Those standing first in society, Jesus said, will be squashed dead last.  Learn from snakes on their bellies, not priests up on their altars.  Wild mustard weed seeds, not 1,000 year old cedar trees, point to heaven.  In a two-garment society, if someone takes your robe, let them take your underwear.  Children nobodies, not scholars, are the greatest.  Jesus laughs.

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