Really? That's a novel idea.
I'm quite sure there was more to it than that.
Again, his parables and sayings dislocated and overturned the way the “normal world" works.
“You have heard it said ‘______________,’ but I say ‘_______________.’ “
Today’s reality rarely recognizes the destitute, the diseased and the misshapen.
Jesus fairly bathed himself into the culture of the poor, offering hospitality and recognition and joy.
Remember that he was criticized as “a drunkard and a glutton.”
There was a good reason for this.
Jesus was a party animal who did not draw walls, circles or boundaries around people he ate and drank with.
His opponents were angry and vexed because Jesus was socially promiscuous.