Among those called to testify was Rev. Mariah Tollgaard, senior pastor of Hamline United Methodist Church in St. Paul, who testified about "the fear and harm" that the Trump administration's brutal deportation efforts have "inflicted on our state."
During her testimony, Tollgaard noted that "Jesus teaches us in Matthew 25, 'Whatever you do for the least of these, you do unto me.'" That biblical reference apparently irked Rep. Michael Cloud, a Republican from Texas, who proceeded to spend five minutes lecturing Tollgaard that the scripture she cited involved a lesson Jesus was teaching directly to his disciples and was not something that was intended to be applied to the government.
"Who is the 'you' in that passage?" Cloud asked Tollgaard, to which she replied that it was directed at "the followers of Christ."
"The followers of Christ," Cloud replied.
During her testimony, Tollgaard noted that "Jesus teaches us in Matthew 25, 'Whatever you do for the least of these, you do unto me.'" That biblical reference apparently irked Rep. Michael Cloud, a Republican from Texas, who proceeded to spend five minutes lecturing Tollgaard that the scripture she cited involved a lesson Jesus was teaching directly to his disciples and was not something that was intended to be applied to the government.
"Who is the 'you' in that passage?" Cloud asked Tollgaard, to which she replied that it was directed at "the followers of Christ."
"The followers of Christ," Cloud replied.
Right. In Matthew 24:3, it says after Jesus was sitting on the Mountain of Olives and the disciples came to him privately, and then they asked him and that began this whole chapter.
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