Saturday, February 21, 2015
Chronological New Testament Study Day 35
Matthew 22; Mark 12
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1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 "The
kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He
sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to
come, but they refused to come. 4 "Then he sent some more
servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my
dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is
ready. Come to the wedding banquet.' 5 "But they paid no
attention and went off--one to his field, another to his business. 6 The
rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. 7 The
king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned
their city. 8 "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding
banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to come. 9 Go
to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.' 10 So
the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could
find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. 11 "But
when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not
wearing wedding clothes. 12 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you
get in here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless. 13 "Then
the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside,
into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 14 "For
many are invited, but few are chosen." 15 Then the
Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. 16 They
sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. "Teacher," they
said, "we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of
God in accordance with the truth. You aren't swayed by men, because you pay no
attention to who they are. 17 Tell us then, what is your
opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" 18 But
Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, "You hypocrites, why are you
trying to trap me? 19 Show me the coin used for paying the
tax." They brought him a denarius, 20 and he asked them,
"Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?" 21"Caesar's,"
they replied. Then he said to them, "Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and
to God what is God's." 22 When they heard this, they were
amazed. So they left him and went away. 23 That same day the
Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 24 "Teacher,"
they said, "Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his
brother must marry the widow and have children for him. 25 Now
there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since
he had no children, he left his wife to his brother. 26 The
same thing happened to the second and third brother, right on down to the
seventh. 27 Finally, the woman died. 28 Now
then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of
them were married to her?" 29 Jesus replied, "You
are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. 30 At
the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will
be like the angels in heaven.31 But about the resurrection of the
dead--have you not read what God said to you, 32 'I am the God
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' ? He is not the God of the
dead but of the living."33 When the crowds heard this, they
were astonished at his teaching. 34 Hearing that Jesus had
silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. 35 One of
them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: 36 "Teacher,
which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus
replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your
soul and with all your mind.' 38 This is the first and
greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: 'Love your
neighbor as yourself.' 40 All the Law and the Prophets hang on
these two commandments." 41 While the Pharisees were
gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 "What do you
think about the Christ ? Whose son is he?" "The son of David,"
they replied. 43 He said to them, "How is it then that
David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him 'Lord'? For he says, 44 "
'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies
under your feet." ' 45 If then David calls him 'Lord,'
how can he be his son?" 46 No one could say a word in
reply, and from that day on no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Psalm 97
Psalm 97 (New International Version)
Psalm 97
1 The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.
2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
3 Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side.
4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
7 All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods!
8 Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O LORD.
9 For you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
10 Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.
Psalm 97
1 The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice.
2 Clouds and thick darkness surround him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
3 Fire goes before him and consumes his foes on every side.
4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.
7 All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods!
8 Zion hears and rejoices and the villages of Judah are glad because of your judgments, O LORD.
9 For you, O LORD, are the Most High over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
10 Let those who love the LORD hate evil, for he guards the lives of his faithful ones and delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is shed upon the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, you who are righteous, and praise his holy name.
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