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Matthew 20:
Jesus says that heaven is
fair and just. It is like a man hiring workers at different hours of the
day and pays each of them a day's wage. The workers who worked longer hours
expected more pay, but the man explained that the pay for each one is for one
day of work. The mother of Zebedee brothers (James & John) asked Jesus if her
sons can be on the right and left of him in heaven. Jesus asked the
brothers if they can drink from his cup and they replied positively, but Jesus
said that it was God's decision to make. This made the other disciples upset,
but Jesus told them that to be great and first in heaven, you had to first be
a servant and slave on earth. Jesus claims that he came to serve and be
sacrificed for many. Two blind men called Jesus the "Son of David" and he
healed them.
Matthew 21:
As Jesus approached Jerusalem
from Israel, he told two disciples to go into the village to get a donkey and
her colt. They are also to inform anyone that inquire that the Lord needs
them and they will be permitted to take it. Jesus rode on them into Jerusalem in
Judah with people putting clothes and leaves on the ground to walk upon. When
Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey and people heard the shouts after him, people
wanted to know who Jesus was, and they called him a Prophet from Nazareth in
Galilee (nation of Israel, not Judah). Jesus enters the temple and throw away the
money of the traders in the church. Jesus claims that the church is a
place of prayer to God and not a den of robbers after money. He healed
many and even the children started praising him, which offended the chief priest
& teachers of the law. Jesus asked the people who did the father's will between
two sons. Was it the one that initially refused but did the work, or the
one that agreed, but did not work. People replied that it was the first, so
Jesus explains that prostitutes and tax collectors will enter heaven before them
because they believed in John the Baptist and Jesus. Jesus talks about the owner
of a vineyard hiring tenant to work the land, but when it was harvest time, they
killed his servants and son because they did not want to share the harvest with
the owner. He then told the chief priest and Pharisees how God would reject
them in heaven.
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The Political & Spiritual Purpose of the
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Matthew 22:
Jesus
told a parable of a king who invited guests to his son's wedding, but they all
had excuses for not showing up. Instead they beat and killed the servants that
were sent to call them to the party. So the king got angry and destroyed them.
The king then invited those that did not deserve to attend, but throw a man out
who was not dressed for the occasion. This is what God and heaven is like.
Many will be called, but few are chosen. The Pharisees and workers of Herod came
to Jesus to trap him. They praised Jesus' integrity in God and truth, but
wanted to know if taxes should be paid to Caesar. Jesus called them hypocrites
who were trying to trap him. Jesus told them to give to Caesar what belonged to
Caesar and to God what belongs to God because Caesar's inscription was on the
coin used to pay taxes. The Sadducees, who did not believe in resurrection, also
came to test Jesus. Since Moses said that the brother of the dead must
marry his widow to have children for him if they were childless, the Sadducees wanted to
know which of the seven brothers will have her as wife at resurrection if they
all married her without children. Jesus then replied that at the resurrection in
heaven, we will be like angels and there will be no marriage. Jesus said that
God is for the living, not the dead. Jesus also said that loving God and your
neighbor was the greatest commandment in the law because it summarizes all the
Law and the prophets. The Pharisee said that the Christ was the son of David,
but Jesus asked why did David call the Christ "Lord" if Christ was his son -
Christ is son of God. |
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