January 30, 2023

In this Chapter of the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus has His second showdown with the Sanhedrin. An accusation is made that Jesus and His disciples don’t observe the proper hand washing required in the ‘Tradition of the Elders’. Jesus rebukes both the Tradition of the Elders and the hypocrisy of the accusers! THE QUESTION Jesus […]

In the previous chapter, Jesus taught in parables. He did that in order to conceal the meaning of His teachings to those who did not “have ears to hear” and while at the same time illuminating understanding to those who “ have ears to hear”. This was a shift in Jesus’ ministry. Up until this

In this section, Jesus has changed His approach to teaching. Rather than direct messages and miracles confirming His authority, He teaches in parables with the expressed purpose of revealing the truth to those with ‘ears to hear’ and concealing these truths from those who don’t (Matthew 13:11). Jesus shares several parables. In this study, we’ll

As the rift between Jesus and the Pharisees has now grown into full-blown animosity, Jesus begins to teach differently. Until this passage, Jesus has taught in a direct manner. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus described the kingdom and what the citizens of the Kingdom are to be like in specific detail. Since then,