| | |nearly everyone is "abundantly supplied" today with food and entertainment, and "rich" has come to mean ''monetary'' wealth unknown at Jesus's time; continued use of "rich" is misleading in justifying laziness and socialism | | |nearly everyone is "abundantly supplied" today with food and entertainment, and "rich" has come to mean ''monetary'' wealth unknown at Jesus's time; continued use of "rich" is misleading in justifying laziness and socialism |
| − | |replace "rich" with "miserly" or "idle miser"<ref>Often this term was used by Jesus (assuming he spoke Greek) to criticize unproductive, self-absorbed people who inherit wealth, as in the parable of the rich young man, and the [[Prodigal Son]].</ref> - but N.B. ''When the evening came, there came an '''idle miser''' of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple''. It could work, though. | + | |replace "rich" with "miserly" or "idle miser"<ref>Often this term was used by Jesus (assuming he spoke Greek) to criticize unproductive, self-absorbed people who inherit wealth, as in the encounter with the rich young man who walked away, and also the [[Prodigal Son]].</ref> - but N.B. ''When the evening came, there came an '''idle miser''' of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple''. It could work, though. |