…to their request Jesus gives what I call a “broken parable” —a parable that begins with reference to the way things are right now and then, by implication, suggests that if this is true of things in a broken system how much better are your fortunes in God’s jovial kingdom (e.g. the parable of the persistent widow in Lk. 18:1-8)…
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