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The Book of Jesus Chapter Fourteen: The life of Jesus from the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John in easy-to-read, chronological format.
"Lord, who could believe what we have heard said, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
Yes, they were not able to believe because as Isaiah further said:
"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart so that they would not see with their eyes, or understand with their heart and be
converted and I should heal them."
These things Isaiah said when he saw his glory and spoke of him. Nevertheless, there were many who did believe in him, even among
the chief rulers. But because of the fear of the Pharisees and fear of being expelled from the synagogue, they did not admit to it. For
they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Jesus cried and said:
JESUS.
Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in the One who sent me. And anyone who sees me, sees Him that sent me. I have
come as a light to the world so that anyone who believes in me need not live in the darkness any longer. If any man hears my words
and does not believe them, it is not I who will judge him. Because I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. The
person that rejects me and does not receive my words has one that judges him and that one is the word that I have spoken. This will be
his judge on the last day. For what I have spoken, I have not spoken of myself. But the Father who sent me, He gave me a
commandment; what I should say and what I should speck. And I know that His commandment means everlasting life. I therefore
speak even as the Father said to me, so I speak.
John 12:37-50
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The Barren Fig Tree
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NARRATOR.
The next day, in the early morning, as they were leaving Bethany and were returning to Jerusalem, he felt hungry. On the way, he saw
a fig tree in the distance with leaves. He went up to the tree to see if there could be any fruit on it. When he came up to it he found
nothing on it but leaves; because it was not yet the season for figs. He said the fig tree:
JESUS.
May you never bear fruit again from this time onward, no one will ever eat fruit from you again.
DISCIPLES.
His disciples heard him say this and at that instant the fig tree withered.
Matthew 21:18,19; Mark 11:12-14
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The Temple Merchants
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NARRATOR.
They reached Jerusalem and Jesus went into the Temple of God and began driving out all the merchants who were buying and selling
there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who were selling pigeons. Nor would he allow anyone
to carry any equipment through the Temple. And he taught them and said:
JESUS.
Is it not written: "My House will be called by all the nations the house of prayer." But you have turned it into a den of thieves.
NARRATOR.
The scribes and chief priests heard this. Every day he would teach in the Temple and they were afraid of him because the people were
carried away by the things he taught and hung on his every word. So chief priests and the scribes, along with the support of the
leading citizens, proceeded to find a way to destroy him, but they did not see how they could accomplish it. And the blind and lame
came to him in the Temple and he cured them. When the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things he was doing and heard
the children crying out in the Temple, 'Hosanna to the Son of David!' they became indignant and said:
PRIESTS/SCRIBES.
Do you hear what they're saying?
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