Matthew 23:23-39
"Woe to you,
scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and
have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith.
But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the
outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion
and unrighteousness.
You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the
platter, that the outside of it may become clean also.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead
men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the
tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn't have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
Therefore you testify to yourselves that you are children of those who
killed the prophets.
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
You serpents, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the
judgment of Gehenna?
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some
of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your
synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from
the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom
you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.
Most assuredly I tell you, all these things will come upon this
generation.
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those
who are sent to her! How often would I have gathered your children together,
even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! Behold,
your house is left to you desolate.
For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say,
'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
Insight- Jesus prophesied the coming desolation of Jerusalem because
of the rebellion of its inhabitants to God. Jesus wanted to protect them but
they would not allow him to.
Question- Do you believe that Jesus can protect you and your family
always if you would trust and abide in him?
Prayer- Dear Father in heaven, let your protection be over me and my
family at all times. Help me to abide in you at all times. In Jesus name. Amen.
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