The Afterword

Tag: foreigners

  • Jesus and Foreigners – Matthew 8:5-13

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    by

    Peter
    in

    ‘At The Table With Jesus’Stories of encounters between Jesus and those considered ‘marginalised’. We are always drawing lines.Who belongs.Who does not.Who was here first.Who speaks like us.Prays like us.Understands the way things are done. And then a foreignerwalks toward Jesus.A Roman centurion.A man wearingthe uniform of occupation.He comes with no claim to belonging.Only need.Lord,my servant…