I’m asking you for a purely literary answer.
To what question? You see, you want a literary answer, which brings us to metaphor and simile and idiom. I’m an old writer. Those are my stock and trade in fiction. But Jesus used these to convey spiritual Truths. He spoke in parables to the masses. He used sarcasm to winnow out those who were just ‘thrill seekers’ looking for spectacular miracles like the manna which came every night for FORTY YEARS. He made comparisons and stuck absolutely to the real Laws of Moses, the Ten Commandments which define the Character of God. The only Man who ever lived to the perfect level of God’s Character in keeping the Ten Commandments was Jesus. He never sinned because His seed remained within Him. God’s Life remained in Jesus throughout His life on this 4D spacetime level. Then, He offered up His fleshly body and the life in His human blood to fulfill the required keeping of the commandments for you and for me.