In Matthew 23:13-39, Jesus declares seven woes over teachers of the law, hammering again and again how they have really missed what God desires most.
Read MoreIn Matthew 23:1-12, Jesus instructs his disciples in how they live differently from the Jewish religious leaders who were seeking to glorify themselves rather than God.
Read MoreIn Matthew 22:41-46, Jesus comes to the Pharisees with a question about the Messiah - a question that implies his claim to be both the Messiah and the Son of God.
Read MoreIn Matthew 22:23-33, Jesus responds to a trick question about the resurrection posed by the Sadducees.
Read MoreIn Matthew 22:15-22, Jesus reveals that the rule of government is not necessarily at odds with God's rule.
Read MoreIn Matthew 22:1-14, Jesus shares a third parable in which he reveals what it means to be among God's chosen people, in contrast with the high priests and elders who rejected him and those who are shown to have no place in God's Kingdom.
Read MoreIn Matthew 21:33-46, Jesus offers the high priests and elders of the people a second parable about a landowner his tenant farmers that reveals a rebuke against them and further revelation about Jesus's identity.
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