Wholly holes

Marcos
Feb 7, 2023
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In Chapter 9, Matthew diverts from his multiples of six, and tells us seven stories. In the first three stories Matthew is speaking wholly of holiness. We see:

a roof with a hole in it
a rat with a whole lot of money
a ruler with a hole in his heart

We already looked at the leaky roof. The rat was Matt the Tax Man. And it was Jairus whose heart had a hole from the death of his daughter.

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