And Lo, Jesus said unto them "You shall build for yourselves a bureaucracy, staffed with those among you who love rich foods and fine linens. They will travel to and fro, and hire members of their tribe to join them and do likewise. You shall give them the fruit of your labors and make no accounting of it. You will acknowledge their wisdom and bow before them. And you will direct these bureaucrats to feed the poor, and heal the sick, and lift the burdens of the oppressed. They will forward a tithe of what you have sent to them to the poor and oppressed, though some of them will take an additional cut "
And the people were amazed and asked "But how shall we know them? How shall we tell who are the true bureaucrats and who are false?"
Jesus grew angry at this and said "They will identify themselves to you plainly, by telling you they love the poor. They will keep up with the latest jargon about the oppressed, calling them the Most Vulnerable, the Marginalised, and the Outcast. My people shall open their purses instantly and without thought when they hear these words, and obey them as you would me. Do not allow any harm to come them or their bureaucracy, or they will spread on Facebook and Instagram and TikTok that you hate the poor and are deserving of great punishment."
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