Dave Andrews

In the first phase of his nonviolent jihad for love and justice Jesus followed on from John the Baptist in denouncing the exploitation of the poor by the rich. John told the armed forces: ‘Don’t extort money and don’t accuse people falsely – be content with your pay.’ And he told the tax collectors: ‘Don’t collect any more than you are required to’. He said: ‘The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same’ (Luke 3:11–14). Jesus confronted Zacchaeus, an infamous tax collector, personally about his extortion. As a result of this encounter, Zacchaeus promised Jesus to give ‘half of my possessions to the poor’, and ‘if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount.’ (Luke 19:8).

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