The tax collector must love poor people. He is creating so many of them.
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Luke 18:13:
'But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.''
(NIV)
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
(KJV)
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Luke 5:27:
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector by the name of Levi sitting at his tax booth. 'Follow me,' Jesus said to him,
(NIV)
And after this, Jesus went out and looked [attentively] at a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, Join Me as a disciple and side with My party and accompany Me.
(AMP)
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.
(KJV)
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There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist- the taxidermist leaves the hide.
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There is one difference between a tax collector and a taxidermist -- the taxidermist leaves the hide.
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What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.
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