Background:
- Thoroughly Jewish—kept apart from others
- Definitely went to Rabbi School (his rabbi credentials are never questioned)
Yet
- Talked alone with a Samaritan woman
- Touched people with skin disease
- Protected a woman from being stoned to death
- Healed a Roman servant
- Healed a royal official’s child
- Told stories that made a hated outcast the hero, and had a father running in an undignified manner toward his wayward son
For a Jewish Rabbi, Jesus was astonishingly open to everyone.
What’s my excuse for being closed into my group? What’s your excuse?
Faith Venture 
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