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was he on crack as well?

No, he wasn't.

Did he lie about the matter? 🤔

I don’t dislike homeless people because they are homeless- I dislike them because they are gross and mean.

The context of Jesus' statement in Matthew 8:20 suggests he was speaking figuratively, and there is clear scriptural evidence Jesus wasn't homeless.

Sincerely interested in your evidence... He was obviously not homeless in his youth, but I believe he was during his public ministry.

Cool, here you go: Matthew 4:13 (NIV): "Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali." John 2:12 (KJV): "After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days." Mark 2:1 (ESV): "And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home." Mark 2:15 (KJV): "And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him." Mark 3:19-20 (ESV): "...Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat." Mark 9:33 (ESV): "And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, 'What were you discussing on the way?'" Matthew 9:1 (ESV): "And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city." Matthew 17:24-25 (ESV): "When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, ‘Does your teacher not pay the tax?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first..."

Thank you kindly; I'll contemplate these for sure... Can you point out what you consider the contextual evidence? That is, if you meant the immediate context of Matthew 8... If you meant the wider context of the verses you've kindly shared already, I understand. 🙏😄

The context of Matthew 8:20 is Jesus communicating to a teacher of religious law the cost of comfort to follow him relative to to his typical lifestyle, because Jesus was an itinerate minster. By using hyperbole, Jesus isn't literally saying he's destitute homeless. He clearly had a home base and a network of places to stay while ministering away from home. He's saying, "This isn't going to be easy compared to how you're used to living. It's going to cost you your comfort and some material luxuries to follow me during this period of my ministry." In addition, Jesus sometimes used offensive, non literally language to test whether people were willing to follow the Truth, he himself, to see if they were capable to looking past uncomfortable language to what was valuable and worth it behind it.