Jesus is in the temple teaching the people. He has sprung every trap laid out against Him and walked away from them triumphant. Now He is going to give a warning about some of those who laid out the traps; the scribes. Mark shared this same warning with us and we discussed it in “Scam […]
We are continuing with Jesus in the temple during His final week in Jerusalem. He has dealt with all the questions and traps of the religious leaders. He has silenced them all. I’m certain they are seething with anger over His triumph. But for now they are busy licking their wounds. Now it is Jesus’ […]
Jesus is confronted by a group of Sadducees in our story today. They have a well-crafted question that they think will poke holes in Jesus’ teachings. We looked at this encounter twice before. In Matthew I raised questions about the woman that have always plagued me before moving onto the deeper realization that the Sadducees […]
We are continuing on in the temple with Jesus. He has just finished sharing a parable that left those listening to Him speechless! The scribes and chief priests recognized themselves in this parable and were incensed! They wanted to take Him RIGHT THEN, but they were afraid of the people. The people loved what He […]
Jesus is still in the temple teaching the people. He is also confronting the religious leaders. Our story today is a very familiar one, as we have looked at it twice already. NO WAY have we exhausted what Jesus put into that story though. When we looked at the story in Matthew we saw The […]
