An interesting comparison of statistics…
In America today, about 40% of our income ends up getting taxed.
In 1st century Palestine, 60-70% of the Jews’ income was taxed.
Their taxes were collected by some of the most corrupt people of the day. Think… mafia-style corruption.
So…why were those very corrupt tax collectors drawn to Jesus?
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maybe they were able to see beyond the corrupt hearts of man and into the amazing, loving heart of God.