Take heed that you do not do your deeds of mercy before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in Heaven.

For if you love those who love you, what thanks is there to you? For even sinners love those who love them.

And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks is there to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.

For what praise is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you endure it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you endure it patiently, this is favorable with God.

Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth;

And it happened, as Jesus sat at the table in the house, that behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.

And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to His disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?

The Son of Man comes eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a glutton and a wino, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! But wisdom is justified by her children.

And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church. But if he refuses to hear the church, let him be to you like a foreigner and a tax collector.

Which of the two did the will of his father? They said to Him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly, I say to you that tax collectors and harlots enter the kingdom of God before you.

For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him; but tax collectors and harlots believed him; and when you saw it, you did not afterward repent and believe him.

Then all the tax collectors and the sinners came near to Him to hear Him.

And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to Heaven, but beat his breast, saying, God, be merciful to me a sinner!

Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

But when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.