chapter 8- "The kingdom and Prestige"

In the time of Jesus' society the dominant value was prestige and the second most important value was money. In this chapter Jesus talks about how every person has their own class and place in society. How women have basically no rights and are only used for sex and being a mother, how beggers, prostitutes, and all the lower class are looked down upon and how important your place in society is. Jesus saw right through all of this and he called it the evil in the world and what he hoped for was a kingdom, a place where status and place meant nothing. Jesus explains how he criticized the scribes not because of ho they were but because of what they aimed for, which was ultimately status and prestige. He then goes on to talk about people similar to scribes, like how some people practiced religion, rich people, hypocrites. The disciples asked Jesus who was the greatest in the kingdom and Jesus simply put a child in front of them. He said "The child is a live parable of 'littleness', the opposite of greatness, status and prestige." He then talks about how he wants people in the kingdom to be more child like in ways, children in that society had no status and no sense of prestige and that is how he wanted the kingdom to be. He also talked about how to be a part of the kingdom you have to be willing to give up your place and your status and be willing to everybody's servant. Ok Mr.Penna, this is Clare by the way because i logged in and I think that it thinks I'm Austin but it's Clare so yea!

-Clare Nelson-Johnson