Proof, in case you need it, of the existence of God!

In looking over the last post, it struck me as extraordinary that Jesus expressed such a view of women!  The view of women as "radically equal" is not accepted even today, where women are denied even the most basic legal rights (such as the right to control their own bodies, the right to own or inherit property, etc.) and routinely subjected to all manner of physical and sexual abuse.  (it's sad to have to consider true equality with men as "radical," but we all know that's true - even in the church, women are barred from priesthood by some denominations and are denied certain missionary and evangelical work by some Protestant denominations.)  No other first-century religious figure would ever say or think such a thing.   It could only come from a divine source - from God.  And maybe that is why Jesus expressed it through His relationship with Mary (and Martha too), rather than in express words.