Burnishing Bigotry - 3rd edition

*In Matthew 7:15-20 Jesus amplifies the Old Testament laws regarding false prophets
(see Deuteronomy 18:20-22; simultaneously harmonizing them with Deuteronomy 13:4).
*In Matthew 7:21-23 Jesus amplifies Jewish worship in general; from mere mental
obedience to active Love (see Leviticus 22:32 & Deuteronomy 6:5 – harmonized with Deuteronomy 28:9).
*In Matthew 9:2-6 Jesus amplifies the oral law that believed only God could forgive sins
(see Mishna Yom 8:9).
*In Matthew 12:35-37 Jesus makes absolute the Old Testament law about giving false
testimony (see Exodus 20:13).
*In Matthew 12:48-50 & Matthew 15:1-6 Jesus intensifies the Old Testament law
requiring the honoring of one‘s mother & father (see Exodus 20:12, Exodus 21:17, Deuteronomy
5:16 & Leviticus 19:3).
*In Matthew 18:1-5 Jesus radically expands the Old Testament law requiring the
honoring of one‘s elders (see Leviticus 19:32).
*In Matthew 18:6-7 Jesus intensifies the implications of Leviticus 19:14.
*In Matthew 18:8-9 Jesus makes a radical commentary on the Old Testament laws related
to amputation (see Deuteronomy 25:11-12 & Ezekiel 23:25).
*In Matthew 18:23-25 Jesus seems to reflect the Old Testament law forbidding interestladen
loans to the poor (see Exodus 22:25).
*In Matthew 19:5 Jesus intensifies the Old Testament laws regarding marriage (see
Genesis 2:24 et al).
*In Matthew 19:11-12 Jesus radically comments on the Old Testament laws related to
sexual intercourse (see Deuteronomy 23:18 et al).
*In Matthew 19:16-21 Jesus intensifies the absoluteness of the 10 Commandments (see
Exodus 20:12-16 & Deuteronomy 5:16-20), the law to ―Love your neighbor as yourself‖ (in
Leviticus 19:18), and the law requiring the giving to those in need (see Deuteronomy 15:7-8).
*In Matthew 20:1-16 Jesus amplifies the Old Testament regulations regarding the
payment of workers (see Deuteronomy 24:15 & Leviticus 19:13).
*In Matthew 20:24-28 Jesus intensifies the Commandment to not covet (see Exodus 20:14
& Deuteronomy 5:18).
*In Matthew 21:28-32 Jesus amplifies the Old Testament laws related to the upholding of
oaths (see Deuteronomy 23:24 & Numbers 30:3).
*In Matthew 21:40-43 Jesus indirectly amplifies the implications of Old Testament
mercy-laws (see Numbers 35:12 et al).
*In Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus then inverts the potency of the 10 Commandments (see
Exodus 20:6-12 & Deuteronomy 5:16-20) by expanding the power of the Shema (see Deuteronomy
6:5-7 & Exodus 30:6) & intensifying the implications of ―Love your neighbor‖ (in Leviticus 19:18).
*In Matthew 23:13-26 Jesus radically expands the Old Testament call to merely learn the
Torah (in Deuteronomy 6:7), while simultaneously making a commentary on the Old Testament
prohibition against oppressing the weak (in Exodus 21:22).
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