Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
Well, it seems pretty clear what is meant if you take the context of how Jesus behaves and what he preaches. If you only read that one part there may be misunderstandings but that can happen to you with any book that has a few hundred pages when you only read a few lines of it.
His behavior does not always match what he preaches, like his attitude to his mother, whom he seems to be ashamed of and disregards her entreaties. Where is the "respect thy parents" stuff? Having this in view, his ass-confiscating trick doesn't seem so immaculate.