All these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 4:11
"For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath."
-- The US Republican Party motto 4:25
From his comments on the widow's mites, it appears that Jesus favored progressive taxation. 12:41-43