2009-09-24T16:50:00-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/tax+collectors/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%209:10&version=NIV 2009-09-24T16:50:00-05:00 Tax collectors were widely looked down on in Jesus' day. But here, he is described as happily eating and talking to them. Jesus turned nobody away who sought him out, not even those most tainted by sin or rejected by the rest of society.