[LearsFool]

faith looks like choosing sides....even if no more than giving a cup of water to a person because that person is on Jesus’ team.

That's a good point. In those times of persecution which Jesus was there predicting, helping His disciples would be about the same as hiding Jews in Nazi Germany. It would put you at risk of the same treatment as the disciple you helped.

And insofar as you did it out of regard for his Master, you did it for Jesus Himself, and would be rewarded for it.

[xzins]

Jesus considered it a sign of faith. And so, “taking a side” is a real form of having faith.