Jesus and family values






In the vein of "practice what you preach", what follows are a few examples in the bible of jesus' own family values.

Conservative politicians must get their sound bytes concerning a return to "family values" from some other book.
(Hopefully)


Jesus' purpose on earth was to break up families
- Matt 10:34-35, Luke 12:51-53



He taught people to hate their families in order to get into heaven
- Luke 14:26
NOTE:
The ancient Greek used here literally translates to 'active ill-will' or 'persecuting spirit'


He refuses to acknowledge his own family
- Matt 12:46-50, Mark 3:32-35


Gee, everybody else thinks she's such a saint...

He treated his mother with contempt
- John 2:4



He encouraged people to desert their families
- Matt 19:29, Mark 10:29, Luke 18:28-30

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