where would Jesus be sorted?

After having watched and re-watched the Harry Potter movies more times than my Muggle brain can keep count, I was thinking a rather random thought this afternoon:  Which house would Jesus be sorted into?  Slytherin?  Gryffindor?  Hufflepuff?  Ravenclaw?

Let's back up, for a second.  For those of you not in the know (I'm casting glances at all the Muggles who've refused to read the books or watch the movies for the occultism they allegedly promote), the Hogwarts students are sorted into their houses by the Sorting Hat based upon the personality match between the student and the House.  Gryffindor values courage and bravery.  Slytherin values ambition, cunning, and pure blood status.  Ravenclaw values intelligence and learning.  And Hufflepuff values ...

Wait, what does Hufflepuff value?  In the movies, you're left to wonder.

But, fear not!  There's a song that the Sorting Hat sings on one fine occasion that settles this question.  (It's in The Order of the Phoenix, for those who need to know, pages 204-207.)

The first three founders of Hogwarts were looking for very particular students.  Here's the relevant part of the song:

In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The Founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
united by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
"Together we will build and teach!"
The Four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided,
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name"

As observed, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw pick very particular students.  So who does Helga Hufflepuff pick?  The song continues:

Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot,
And treat them just the same."

Hufflepuff takes the leftovers.  The kids who don't fit into the other houses.  This impression is strengthened as the song continues:

These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light,
For each of the four founders had
A House in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor,
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew...

That's that theological point I'd like to hit on:  "She took the rest".  Hufflepuff took the misfits, castoffs and rejects.  This isn't to say that Jesus lacked courage, intelligence, or cunning ("Be as shrewd as serpents!").  Just that, theologically speaking, I think Jesus' life and ministry identifies him more as a Hufflepuff, the willingness to hang out with and embrace the misfits, rejects, and castoffs.

So that's what I think:  Jesus would be in Hufflepuff House.

It perhaps also explains why I've always thought that's the House into which I'd be sorted, too.  Long live the wearing of the black and yellow.