Gary Gleans

Matthew 23:13-25 13  “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.  14  [“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.] 15  “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. 16  “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.’  17  “You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?  18  “And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar,  that  is nothing, but whoever swears ...

Matthew 23:1-12 1  Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,  2  saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;  3  therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say  things  and do not do  them.   4  “They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with  so much as  a finger.  5  “But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels  of their garments.   6  “They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,  7  and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men.  8  “But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.  9  “Do not call...

Matthew 22:41-46 41  Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:  42  “What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They said to Him, “ The son  of David.”  43  He said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying, 44  ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET”’? 45  “If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”  46  No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question. Mark 12:35-37 35  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?  36  “David himself said in the Holy Spirit, ‘THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, “SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOU...

Matthew 22:34-40 34  But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.  35  One of them, a lawyer, asked Him  a question,  testing Him,  36  “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”  37  And He said to him, “ ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’  38  “This is the great and foremost commandment.  39  “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’  40  “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.” Mark 12:28-34 28  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?”  29  Jesus answered, “The foremost is, ‘HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD;  30 ...

Matthew 22:23-33 23  On that day  some  Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him,  24  asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.’  25  “Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother;  26  so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.  27  “Last of all, the woman died.  28  “In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had  married  her.” 29  But Jesus answered and said to them, “You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God.  30  “For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.  31  “But regarding...

Matthew 22:15-22 15  Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.  16  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.  17  “Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”  18  But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, “Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites?  19  “Show Me the coin  used  for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.  20  And He said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”  21  They said to Him, “Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”  22  And hearing  this,  they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went...

Matthew 22:1-14 1  Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,  2  “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son.  3  “And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.  4  “Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are  all  butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’  5  “But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,  6  and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.  7  “But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.  8  “Then he said to his slaves, ‘The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.  9  ‘Go therefore ...