obviously expected me to congratulate her. Unfortunately, she had missed the whole point. She saw herself as one of the virtuous, above the common herd. She meant well, but she did not understand Jesus’ saying, “I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” When Jesus came into Jerusalem riding on that donkey, he was received with something like the sort of acclaim that celebrities receive today. Jesus was mobbed, so to speak. His head, however, was not turned. He seems to have known exactly
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