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[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's not that they were breaking the rules, it's that they were preying on vulnerable people.
If you want to talk about Jesus' relationship with rules, look at the people he chose to spend time with -- outcasts and social undesirables. Rulebreakers. Vulnerable people, people who didn't have the luxury of pondering where stealing bread lies morally when you're starving.
And look at his response to the question about which commandment was the most important: "If you thought it was about the rules, you missed the point".