Of course I know that the prophecy made over the infant Jesus at the Temple was made by Simeon, not "Simon" as apparently whatever intelligence might be claimed for auto-correct doesn't know.
I have yet to find out how to turn of auto-correct in the program I type texts into. That's laziness on my part, not a lack of intelligence. At least to the extent that laziness isn't a product of stupidity.
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Since I have the time I'll type out the next paragraph from Luke Timothy Johnson's book from the one I typed out this morning. If I'd been intelligent that early in the morning I'd have remembered it was even more focused on my them.
As a prophet, Jesus announces "good news for the poor" (6:20) that is also a form of bad news for the rich (6:24). The categories of rich and poor stand, on one side, for all those who are powerful within society, who "sit on thrones" (Lk 1:52) social and religious privilege, and on the other side, all those who are weak and powerless, who are marginalized within society.
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