Our Lord Jesus Christ, without fear or favour, rebukes the sins of the Jewish lawyers. He calls things by their right names. He knows that severe diseases need severe remedies, and that the best friend to our souls is not the one who tells us what we want to hear, but the one who speaks the truth. It is a great

Notice that Jesus is ready, when necessary, to spend time with unbelievers. This is a pattern for all Christians. There is a time when the servant of Christ must mix with the ungodly. This doesn’t mean he takes part in their sins, but we are not to be impolite, withdrawing ourselves completely from the world. Much good can be done