Junia’s dedication. Jesus’s authority is exercised in compassion for centurions (Roman soldiers! gasp!), slaves (not “servants” as the translations have it), and mother-in-laws. These people don’t really “count” in the economy of religious privilege, but they matter very much to him.

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