T/F, 3. Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated. You fools and blind men! They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen remarkable things today.. The Pharisees were trapped into silence. 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. 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. Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? There were only 8 people in Noahs Ark. But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, Why are you reasoning in your hearts? Many Jews traveled to Jerusalem looking for Jesus (John 11:56). You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! The meaning in Hebrew of the word day always means a 24 hour period of time. 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. Why will the same Matthew not document it if Jesus proved to the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law that he is alive? At the time of Jesus, there were approximately 4 million people living in Palestine. 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.read more.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? After looking around at them all, He said to him, Stretch out your hand! And he did so; and his hand was restored. 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. Watchthe video below. And he said to them, He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see.. 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. 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. Some men brought to him a paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners? And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners., And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it., One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too.. For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. Jesus Condemns the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law of Moses -(Mark 12.38-40; Luke 11.37-52; 20.45-47)Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law are experts in the Law of Moses. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. But they themselves were filled with rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus. And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away. Straightening up, Jesus said to her, Woman, where are they? 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. Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. 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.read more.But Jesus, aware of this, said, You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. Jesus sent out 70 Disciples to preach His Good News. 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. 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. Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town (then Capernaum). And He *said to them, Whose likeness and inscription is this? They *said to Him, Caesars. Then He *said to them, Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesars; and to God the things that are Gods. And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away. At the end of His denunciations, He calls them "snakes" and "brood of vipers" (verse 33). The Pharisees are portrayed as nitpicky enforcers of Jewish law who are focused so intently on the letter of the law that they miss the spirit entirely. But some of the Pharisees said, Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?. But when Jesus heard this, He said, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. T/F. Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation., Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?, And He answered and said, Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and, So they are no longer two, but one flesh. The question answered itself: Of course, you would. 1. Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, Why does this generation seek for a sign? 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. 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. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.. 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. He cried in the wilderness; prepared the way; In fact, it seems the Hebrew Bible . 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. And he divided unto them When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?. And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out. What will the owner of the vineyard do? They remained silent. Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisees house and reclined at the table. 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? Jesus Corrected and Confronted Publicly: Jesus corrected the false teaching of the Scribes and Pharisees by teaching His disciples to be on constant guard against it. Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax. And they brought Him a denarius. The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. But woe to you Pharisees! And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse 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. Beware of believing the words of men as doctrine rather than the Words of God in the Bible.Sandra Sweeny Silver, Slaves Were Lifeless Tools in Ancient Rome, The Exotic Animal Business in Ancient Rome. David himself said in the Holy Spirit,The Lord said to my Lord,Sit at My right hand,Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet. David himself calls Him Lord; so in what sense is He his son? And the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him.read more.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., Then He said to them, How is it that they say the Christ is Davids son? While not saying it in so many words, He implied that they were usurpers who were not truly successors of Moses. 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. For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead mens bones and all uncleanness. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and the two shall become one flesh; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. For David himself says in the book of Psalms, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet, Therefore David calls Him Lord, and how is He his son?. 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. Why did the Pharisees invited Jesus to dinner? They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell? Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, Teacher, we want to see a sign from You., But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. Jesus concludes His seven-fold rebuke by telling the religious leaders that they are just like their fathers, who persecuted the prophets of old. 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. The owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. But He answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster. Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. 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.. It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. 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. But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. Jesus' view of the Pharisees is exactly opposite of their self-image. 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. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. They had come (to observe Jesus) from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus. When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects. 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. But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sinsHe *said to the paralytic, I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home. And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, We have never seen anything like this., One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments. After looking around at them all, He said to him, Stretch out your hand! And he did so; and his hand was restored. Prior to the events narrated in chapter 12, the chief priests and the Pharisees issued orders that required people to report the location of Jesus in order that the leadership might arrest Him. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?read more.But He detected their trickery and said to them, Show Me a denarius. He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. 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? 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. Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Do you have a hardened heart? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk? But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. 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. Matthew wanted to introduce people in his social circle to Jesus. 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.. Jesus did not like or give respect to the Scribes or Pharisees. And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He? They *said to Him, The son of David.. 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 ). Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.. And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. For David himself says in the book of Psalms,The Lord said to my Lord,Sit at My right hand, Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.read more.Therefore David calls Him Lord, and how is He his son?. And Jesus said to them, Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.. They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. 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. But woe to you Pharisees! Jesus also was not usually debated by Pharisees on terms of his moral views, but on his theology. So they answered that they did not know where it came from. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons. And in the morning, There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening. Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? 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? The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men? And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say to us, Then why did you not believe him?, But if we say, From men, we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.. But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,He said to the paralyticI say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home.. You fools and blind men! And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. Prior to Jesus' condemnation of the religious hypocrites, they had been following Him to test Him and . So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him away. Shall we pay or shall we not pay? But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are you testing Me? 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. And answering Jesus, they said, We do not know. He also said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? How Jesus Corrected and Confronted His Opponents and Hypocrites 1. 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water. And Jesus answered and said to them, It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it. They were the leading citizens - yet Jesus criticised them and exposed their hypocrisy. And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. The Testimonium Flavianum Question (My Two Cents), The Bible is Accurate Manuscript Evidence, Sayings From the Bible in the 21st Century, Colors & Dyes For Clothing in Ancient Rome, Thanksgiving: First Foods, First Friends1620, Ancient Ossuaries Uncover Biblical Truths. Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax. And they brought Him a denarius. Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. Then He *said to the man, Stretch out your hand! He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other. Did no one condemn you? She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, I do not condemn you, either. And they questioned Jesus, asking, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?so that they might accuse Him. Jesus Corrected and Confronted Publicly: Jesus corrected the false teaching of the Scribes and Pharisees by teaching His disciples to be on constant guard against it. Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.. There in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy (swelling as a result of the accumulation of fluids in the body). But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,He said to the paralyticI say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home. Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God. Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.. When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.