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Date Posted: 10:32:52 02/29/08 Fri
Author: Hwaet!
Subject: Re: The Jerk Who Stole My Dante
In reply to: Cara 's message, "Re: The Jerk Who Stole My Dante" on 07:59:33 02/29/08 Fri

Thanks, I think that's a good catch, although I continue to understand it differently. I take the accuser to be a worker, and the accused to be an employer who is bickering over wages. In such a case, the debtor is actually the one with the money. Jesus' advice for that debtor is to pay the worker what he's suing for, or at least to reach some agreement that would entail the employer making a sacrifice.

This reading, unlike the street smarts, fits with the theme of most of Ch 12: giving beyond what (you think) others deserve, because your Father in heaven will provide for you.

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