In his Gospel, Luke constructs an important discourse of Jesus that is meant not for the Twelve but for another large group of disciples. He is sending them to work with him in his project of the kingdom of God. The words of Jesus form a kind of founding charter, from which his followers have to find sustenance for their evangelical work. «Start off now». Although we often forget it, the church of Jesus is defined as being sent by Jesus. So it is dangerous to think of it as an institution to care
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