[Mrs. Don-o]

Citing this --- as if it were meant literally and without exception --- is not advantageous to your argument, it would also entail John being greater than Jesus--- Jesus, too, having been "born of a woman."

Yet John is not greater than Jesus.

Look, I already broke my resolution not to contribute to the hijacking of this thread. My apologies to all onlookers.

"Friend, do what you came to do."

I'll be mending my socks.

[ealgeone]

If understood in context, and yes, if He said it, He meant it.

[HiTech RedNeck]

We crazy evangelicals can be crazy about Christ.

The humility of the Lord is startling to those who expect pomp and circumstance. The story is so familiar that the sheer grodiness of the circumstances is misunderestimated, to use the Bushism.

Anyhow there’s nothing more unseemly about a cop showing up here than to show up at a donut shop. The problem if any comes in causing the world to needlessly stumble. If everybody were Christian they’d understand. Unbelievers need a more scrupulous witness.