‘Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God Ahead of you’. Saint Matthew Chapter 21 Verse 32

Jesus’ words would have Outraged his listeners, it would especially have outraged those who were the religious leaders. How dare he suggest that those who were regarded as being beyond the bounds of respectable society would have a place in heaven ahead of those who had been devout in the religion throughout all of their lives.

Jesus’ words were a recognition of the rank …