And Jesus said to them, Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees., They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, He said that because we did not bring any bread.. All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, This man cannot be the Son of David, can he? But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons., The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, He is possessed by Beelzebul, and He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons., At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. Jesus sent out 70 Disciples to preach His Good News. Do you not yet see or understand? The meaning in Hebrew of the word day always means a 24 hour period of time. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.. These will receive greater condemnation.. But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?. How Jesus Corrected and Confronted His Opponents and Hypocrites 1. Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. But woe to you Pharisees! Having eyes, do you not see? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Straightening up, Jesus said to her, Woman, where are they? And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. VesuviusAugust 24, 79 AD. But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, They will respect my son. But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance. They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? Then He *said to the man, Stretch out your hand! He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other. On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. Indeed, he is training us not merely to see those faces but to wear them. Both sects of Pharisees and Sadducees, among a host of other Jewish sects, arose around 430 BCE during the. Many Jews traveled to Jerusalem looking for Jesus (John 11:56). Jesus confronts our sin of selfish pride (14:7-11). After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel. But the Pharisees were saying, He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons., Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw. This is in contrast to his treatment of women, tax. But the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness.read more.You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? February 24, 2023 - Mark Legg. And Jesus said to them, Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.. And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. Email. And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisees house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume.read more.Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner., Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up? They *said to Him, Twelve., When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up? And they *said to Him, Seven., And He was saying to them, Do you not yet understand?, Listen to another parable. Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city. For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead mens bones and all uncleanness. They questioned Him, saying, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. New Living Translation The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. The crowd was amazed and said, Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel. But the Pharisees said, It is by the prince of demons (Beelzebub/Satan) that he drives out demons. Matthew 9 1-3; 27-34. The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? In building monuments to the prophets, they testify against themselves, openly admitting that it was their ancestors who killed the prophets ( Matthew 23:29-31 ). So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. And He answered and said to them, What did Moses command you?. After all, they say one thing and do something else. The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem. For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.. When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. Answer Me. They began reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Then why did you not believe him?read more.But shall we say, From men?they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet. Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God. And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery., Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife. But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, Get up and come forward! And he got up and came forward. They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues, and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men. Why will the same Matthew not document it if Jesus proved to the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law that he is alive? Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, Go away, leave here, for Herod wants to kill You.. The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.read more.The second is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. The scribe said to Him, Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that He is One, and there is no one else besides Him; and to love Him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love ones neighbor as himself, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices. When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions. The manager said to himself, What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. The parents know that they face the possibility of being "expelled from the synagogue." But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you. Now He was also saying to the disciples, There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers? They *said to Him, He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons. Jesus *said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures,The stone which the builders rejected,This became the chief corner stone;This came about from the Lord,And it is marvelous in our eyes? Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. But the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone? Immediately Jesus, aware in His spirit that they were reasoning that way within themselves, *said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts? But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. Answering Jesus, they *said, We do not know. And Jesus *said to them, Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.. For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. But Jesus, aware of this, said, You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk? And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.