salvation to the outcasts of society. I affirm with McFague that Jesus in his friendship with outcasts and sinners is a model of friendship with God. Jesus as parable enacts God’s friendship with humanity. The God of Jesus is the One who invites humanity to table to eat together as friends.7Jesus is a parable of God as Friend in his befriending of sinners and outcasts. Furthermore, McFague points out as did Jürgen Moltmann that Jesus as a friend lays down his life for humanity (John 15:12–15). If