What Martin Luther King Jr. did, Jesus and Paul did—and on an even more sophisticated level. It was not uncommon for rabbis to “hint” to the Bible with only a word or two and expect listeners to recall a whole passage. Sometimes the reference could be quite important for getting their point.10 Here’s one passage where Jesus uses this technique: He entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold, saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.” (Luke 19:45–46)
