We sometimes hear the saying: "Don't judge a book by its cover." What that basically means is that one should not jump into conclusions about persons, without carefully evaluating them for a while. When we observe a person, especially when we do not know the
person at all, or know very little about the person, we could be tricked
or fooled into thinking that the person is friendly, good, prayerful or holy. But if we were to take time to observe a person for a while, we may soon discover that the person is not quite what he or she seems..
In today's
Gospel, we are once again reminded with an example of why we should not judge a book by its cover.
The scribes and the Pharisees were being condemned by Jesus,
because of their attitude, behaviour, the amount of pretense at the way
they portrayed themselves, and much more. The scribes and the Pharisees chose to obstinately remain as
they are, and throughout the Gospel, we can clearly see what sort of
people they have become, even though Jesus had many times reminded them of their hypocrisy and tried to help them change.
What about us? Have some of us fallen into the same trap as the
scribes and the Pharisees, when we choose to remain stubborn and prefer
to do things our way, while lording it over others? Or are we willing to let Jesus change us into something better?
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