Stand up comedians often go too far, say the extreme version of the message to get a laugh. People laugh because it is so extreme, but also because it is sort of true. This is a gentle way to give a message because it provides a surprise relief. _ eg. If he had one though in his brain it would be lonely.eg. You are full of beans.
Sometimes the surprise is the silliness of the situation itself. But the listener says, yes, but that is partly true though.
a city that is set on a hill cannot be hid
They lay heavy burdens on men’s shoulders but themselves will not move them with one finger
if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee
It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city
depart from me ye cursed, into everlasting fire
Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment
he shall gather all things that offend and cast them into a furnace of fire
he wasted his substance with riotous living
I say not to forgive until seven times but until seventy times seven
if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee
it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle that for a rich man to enter the kingdom
it rained fire and brimstone from heaven
it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city
it would be good for that man if he had not been born
Jerusalem that killest the prophets and stonest them which are sent to thee
lest the judge deliver thee to the officer, thou be cast in prison till thou hast paid the utmost farthing
rejoice in that day and leap for joy
she hath poured the ointment on my body for my burial
Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or drink
the blood of all the prophets shed may be required of this generation
the children shall be cast out into utter darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth
the Pharisee prayed with himself, God I thank thee that I am not as other men
the unclean spirit taketh with himself 7 other spirits more wicked then himself
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth
they shall begin to say to the mountains Fall on us . and to the hills Cover us
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes
thou canst not make one hair white or black
thou Capernaum shalt be brought down to hell
upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel
which king to make war consulteth not whether he with 10,000 can meet him with 20,000?
whosoever he be that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple
ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake
Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake
ye shall say unto this mountain Remove hence to yonder place and it shall remove
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