I always interpreted as more in line with “If all these people are starving while you’re living in luxury, that makes you a thief and a murderer. You need to change that before I’ll assume responsibility for your moral solvency by accepting you as my follower.”
Except that he said those things to rich people while he was surrounded by people living in abject poverty…
Two things can be real
I always interpreted as more in line with “If all these people are starving while you’re living in luxury, that makes you a thief and a murderer. You need to change that before I’ll assume responsibility for your moral solvency by accepting you as my follower.”