Then drew near unto him all the tax collectors and sinners to hear him.
Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
For if you love them who love you, what reward have you? do not even the tax collectors the same?
And, behold, some are last who shall be first, and some are first who shall be last.
And all the people that heard him, and the tax collectors, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.