SETTING: Four men gathered in a courtyard garden for conversation

TIME: Christ's ministry

ARNOLD: The man is a lunatic.

JOHN: He is beyond that. Claiming to be God. How absurd.

ARNOLD: The man is crazy to be preaching and teaching what he does. I mean, really, I am all for helping the poor, or assisting those who are widowed or alone. But ... the idea that the first shall be last? Did you hear that quote? The first will be last one?

JOHN: Exactly. He is crazy. Completely.

BILL: This helping the poor can be taken too far. Obedience yields blessings. That is certainly the heart of the message in the Torah. If one obeys God, one is blessed. If one disobeys ... well ... naturally, curses. I can't help but feel that at least some, if not a vast majority of the poor may very well be there because they…