"For ifyou lovethosewho loveyou, whatrewarddoyou have?Do not eventhe tax collectorsdothe same?
"The Sonof Mancameeatingand drinking,and they say,'Behold,a gluttonousmanand a drunkard,a friendof tax collectorsand sinners!'Yetwisdomis vindicatedby her deeds."
"Ifhe refusesto listento them, tellit to the church;and ifhe refuses to listenevento the church,let him be to you as a Gentileand a tax collector.
"Ifyou greetonlyyour brothers,whatmoreare you doing[than others]? Do not eventhe Gentilesdothe same?
"Bewareof practicingyour righteousnessbeforemento be noticedby them; otherwiseyou havenorewardwith your Fatherwhois in heaven.
And it happenedthat He was reclining[at the table] in his house,and manytax collectorsand sinnerswere diningwith Jesusand His disciples;for there were manyof them, and they were followingHim.
When the scribesof the Phariseessawthat He was eatingwith the sinnersand taxcollectors,they saidto His disciples,"Whyis He eatingand drinkingwith tax collectorsand sinners?"
Nowallthe tax collectorsand the sinnerswere coming nearHim to listento Him.
"But the tax collector,standingsome distance away,was evenunwillingto liftup his eyesto heaven,but was beatinghis breast,saying,'God,be mercifulto me, the sinner!'
And there was a mancalledby the nameof Zaccheus;he was a chief tax collectorand he was rich.
When they sawit, they all[began] to grumble,saying,"He has goneto be the guestof a manwho is a sinner."
And [some] tax collectorsalsocameto be baptized,and they saidto him, "Teacher,whatshall we do?"
And Levigavea bigreceptionfor Him in his house;and there was a greatcrowdof tax collectorsand other[people] whowere reclining[at the table] with them.
The Phariseesand their scribes[began] grumblingat His disciples,saying,"Whydo you eatand drinkwith the tax collectorsand sinners?"
When allthe peopleand the tax collectorsheard[this], they acknowledgedGod'sjustice,having been baptizedwith the baptismof John.
"The Sonof Manhas comeeatingand drinking,and you say,'Behold,a gluttonousmanand a drunkard,a friendof tax collectorsand sinners!'
