this: be reconciled with your opponent quickly when you are together on the way to court. Otherwise he will turn you over to the judge, who will hand you over to the police, who will put you in jail. There, you will stay, until you have paid the last penny.

Reflections

“Make peace with your brother.”Surpassing the righteousness of the lawyers and the Pharisees is a tall order coming from Jesus Christ. Those spiritual leaders of Israel are far above the many follo­ wers of Jesus in many respects. They have been trained to inter­ pret every sentence or word in the Hebrew Bible. Knowing more about the meaning of the sacred scriptures gives them the advan­ tage of becoming good practi­ tioners of religion. The limited knowledge of the common people makes them do only that much.Can Jesus’ disciples really sur­ pass the sense of right and wrong of the experts? Yes. They can do more than sticking only to the interpreta­ tions of the experts. The disciples do not need to be scholars to do it.Jesus  asks  from  his  disciples to do doable things like making peace with their brothers whom they have offended. If they humble themselves, they can easily do that. They must be quick to reconcile with others whom they gravely of­ fended. Christians cannot do much when imprisoned because of fai­ lure to be reconciled with those who have filed a case against them. Christians  must  not  neglect the basic need to show respect in speech, to be peacemaker and be reconciled with others.
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