The Parable of the Two Sons
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
His teachings were about repenting and confessing sins before God. Prostitutes and tax collectors felt they needed for atone for their sins, so the words of Jesus were attractive to them.



By: Michael Stipa
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
Jesus teaching was attractive to the tax collectors and prostitutes, because He acknowledged their willingness to repent, to recognize and accept the prophets including John the Baptist.He likened the tax collectors to the disobedient child who later changed and obeyed the father, compared to the pharisees who promised nut did not obey the father.



By: Benjamin Ugbe
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
Because even though they sinned and is aware of their sins, They do know that repenting to the Lord Jesus Christ and accepting him as their Lord and Savior will get them to the Kingdom of Heaven. People who thinks they are living righteous, do not think to repent because they dont think they are sinning.



By: Jnarnot
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
People look at sins diffenrently but we sin or have sined in our lives... The tax collectors and prostitutes were welcome in the house of God becasue they repent for their sins and they belived in the Lord. Just because someone sins doesn`t mean they dont believe in the Lord or his word.. We all my mistakes but as long as you believe and have faith you will be welcome in Gods house.. Amen



By: Faith_Hope
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
The Tax collectors and the prostitudes know that they are sinners and they come back to repent to be forgiven while the Pharisees feel holier than they are and keep walking proudly in market places.



By: Bol Joseph Agau
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
Socially the tax collectors and prostitutes were not accepted. But they believed Jesus` teachings without a doubt, whereas everybody else did not.



By: Harriet Costello
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
it is because it was percieved that tax collectors and prostitutes were so evil that they were destined to hell but here is Jesus teaching the people that since they''tax collectors & prostitutes'' repented and accepted the truth then they shall enter the Kingdom of God, so this gave them a new perspective that they too could be forgiven their sins and weakedness. thank you!



By: Silas Kaunda Matiku
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Self righteousness: Is it a virtue or a vice in entering the Kingdom of God?



By: Robert Ochen-Chagara
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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
The forgiveness and acceptance is what attracted them...not to mention the fact that Jesus would sit & eat with them...most regarded them as really too bad to be social with...



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What made Jesus` teaching so attactive to tax collectors and prostitutes?
Primarily, Jesus was on the topic of Repentence and forgiveness which was preached to the jews. He confirmed that John the Baptist was indeed a righteous man, but the Jews who also presumed to be highly righteous neither believed John, nor repented from their sins as John demanded. John`s message was: Repent, and be baptised, so that you will be forgiven, but the Pharisees, in their own righteousness neither repented, nor were they forgiven. Those who repented, and found forgiveness were the so called `rejects of society`- i.e: the tax-collectors and the prostitutes. These were people who earned their living using corrupted means or morals, and so were considered as disgraced humans in society. The tax collectors, and prostitutes found no love, no recognition, no honour, no acceptability in the world of righteousness. No wonder the message of Jesus appealed to such marginalised sector of the society. Jesus won them back, and restored dignity to them. A good example was the short taxcollector called Uncle Zack.



By: Robert Ochen-Chagara
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The Parable of the Two Sons

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.' He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went. He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go. Which of the two did the will of his father?"
They said to him, "The first."
Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

Matthew 21:28-32
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