Strong's Concordance
Original word: τελώνης
Transliteration: telónés
Definition (short): tax-gatherers
Definition (full): tax collector
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Definition: a farmer of taxes, i.e. a tax collector
NASB Translation: collector (1), tax collector (5), tax collectors (15).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
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References
KJV:
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
NASB:
"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
KJV:
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
NASB:
Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.
KJV:
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
NASB:
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?"
KJV:
Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
NASB:
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
KJV:
The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
NASB:
"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."