The Gospel story is about celebrating a wedding. But those who are invited “refused to come.” “Some ignored the invitation and went away.” “The rest laid hold of the messengers, mistreated them, and killed them.” Other messengers went to “the main roads and invited” all “to the feast,” “and the hall was filled with…
Moses sets forth “statutes and decrees which,” if “observed,” will gain the dutiful a reward, ‘you may… take possession of the property which the LORD… is giving you.’ Jesus does not observe Moses patriarchal statutes and decrees, “You teach as doctrines mere human rules.” Patriarchal rules control the behavior of men who also gain…
Is there ever any justification for a man to treat a woman disrespectfully? A Pharisee in this Sunday’s Gospel thinks there is. The Pharisee considers himself just and judges others as unjust. He judges a woman who touches Jesus as unjust, meaning sinful. The “sinful woman” is less worthy than he. He is a…