. Amidst selfish motives, Matthew had hi......

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Categories: tax collector, life, people,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member All Twelve Apostles: A Tyburn
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PETER or SIMON the YOUNGER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ slower lower grower thrower Christ calls~"Have faith,"~slower~lower~rock Build church~confuse~grower~thrower~flock ......

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Categories: tax collector, allusion, analogy, appreciation, baptism,
Form: Tyburn



The Goodness of Walking With God Part 2
...When walking with the Lord you will grow in your awareness of sin in your life and your need for a Savior. More and more we w ill grow in hatred for our sins and want to rid our lives of them. Mo......

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Categories: tax collector, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Zealots
...Zealots are totally incapable of any emotion other than rage. It is an unalterable law that people who claim to care about the human race are utterly indifferent to the sufferings of individuals. — ......

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Categories: tax collector, angst,
Form: Haibun
Premium Member Kismet
...They were hated as if they were prone to rob or steal. In the bible I remember that the tax collectors got a raw deal They really were just doing their job, it could be debated. As if they were pr......

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Categories: tax collector, destiny,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The 27 Club
...In my early teens, I discovered what I am now calling, "The 27 Club". Being distinguished or great is not what qualified one for this club, because among them were fishermen, a doctor, and a tax co......

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Categories: tax collector, bible,
Form: Narrative
Our Future Career
...Will I be a cleric or a pastor? I I think of be a priest in Catholic Church, All allies & helpers cry Yes, my fiancée said I dared not, I awe her logic of rejects me to be a man of God in chur......

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Categories: tax collector, 9th grade, appreciation, best
Form: Musaddas
Premium Member Tax Collector Chief
...There was a tax collector chief Who lived in storied Jericho. He gave the people scant relief; His stature and regard were low. Zacchaeus was his given name; His job: to keep the Roman purse.......

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Categories: tax collector, bible, christian,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Jesus Teaching: Sin Autority of the Church
...If your brother sins (against you) Go and tell him his fault between you and him alone If he listens to you You have won over your brother If he does not listen Take one or two others along w......

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Categories: tax collector, christian, god, jesus, people,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eschatology
...I say unto you, when the olive branch is brought to the tax collector, let not those who are without mercy be sent forth from the well to offer comfort to the thirst of the brethren who linger by the......

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Categories: tax collector, allegory, religion,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Zacchaeus
...Zacchaeus' climb up to success, A tax collector, caused great distress Now he climbed a sycamore tree ......

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Categories: tax collector, bible, forgiveness, gospel, inspirational,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Seeing Flaws
...The Pharisee took up his position and spole his prayer to himself “O God thank You that I am not like the rest of humanity-greedy dishonest, adulterous-or even like His tax collector.” Luke 18:......

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Categories: tax collector, christian, god, jesus, people,
Form: Free verse

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