It is almost a truism that the Gospel of Luke is a gospel which challenges our perceptions of social justice. Consistently throughout the gospel, we see Jesus acting to confront inequality and injustices, often also offering a critique of the systems which facilitate these issues. Jesus constantly transgresses boundaries; he touches unclean people, speaks with slaves, and eats with the wicked, in doing so exposing the deep-rooted prejudices inherent to his 1st century context, and challenging his followers to change their mindset.

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