“As Jesus passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.” (Mark 2:14) Jesus summoned Matthew the tax collector to become his disciple, which perfectly matched up the truth as he said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.” In the time of Jesus, “custom officials” were regarded as “sinners”, because they worked for the Romans and were famous for amassing wealth unfairly. Another tax collector inspired by Jesus was Zacchaeus. He was not invited to become an apostle, but his conversion was impressive. “He came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house." And he came down quickly and received him with joy. When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner." But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, "Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” (Luke 19:1-8) The stories of Matthew and Zacchaeus were opposites to that of the rich young man: “Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to (the) poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” (Matthew 19:21-24) Clearly, Matthew and Zacchaeus made the best choice.