" But then the trouble begins. Jesus, not content to quit when he is ahead, points out that the gifts of God do not come automatically to those who attend the Temple And this is really too much! … The idea that the message is for worthless outsiders rather than us! The very notion that unbelievers will be the recipients of God’s favor and we will not! —Robert McAfee Brown "

― Justo L. González , Luke: Belief, A Theological Commentary on the Bible (Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible)