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Matthew 23:13-39
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13“Woe to you, teachers of
the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of
heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those
enter who are trying to.
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15“Woe to you, teachers of
the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a
single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a
child of hell as you are.
16“Woe to you, blind guides!
You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but anyone who
swears by the gold of the temple is bound by that oath.’
17You blind fools! Which is
greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred?
18You also say, ‘If anyone
swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the
altar is bound by that oath.’
19You blind men! Which is
greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?
20Therefore, anyone who
swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
21And anyone who swears by
the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it.
22And anyone who swears by
heaven swears by God’s throne and by the one who sits on it.
23“Woe to you, teachers of
the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint,
dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the
law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter,
without neglecting the former.
24You blind guides! You
strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.
25“Woe to you, teachers of
the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and
dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.
26Blind Pharisee! First clean
the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.
27“Woe to you, teachers of
the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which
look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of the bones of the
dead and everything unclean.
28In the same way, on the
outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of
hypocrisy and wickedness.
29“Woe to you, teachers of
the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and
decorate the graves of the righteous.
30And you say, ‘If we had
lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in
shedding the blood of the prophets.’
31So you testify against
yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
32Go ahead, then, and
complete what your ancestors started!
33“You snakes! You brood of
vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell?
34Therefore I am sending you
prophets and sages and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others
you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
35And so upon you will come
all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered
between the temple and the altar.
36Truly I tell you, all this
will come on this generation.
37“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you
who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to
gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and
you were not willing.
38Look, your house is left to
you desolate.
39For I tell you, you will
not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the
Lord.’”
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1)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 13 in what way were
teachers of the law and Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They shut the
door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces.
o
They themselves
did not enter.
o
Nor would they let
those enter who were trying to.
2)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 in what way were
teachers of the law and Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They traveled
over land and sea to win a single convert.
o
And they made the
convert twice as much a child of hell.
o
As
o
They were.
o
When
o
They had succeeded.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 16 and 17 in what way were teachers of the law and Pharisees blind
guides concerning the relative greatness between the gold of the temple and the
temple that made the gold sacred?
o
They held the
opinion that
§
It meant nothing.
§
If
§
Anyone swore by
the temple.
§
But anyone who swore
by the gold of the temple was bound by that oath.
4)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 18 and 19 in what way were teachers of the law and Pharisees blind
guides concerning the relative greatness between the gift on the altar and the altar
that made the gift sacred?
o
They held the
opinion that
§
It meant nothing.
§
If
§
Anyone swore by
the altar.
§
But anyone who swore
by the gift on the altar was bound by that oath.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 20 to 22 what makes the
altar, the temple and heaven significant?
o
These are symbols
pertaining to God.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 23 in what way were
teachers of the law and Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They
§
Gave a tenth of their
spices—
Ø
Mint.
Ø
Dill.
Ø
And cumin.
§
But had neglected
the more important matters of the law—
Ø
Justice.
Ø
Mercy.
Ø
And faithfulness.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 23 what was his
advice for teachers of the law and Pharisees?
o
They should have
practiced
§
Justice.
§
Mercy.
§
And faithfulness.
o
Without neglecting
offering their tithes to God.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 24 in what way were
teachers of the law and Pharisees blind guides?
o
They
§
Strained out a
gnat.
§
But swallowed a
camel.
9)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 25 in what way were
teachers of the law and Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They
§
Cleaned the
outside of
Ø
The cup.
Ø
And dish.
§
But on the inside
were full of
Ø
Greed.
Ø
And self-indulgence.
10)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 in what was his
advice for the blind teachers of the law and Pharisees?
o
They should first clean the inside of the
§
Cup.
§
And dish.
o
And then the
outside would also be clean.
11)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 27 in what way were
teachers of the law and Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They were like whitewashed tombs, which
§
Looked beautiful
on the outside.
§
But on the inside
were full of
Ø
The bones of the
dead.
Ø
And everything
unclean.
12)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 28 in what way were
teachers of the law and Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They
§
Appeared to
people as righteous on the outside.
§
But on the inside
were full of
Ø
Hypocrisy.
Ø
And wickedness.
13)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 29 to 31 in what way were teachers of the law and Pharisees hypocrites?
o
They
§
Built tombs for
the prophets.
§
And decorated the
graves of the righteous.
o
They claimed that
they would not have taken part with their ancestors
in shedding the blood of the prophets.
o
If
o
They had lived in
their days.
o
And so they
testified against themselves.
o
That
o
They were the
descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
14)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 32 what should teachers
of the law and Pharisees do?
o
They should complete the evil of what their ancestors
started.
15)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 33 what did he call teachers
of the law and Pharisees?
o
Jesus called them
§
Snakes.
§
And brood of
vipers.
16)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 33 what were teachers
of the law and Pharisees destined for?
o
They could
not escape being condemned to hell.
17)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 34 how would teachers
of the law and Pharisees treat prophets
and sages and teachers that Jesus would
send them?
o
Some of them they
would
§
Kill.
§
And crucify.
o
The others they
would
§
Flog in their synagogues.
§
And pursue from
town to town.
18)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 35 what would come upon teachers
of the law and Pharisees?
o
Upon them would
come all the righteous blood that has been shed
on earth,
§
From the blood of
righteous Abel.
§
To the blood of
Zechariah son of Berekiah.
o
Whom
o
They murdered
between the temple and the altar.
19)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 36 upon whom would
all the righteous blood come that has been shed on earth truly come?
o
It would truly come
upon his generation.
20)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 37 what did he say
o
§
Killed the
prophets.
§
And stoned those
sent to them.
21)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 37 and 38 how had he longed
but failed to protect
o
Jesus had longed
to gather their children together.
o
As
o
A hen gathered her
chicks under her wings.
o
But they were not willing.
22)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 38 what was the
consequence as a result of
o
Their house is
left to them desolate.
23)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 39 when will
o
§
Bless Jesus.
§
And acknowledge him
as coming in the name of the Lord.
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Matthew 23:13-39
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