You are just on your way out when the phone rings, or you are hurrying down the street when someone you haven’t seen for some time wants to tell you something, or you don’t know what to say to someone who has a problem so should you avoid them. Difficult things come along just when we’re at our busiest. How do we handle those situations? How did Jesus manage on a day full of interruptions? Matthew tells this well known incident in a slightly different way to the dramatic story we usually read.