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. In Jesus Revolution, Kelsey Grammer playing Chuck Smith sits across from Jonathan Roumie playing the "Jesus freak" Lonnie Frisbee. Christ Restores the Withered Hand of a Man. 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. But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sinsthen He *said to the paralytic, Get up, pick up your bed and go home. And he got up and went home. Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement. Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, Why does this generation seek for a sign? Photo credit, Dan Anderson. Matt 23:1-5 "Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples, saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 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.. 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. But the greatest among you shall be your servant. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it. When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners? But when Jesus heard this, He said, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.read more.But go and learn what this means: I desire compassion, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners., And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. If David then calls Him Lord, how is He his son? No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question. 1. 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. So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate., They *said to Him, Why then did Moses command to, give her a certificate of divorce and send. 1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. READ: MARK 2:1-23 (NKJV) 1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. In His teaching He was saying: Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, who devour widows houses, and for appearances sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation., And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, who devour widows houses, and for appearances sake offer long prayers. Jesus concludes His seven-fold rebuke by telling the religious leaders that they are just like their fathers, who persecuted the prophets of old. By this point, they have gotten tired of his shenanigans and have decided to confront him and challenge the basis on which he has been saying and doing so many subversive things. But nevertheless, their position must be recognized. But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. Seeing their faith, He said, Friend, your sins are forgiven you., The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? 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. For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. 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. Tom: We're continuing with our study of the Gospel of John, chapter one, and for the purpose of really understanding the gospel, that's what we've been dealing with for over a year now, Dave, in this segment of our program. And he called him and said to him, What is this I hear about you? The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. These will receive greater condemnation., Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. Both sects of Pharisees and Sadducees, among a host of other Jewish sects, arose around 430 BCE during the. God's Message is given to His Messengers many times to prepare the way for His Son's appearance. One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, What commandment is the foremost of all? Jesus answered, The foremost is, Hear, O Israel! Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering? As Jesus says: Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? Jesus responds by declaring their ignorance and His response to them creates division between them, the leaders, the citizens and the people. 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? The Pharisees saw this as another opportunity to accuse Jesus if He would heal the man on the Sabbath, and they raised the question, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?" (12:10). Jesus *said to them, Did you never read in the Scriptures. Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? The story of the feast in the house of Simon the Pharisee is told at Luke, 7, 36-50. Matthew 16:1-4 The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?, 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. And Jesus answered him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he replied, Say it, Teacher., Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.. For this reason also the wisdom of God said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute, so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation. Woe to you lawyers! Prior to Jesus' condemnation of the religious hypocrites, they had been following Him to test Him and . The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him. But woe to you Pharisees! When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?. So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.read more.But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, Why does this man speak that way? After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. 3. And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it. He *said to them, Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. CLICK HERE for Jesus Reclined to Dine article. PHARISEES CONFRONT THE ONCE BLIND MAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS ARE "BLIND" The Pharisees cannot accept that Jesus gave sight to the man who was born blind, so they call in his parents. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.. 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. And He *said to them, Whose likeness and inscription is this? And they said to Him, Caesars. And Jesus said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods. And they were amazed at Him. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. 1210d. The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they *said to Him, Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. And Jesus said to them, I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?. 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. Everyone was amazed and gave praise to God. They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Answer. But He replied to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.. Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, who devour widows houses, and for appearances sake offer long prayers. As Jesus ministry grew and His antipathy to the religious leaders became apparent, they invited Him to discredit and to entrap Him: One Sabbath when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. The point is, to avoid hypocrisy, we all must allow the Word to confront our sins and respond with repentance and obedience, not with hardness of heart. this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.. On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets., One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, What commandment is the foremost of all?, 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, 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. They had come (to observe Jesus) from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. 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.. 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? Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?read more.They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, and say, If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets. So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. And He began to speak to them in parables: A man, wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower. Why did the Pharisees invited Jesus to dinner? But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins. So he said to the paralyzed man, I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home. Immediately he stood up in front of them, took what he had been lying on and went home praising God. T/F, 5. And do you not remember, 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?. They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy (swelling as a result of the accumulation of fluids in the body). And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it. Listen to another parable. Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them., As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen, shouting:Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord;Peace in heaven and glory in the highest! Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.read more.But Jesus answered, I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!, So the Pharisees said to Him, You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true.. And they questioned Jesus, asking, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?so that they might accuse Him. The Ipuwer PapyrusWere The 10 Biblical Plagues Real? Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ. 1:43-45; 8:30; 9:9; 12:1, 12), in order that he be properly understood and not according to erroneous messianic conceptions of the day. 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.. And it's based on a true story. Do you have a hardened heart? There were only 8 people in Noahs Ark. But give what is inside the dish to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.One of the experts of the law (Scribes who were mostly Pharisees) answered him, Teacher, when you say these things you insult us also. Jesus replied, And you experts of the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.When Jesus left there, the Pharisees and teachers of the law began to oppose him fiercely and to besiege him with questions, waiting to catch him in something he might say. Luke 11:37-53. And He answered and said to them, What did Moses command you? They said, Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.read more.But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. Did no one condemn you? She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, I do not condemn you, either. But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?. He cried in the wilderness; prepared the way; At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust. When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them. And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. 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. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.. And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. Jesus sent out 70 Disciples to preach His Good News. For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.. Modern Persecution of Christians in China, Patriarch Jacobs Well & St. Philoumenous, Slaughter of the Theban Legion C. 286 AD, LapsiChristians Who Lapse/Abandon Their Faith, Evodias Named Followers of Christ Christians. But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. How Did Jesus Spend the Last Week of His Life? Then he asked them, If one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull him out? And they had nothing to say. Luke 14:1-6. They *came and *said to Him, Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her. Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. When Jesus called out His hometown for their unbelief (Luke 4:16-30). They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?. Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me: Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?, They reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why did you not believe him?, But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet.. Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.read more.Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. They may even have remembered that several Sabbaths before this one Jesus had healed a crippled woman in a synagogue and had demolished the objections of the ruler of that synagogue. For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court. Slaves Were Lifeless Tools in the Ancient World, Meaning of Names, Places & Things in the Bible, Gardens and the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, The Roman Phalanx & Hannibals Pincer Movement. The meaning in Hebrew of the word day always means a 24 hour period of time. The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed. But Jesus looked at them and said, What then is this that is written: Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.. Jesus did not like or give respect to the Scribes or Pharisees. And Jesus said to them, Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them. When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects, plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say. Luke describes the Pharisees as 'lovers of money' (16:14); Josephus writes that they 'simplify their standard of living, making no concession to luxury'. And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. T/F. The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. 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. When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet. While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. 2. Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. This verse comes from Isaiah 40:3. So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered. They were the leading citizens - yet Jesus criticised them and exposed their hypocrisy. But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?. For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. They *came and *said to Him, Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. And he said to them, He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.read more.Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath. But others were saying, How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs? And there was a division among them. 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, so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Discussing; Jesus quotes old testament in Matthew, Jesus quotes the Old Testament in Luke. Matthew 4:10 - Then Jesus *said to him, "Go, Satan! and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men. 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. You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! In His teaching He was saying: Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places. And He said to them, Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day? And they could make no reply to this.