Jesus tells a parable about two men in the temple. One is a Pharisee who “spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity – greedy, dishonest, adulterous – or even like this tax collector.’” But the tax collector stood off at a distance…
When members of the supremacist class, Pharisees, invite Jesus to a meal they are not being politically correct. Being politically correct is supremacists correctly honoring members of their own political class. Why then do the Pharisees bestow the honor of sharing a meal with them upon a dishonorable commoner? The invitation is actually meant…