So, you’re saying that Jesus didn’t mean for those words of His to be taken literally?

So, you’re saying that Jesus didn’t mean for those words of His to be taken literally?

Well, if you're gonna pick and choose which are literal and which ain't, I know that I'd like to see the sematical rule that applies, instead of merely claiming: Rome says so.

Matthew 23:16-18, 24, 26, 33

16. Woe to you, blind guides! You say, `If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'
17. You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
18. You also say, `If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.'
19.  You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
24.  You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
  26.  Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
  33. You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?

Mark 7: 27

"First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to their dogs."

I think I've found Waldo!

(Or else a crowd of Biden voters at the DNC)