Bible Cross References
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Matthew 21:31
Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
Matthew 21:32
For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
Mark 2:14-17
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As he walked along, he saw a tax collector, Levi son of Alphaeus, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, "Follow me." Levi got up and followed him.
15
Later on Jesus was having a meal in Levi's house. A large number of tax collectors and other outcasts was following Jesus, and many of them joined him and his disciples at the table.
16
Some teachers of the Law, who were Pharisees, saw that Jesus was eating with these outcasts and tax collectors, so they asked his disciples, "Why does he eat with such people?"
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Jesus heard them and answered, "People who are well do not need a doctor, but only those who are sick. I have not come to call respectable people, but outcasts."
Luke 5:27
After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting in his office. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
Luke 5:28
Levi got up, left everything, and followed him.
Levi
Luke 15:1
One day when many tax collectors and other outcasts came to listen to Jesus,
Luke 15:2
the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law started grumbling, "This man welcomes outcasts and even eats with them!"
Luke 19:2-10
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There was a chief tax collector there named Zacchaeus, who was rich.
3
He was trying to see who Jesus was, but he was a little man and could not see Jesus because of the crowd.
4
So he ran ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus, who was going to pass that way.
5
When Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to Zacchaeus, "Hurry down, Zacchaeus, because I must stay in your house today."
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Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed him with great joy.
7
All the people who saw it started grumbling, "This man has gone as a guest to the home of a sinner!"
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Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, "Listen, sir! I will give half my belongings to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will pay back four times as much."
9
Jesus said to him, "Salvation has come to this house today, for this man, also, is a descendant of Abraham.
10
The Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."
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Matthew 4:18-22
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As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two brothers who were fishermen, Simon (called Peter) and his brother Andrew, catching fish in the lake with a net.
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Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people."
20
At once they left their nets and went with him.
21
He went on and saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in their boat with their father Zebedee, getting their nets ready. Jesus called them,
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and at once they left the boat and their father, and went with him.
1 Kings 19:19-21
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Elijah left and found Elisha plowing with a team of oxen; there were eleven teams ahead of him, and he was plowing with the last one. Elijah took off his cloak and put it on Elisha.
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Elisha then left his oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and then I will go with you." Elijah answered, "All right, go back. I'm not stopping you!"
21
Then Elisha went to his team of oxen, killed them, and cooked the meat, using the yoke as fuel for the fire. He gave the meat to the people, and they ate it. Then he went and followed Elijah as his helper.
Galatians 1:16
to reveal his Son to me, so that I might preach the Good News about him to the Gentiles, I did not go to anyone for advice,