If he doesn’t pay attention to them, tell the church. , If he doesn’t pay attention even to the church, let him be like a Gentile and a tax collector to you.
Now we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from every brother or sister who is idle and does not live according to the tradition received from us.
so that you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose ordinances you have not practised. Instead, you have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you.” ’
The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the Gentiles of the land , in order to worship the Lord, the God of Israel.
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, “Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners! ” Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.’
The Pharisee was standing and praying like this about himself: “God, I thank you that I’m not like other people #– #greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.