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Mr. Peters tells me that as a boy of eleven he earned twenty dollars a week selling mint to saloon keepers, as they call publicans over there.

Something New 1928

Bush was a white president and the publicans are a white party.

Debating the pros & cons of health care reform 2010

Bush was a white president and the publicans are a white party.

What health care means for you 2010

Bush was a white president and the publicans are a white party.

States filing suit, claim health bill is unconstitutional 2010

The chiefs as well as their underlings are called publicans in our New Testament, although the name strictly applies only to the chiefs.

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

The chiefs as well as their underlings are called publicans in our New Testament, although the name strictly applies only to the chiefs.

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rhees, Rush, 1860-1939 1902

Naturally, the collectors of these taxes were abhorred; and they, known as publicans, probably resented the discourteous treatment by inconsiderate enforcement of the tax requirements, and, as affirmed by historians, often inflicted unlawful extortion upon the people.

Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern James Edward Talmage 1897

To affirm the binding validity and force of the Mosaic enactment, would be to counsel a course of action contrary to the Roman law, and would also be incongruous with the merciful spirit of him who had called publicans and permitted “sinners” to weep unrebuked upon his feet.

The New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John 1886

Bede, in Marc. i, 12: The persons here called publicans are those who exact the public customs, or men who farm the customs of the exchequer or of republics; moreover, those also, who follow after the gain of this world by business, are called by the same name.

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Mark 1225?-1274 1842

Those He calls publicans, who pursue worldly gain, and levy contributions by trading, cheating, and villainous frauds, and perjuries.

Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842