Blessed Are the Cheese Makers
Matthew 5:1-12
Illustration
by Brett Blair

Here is the infamous bit from Monty Pythons "Life of Brian." All great humor must have one essential element: Truth. This bit certainly has that. Jesus' words when misunderstood has lead to some pretty fantastic conclusions. And so, this is dedicated to all those knuckle headed interpretations throughout the years. There are two main characters in the bit who are called Trouble and Bignose. They are at the back of the crowd when Jesus is giving the Sermon On The Mount:

Trouble: Well go and talk to him somewhere else... I can't hear a bloody thing.

Bignose: Don't you swear at my wife.

Trouble: I was only asking her to shut up so I could hear what he was saying, Bignose.

Bignosewife: Don't you call my husband Bignose.

Trouble: Well he has got a big nose.

Jew: Could you be quite, please. What was that?

Trouble: I don't know... I was too busy talking to Bignose.

Man: I think it was 'Blessed are the cheese-makers'.

Jewwife: Ah. What's so special about the cheese-makers?

Jew: Well obviously it's not meant to be taken literally, it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.

Trouble: See. If you hadn't been going on, we'd have heard that, Bignose.

Bignose: Hey. Say that once more, I'll smash your bloody face in.

Trouble: Better keep listening. There might be a bit about blessed are the Bignoses.

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