He sure did--and you know what happened when the tax collectors and prostitutes entered the Kingdom of God?  They weren't tax collectors and prostitutes anymore.  They put their sinful ways behind them.

See--this is what liberals don't get: Jesus hung out with and embraced sinners---in order to change them from sinner to saint.  Jesus did not hang out with sinners because he didn't mind sin.  He hung out with them so he could change them and show them a better way.