From 566e2bba57699b2f5cbf780c83a295b62da5bf31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Belcher Date: Thu, 11 May 2017 15:33:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'bible/other/taxcollector.md' --- bible/other/taxcollector.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bible/other/taxcollector.md b/bible/other/taxcollector.md index 6e149bc5..cb7709a7 100644 --- a/bible/other/taxcollector.md +++ b/bible/other/taxcollector.md @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ A "tax collector" was a government worker whose job was to receive money that pe * The people who collected taxes for the Roman government would often demand more money from the people than the government required. The tax collectors would keep the extra amount for themselves. * Because tax collectors cheated people in this way, the Jews considered them to be among the worst of sinners. * The Jews also considered Jewish tax collectors to be traitors to their own people because they worked for the Roman government which was oppressing the Jewish people. -* The phrase, "tax collectors and sinners" is a common expression in the New Testament, showing how much the Jews despised tax collectors. +* The phrase, "tax collectors and sinners" was a common expression in the New Testament, showing how much the Jews despised tax collectors. -(See also: [Jew](../other/jew.md), [Rome](../other/rome.md), [sin](../kt/sin.md)) +(See also: [Jew](../other/jew.md), [Rome](../other/rome.md), [sin](../kt/sin.md), [tax](../tax.md)) ## Bible References: ##