Pahoran wrote:beastie wrote:Jesus was certainly rough on some people. According to what I remember, he reserved his harshest words for those who abused positions of power and religious hypocrites.
Hypocrites?
You mean, like those who demand a different standard from their opponents than they do from their friends?beastie wrote:More to the point of your original assertion (before the tap dance to milquetoast) is his statement involving cheeks.
And someone who ignores the teachings of Jesus in her own life has a lot of cheek demanding that others conform to her self-serving interpretation thereof in their interactions with her.
Regards,
Pahoran
38 ¶Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
43 ¶Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.