Friday, June 5, 2026

Jesus expected his disciples to imitate him in the sense of itinerant preaching and being vilified for it just like him, not sitting around living a holy life in isolation


And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ... But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

-- Matthew 10:7, 23ff.