20 facts about st matthew

However, it may astound some that Matthew was chosen to follow Christ at all.  Matthew was considered a licensed thief.  He had won at auction a position as Roman tax collector.  Whatever monies above tax quotas these Jewish turncoats could extort from their fellow Jews padded their own pockets.   For this reason publicans or tax collectors were classed along with whores, brothel keepers, parasites and informers.   They were hated by their countrymen, ostracized from synagogues, and

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