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The Book of Jesus Chapter Eleven: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
JESUS.
You Pharisees clean the outside of cup and the plate, while inwardly you are filled with extortion and wickedness. Fools, did not He
who made the outside make the inside too? Instead, give alms from what you have and then indeed everything will be clean for you.
But alas for you Pharisees! You tithe mint and rue and all sorts of garden herbs and overlook justice and the love of God! You should
have practiced these, without leaving the others undone. Alas for you Pharisees who like taking the front seats of honor in the
synagogues and to be greeted with special regard in the markets! Alas for you, because you are like the unmarked graves that men
walk on without knowing that they are there!
NARRATOR.
A lawyer then spoke up:
LAWYER.
Master, when you speak like this you insult us also.
JESUS.
Alas for you also, you lawyers! Because you load on men burdens that are hard to carry, burdens that you yourselves do not move a
finger to lift. Alas for you! You build the tombs of the prophets, the men whom your ancestors killed! You most certainly bear witness
that you approve of what your ancestors did. They did the killing, you do the building. The Wisdom of God also said, I will send them
prophets and apostles. Some of them they will kill and persecute, so that the blood of all the prophets, which has been shed from the
foundation of the world, may be required of this generation. From the blood of Abel, to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered
between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will have to answer for it all. Alas for you lawyers! For you who
have taken away the key of knowledge! You have not gone in yourselves, and those that were entering in, you have hindered.
NARRATOR.
As he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began a furious attack on him and trying to provoke him on many
subjects. Laying in wait for him, trying to catch him on something he said so that they might accuse him.
Luke 11:37-54
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NARRATOR.
Meanwhile, an extremely large number of people had gathered together. So large in fact that they were treading on one another.
Speaking to his disciples first he said:
JESUS.
Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed; nothing hidden that
will not be made clear. For this reason, whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the daylight, and what you have
whispered in the ear in private chambers will be proclaimed from the housetops. I tell you my friends, Don't be afraid of those who
kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will forewarn you whom you should fear. Fear him who, after he has killed, has the
power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I say to you, fear him! Can you not buy five sparrows for two pennies? And yet, not one is forgotten
in God's sight. Why, even the very hairs on your head has been counted. Therefore, do not be afraid. You are more valuable than
many sparrows. I tell you, if anyone openly declares himself for me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will declare himself for
him in the presence of God's angels. But the man who disowns me in the presence of men will be disowned in the presence of God's
angels. Everyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the man who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will
not be forgiven. When they take you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, don't worry about how to defend
yourself or what to say, because when that time comes, the Holy Spirit will teach you what you ought to say.
Luke 12:1-12
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