Staff writer, desiringGod.org One day, as Jesus was teaching, a man in the crowd shouted out, âTeacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with meâ (Luke 12:13). Now, if we had been in that crowd, after cringing over such an awkward issue raised in public, what would we have assumed most likely prompted this manâs request? Probably a family injustice. But what did Jesus hear? Covetousness. And we might have cringed over Jesusâs response more than the manâs request. Surprisingly, Jesus used the manâs plea for justice not to rebuke unjust oppressors, but to ...