Lukas 3:12

3:12 Tax collectors ¹  also came to be baptized, and they said to him, “Teacher, what should we do?”

Lukas 9:17

9:17 They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over ²  was picked up – twelve baskets of broken pieces.

Lukas 15:1

The Parable of the Lost Sheep and Coin

15:1 Now all the tax collectors ³  and sinners were coming ⁴  to hear him.

[3:12]  ¹ sn The tax collectors would bid to collect taxes for the Roman government and then add a surcharge, which they kept. Since tax collectors worked for Rome, they were viewed as traitors to their own people and were not well liked. Yet even they were moved by John’s call.

[9:17]  ² sn There was more than enough for everybody, as indicated by the gathering of what was left over.

[15:1]  ³ sn See the note on tax collectors in 3:12.

[15:1]  ⁴ tn Grk “were drawing near.”