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accuse him of doing things which contradict his statements. For instance, they claim that
he said, "And when He had looked around at them with anger…" Mark 3/5; that
he insulted scribes and Pharisees, saying "You fools and blind…" (Matthew 23/17), "O
generation of vipers" (Matthew 3/7), and "You serpents, you generation of
vipers (Matthew 23/33); and that he said about Herod, "Go, and tell that fox." (Luke
13/32)
They even claim that his insults were not confined to enemies but also included friends
as well! Examples include Luke 3/7: "Then said he to the multitude that came forth
to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers"; Matthew12/34: "O generation of
vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaks." They also claim that he insulted Peter, "Get you
behind me, Satan: you are an offense unto me." (Matthew 16/23); that he insulted
two of his disciples, "O foolish ones and slow of heart to believe" (Luke 24/25);
that he insulted a Pharisee invited him to eat with, saying to him and those with him, "but
your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness, you fools." (Luke 11/39-40)
Would someone who sincerely love Jesus Christ say to him, "You insult us" (Luke 11/45)
when he reads in 1 Corinthians 6/10, "Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards,
nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."
Also when we read that Jesus Christ said, "But I say unto you, Love your enemies,
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
who despitefully use you, and persecute you," (Matthew 5/44), we find that the
writers of the Gospels accuse him of failing to practice what he preached, as he called for
killing his enemies! We read in Luke 19/27, "But those my enemies, who would not
that I should reign over them, bring here, and slay them before me."
As for the call to show kindness to haters and pray for offenders, this turns, in practice,
according to the writers of the Gospels, to abusing them and invoking curses upon them,
as in (Matthew 23/14) "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!"
Also, when Jesus calls to showing kindness to the poor and taking good care of them, so
much so that Matthew 19/21 quotes him as saying, "If you will be perfect, go and
sell what you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in
heaven: and come and follow me." John 12/5 accuses him of contradicting his
statements: "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarius and
given to the poor?"