...to justify myself?

But he, this teacher of the Law of Mo-

ses, wanting to now justify himself,

would ask of Jesus further questions so,

says: "And who is my neighbour? - Who's this "elf"

that I must love (and must I also meet)?

So Jesus gave this Teacher of the Law

a children's exercise, like Ses'me Street:

"... Now can you tell the one who's been neigh-bour?"

To help him see that he could do that task.

(You can work out who is your neighbour, see!)

Now learn to do the job that you've been asked

to do towards your neighbour. You'll be free!

It's strange how our responsibility

can bring with it, for humans as we are,

(increased respect, but) the propensity

to justify what we have done thus far.

Yeshua said that no-one serves two boss-

es very long (without an arbiteur).
'You can't serve God and Money without loss

to one of them, or else to the other!’

The leaders of religion, who had loves

for money, heard all this and sneered that "elves"

who didn't live in real world's "push & shoves"

might not know which investments were "top-shelves".

They sneered at him and… He responded too:

‘You are the ones who justify yourselves 

within the eyes of others. God knows you!

What people highly value, can be "Hells".

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But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’. Luke 10:29 NIVUK

13 ‘No-one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.’

14The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. 15He said to them, ‘You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.  Luke 16:13-15 NIVUK

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