2009-08-18T16:37:07-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/levi/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark%202:13-17&version=NIV 2009-08-18T16:37:07-05:00 In this passage, Jesus shocks the religious leaders of the day by calling a tax collector to become one of his followers. Tax collectors were considered dishonest and unclean by most of society at the time.