We went to a lot of trouble and expense to kill each other. The images that Jesus uses are not only events, but they are also metaphors. The image of the deaf hearing is also a metaphor for understanding. And the notion of good new for the poor is really offensive to some of us. In fact, some of us are angry with the poor because they are poor.
Human kind is generally uncomfortable with change.
We go to great lengths to avoid change. We are especially distressed with change when it means a change in us. The word blessed could appropriately be translated as happy. Listen to this. Happy is anyone who takes no offense in me.