Series: Jesus said . . . What? Outrageous Teachings, No. 2

Barbara Bennett of Vancouver, Washington, wanted to sell an old Brothers' sewing machine. So she took out an ad in her local paper's classified section.

But when the ad appeared, it read simply "Brother for sale" instead.

Worse yet, the ad appeared in the "Items under $50" section.

There were actually a couple of calls inquiring about the ad. One wanted to haggle over the price. The other caller hung up when he or she learned that there was not a real, live brother being offered on the market. For the record, Ms. Bennett has two brothers, neither of whom is currently up for sale. (1)

I thought of Barbara Bennett's ad when I read today's lesson. Jesus said, "Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and chil…