Criminy ...another one who can't read between the margins. For the last time ; no, He wasn't talking about anything remotely close to immigration.

But He was putting in a way that everyone agreed was true. Don't scale the fence, use the gate.

Has everyone become that obtuse ?

You can't just redefine what the verse says to make it fit your agenda. That's what cults do.

So illegals get a pass as long as they are practicing Christians? Is that what you are saying?

I didn't say that. Nor did I redefine it. I said He used that as an example that everyone understood. Discernment.

Especially if they're the one passing the collection plate, apparently.

The example was a thief stealing sheep.

And they are stealing immigration resources from the people who are trying to do things according to our laws . Adherence to law is in Romans chapter 13. Our immigration courts and immigration advocates are tied up with border jumpers . People who chose to do it their own way instead of adhering to the laws in place.

Thieves and robbers. Because they chose to not use the gate.

When ICE is " rounding" up someone, the agents didn't find the first brown person to throw into their van. There's a process involved, judges are involved, warrants are signed. Many of those same agents are of the same ethnicity as those they are arresting. They are tasked with carrying out the laws that have been on the books for decades. Pursuing people who have been breaking our laws for years, if not decades.

I'm so surprised ( guess I shouldn't be) that this is controversial. It's pretty clear.

I thought it fit.....but I'm not a Bible thumper that knows the ins and out of it.

I fail to see what religion has to do with deporting illegals. If they are in this country illegally, they are breaking the law. The law says they get deported. Why is that so difficult for some to understand?

Yup, criminals is criminals. No matter what god they pray to.

He can go preach where he is from. Go on git. Go on now.