Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. And Jesus said to them, Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things.. 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. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod. They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.read more.And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?. 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? Jesus has commended a scribe of the Pharisees for his understanding that loving God and others is more important than following the regimented Mosaic law. Pharisee comes from the Aramaic word perishayya meaning separated, separatist. In the time of Jesus they were a very influential religious sect which practiced strict observance of written Biblical laws as well as the oral/man-made laws in the Halakhah. For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering.. So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor. 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 love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues. Who can forgive sins but God alone?Jesus knew what they were thinking and asked, Why are you thinking these things in your hearts? Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.. There was a landowner who, vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; 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. For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. Do you have a hardened heart? 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. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. 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. T/F. I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him. But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours. So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. And Jesus said to them, I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. And they questioned Jesus, asking, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?so that they might accuse Him. Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. As Jesus says: And having ears, do you not hear? The second is like it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.. Christian Soldiers in the Ancient Roman Army, Destruction of Jerusalem, c. 586 BCEyewitness Account, Assassination of Julius CaesarAncient Accounts, Claudia ActeNeros Mistress, Secret Christian, Emperor Tiberius & The Resurrection Of Jesus, Plinys Letter To Trajan About Christians, Ancient TechnologyThe Antikythera Mechanism, The Lycurgus CupNanotechnology in Ancient Rome, Monte TestaccioAncient Romes Garbage Dump, Metal Detector FindRoman Coins & Lost Emperor of Britain, Stirring of Water in the Pool of Bethesda. Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. 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 made them male and female, and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?read more.So they are no longer two, but one flesh. He *said to the man with the withered hand, Get up and come forward!. Woe to you Pharisees! You would immediately pull him out so that he would not drown. The Bible says, And they had nothing to say., Just because they remained silent did not mean the Pharisees concurred with Jesus. However, on forgiveness, it seems Jesus did not base his ideas on Judaism. How Jesus Corrected and Confronted His Opponents and Hypocrites 1. That is the essence of beatitude. Did no one condemn you? She said, No one, Lord. And Jesus said, I do not condemn you, either. 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. Woe to you! 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. 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., 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?read more.But if we say, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet. So they answered that they did not know where it came from. Have you not even read this Scripture: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?. Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead mens bones and all uncleanness. The "cleanliness tables" have turned! 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. Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples. How Jesus Corrected and Confronted His Opponents and Hypocrites 1. Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. They remained silent. 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. 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.. They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. And He began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard and put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. 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 confronts our sin of selfish pride (14:7-11). But they knew for sure if they said it was lawful to heal on the Sabbath, they would betray rabbinical teachings (Halakhah). So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor. Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. 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 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. 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. When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. 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. In these verses Jesus turns the tables: instead of the Pharisees observing Jesus, Jesus observes the Pharisees. Answer Me., They began reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Then why did you not believe him?. 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. So they answered that they did not know where it came from. 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. Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?. They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. 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.