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Urantia Book Paper 173 Monday In Jerusalem
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SPIRITWEB ORG, PROMOTING SPIRITUAL CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE INTERNET.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
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Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem ...
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Paper 173 Monday In Jerusalem
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Introduction
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EARLY on this Monday morning, by prearrangement, Jesus and the apostles
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assembled at the home of Simon in Bethany, and after a brief conference they
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set out for Jerusalem. The twelve were strangely silent as they journeyed on
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toward the temple; they had not recovered from the experience of the preceding
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day. They were expectant, fearful, and profoundly affected by a certain feeling
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of detachment growing out of the Master's sudden change of tactics, coupled
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with his instruction that they were to engage in no public teaching throughout
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this Passover week.
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As this group journeyed down Mount Olivet, Jesus led the way, the apostles
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following closely behind in meditative silence. There was just one thought
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uppermost in the minds of all save Judas Iscariot, and that was: What will the
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Master do today? The one absorbing thought of Judas was: What shall I do? Shall
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I go on with Jesus and my associates, or shall I withdraw? And if I am going to
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quit, how shall I break off?
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It was about nine o'clock on this beautiful morning when these men arrived at
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the temple. They went at once to the large court where Jesus so often taught,
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and after greeting the believers who were awaiting him, Jesus mounted one of
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the teaching platforms and began to address the gathering crowd. The apostles
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withdrew for a short distance and awaited developments.
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1. CLEANSING THE TEMPLE
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A huge commercial traffic had grown up in association with the services and
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ceremonies of the temple worship. There was the business of providing suitable
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animals for the various sacrifices. Though it was permissible for a worshiper
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to provide his own sacrifice, the fact remained that this animal must be free
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from all "blemish" in the meaning of the Levitical law and as interpreted by
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official inspectors of the temple. Many a worshiper had experienced the
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humiliation of having his supposedly perfect animal rejected by the temple
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examiners. It therefore became the more general practice to purchase
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sacrificial animals at the temple, and although there were several stations on
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near-by Olivet where they could be bought, it had become the vogue to buy these
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animals directly from the temple pens. Gradually there had grown up this custom
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of selling all kinds of sacrificial animals in the temple courts. An extensive
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business, in which enormous profits were made, had thus been brought into
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existence. Part of these gains was reserved for the temple treasury, but the
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larger part went indirectly into the hands of the ruling high-priestly
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families.
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This sale of animals in the temple prospered because, when the worshiper
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purchased such an animal, although the price might be somewhat high, no more
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fees had to be paid, and he could be sure the intended sacrifice would not be
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rejected on the ground of possessing real or technical blemishes. At one time
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or another systems of exorbitant overcharge were practiced upon the common
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people, especially during the great national feasts. At one time the greedy
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priests went so far as to demand the equivalent of the value of a week's labor
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for a pair of doves which should have been sold to the poor for a few pennies.
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The "sons of Annas" had already begun to establish their bazaars in the temple
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precincts, those very merchandise marts which persisted to the time of their
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final overthrow by a mob three years before the destruction of the temple
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itself.
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But traffic in sacrificial animals and sundry merchandise was not the only way
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in which the courts of the temple were profaned. At this time there was
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fostered an extensive system of banking and commercial exchange which was
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carried on right within the temple precincts. And this all came about in the
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following manner: During the Asmonean dynasty the Jews coined their own silver
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money, and it had become the practice to require the temple dues of one-half
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shekel and all other temple fees to be paid with this Jewish coin. This
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regulation necessitated that money-changers be licensed to exchange the many
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sorts of currency in circulation throughout Palestine and other provinces of
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the Roman Empire for this orthodox shekel of Jewish coining. The temple head
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tax, payable by all except women, slaves, and minors, was one-half shekel, a
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coin about the size of a ten cent piece but twice as thick. By the times of
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Jesus the priests had also been exempted from the payment of temple dues.
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Accordingly, from the 15th to the 25th of the month preceding the Passover,
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accredited money-changers erected their booths in the principal cities of
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Palestine for the purpose of providing the Jewish people with proper money to
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meet the temple dues after they had reached Jerusalem. After this ten-day
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period these money-changers moved on to Jerusalem and proceeded to set up their
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exchange tables in the courts of the temple. They were permitted to charge the
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equivalent of from three to four cents commission for the exchange of a coin
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valued at about ten cents, and in case a coin of larger value was offered for
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exchange, they were allowed to collect double. Likewise did these temple
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bankers profit from the exchange of all money intended for the purchase of
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sacrificial animals and for the payment of vows and the making of offerings.
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These temple money-changers not only conducted a regular banking business for
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profit in the exchange of more than twenty sorts of money which the visiting
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pilgrims would periodically bring to Jerusalem, but they also engaged in all
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other kinds of transactions pertaining to the banking business. Both the temple
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treasury and the temple rulers profited tremendously from these commercial
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activities. It was not uncommon for the temple treasury to hold upwards of ten
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million dollars while the common people languished in poverty and continued to
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pay these unjust levies.
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In the midst of this noisy aggregation of money-changers, merchandisers, and
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cattle sellers, Jesus, on this Monday morning, attempted to teach the gospel of
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the heavenly kingdom. He was not alone in resenting this profanation of the
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temple; the common people, especially the Jewish visitors from foreign
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provinces, also heartily resented this profiteering desecration of their
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national house of worship. At this time the Sanhedrin itself held its regular
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meetings in a chamber surrounded by all this babble and confusion of trade and
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barter.
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As Jesus was about to begin his address, two things happened to arrest his
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attention. At the money table of a near-by exchanger a violent and heated
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argument had arisen over the alleged overcharging of a Jew from Alexandria,
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while at the same moment the air was rent by the bellowing of a drove of some
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one hundred bullocks which was being driven from one section of the animal pens
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to another. As Jesus paused, silently but thoughtfully contemplating this scene
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of commerce and confusion, close by he beheld a simple-minded Galilean, a man
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he had once talked with in Iron, being ridiculed and jostled about by
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supercilious and would-be superior Judeans; and all of this combined to produce
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one of those strange and periodic uprisings of indignant emotion in the soul of
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Jesus.
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To the amazement of his apostles, standing near at hand, who refrained from
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participation in what so soon followed, Jesus stepped down from the teaching
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platform and, going over to the lad who was driving the cattle through the
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court, took from him his whip of cords and swiftly drove the animals from the
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temple. But that was not all; he strode majestically before the wondering gaze
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of the thousands assembled in the temple court to the farthest cattle pen and
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proceeded to open the gates of every stall and to drive out the imprisoned
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animals. By this time the assembled pilgrims were electrified, and with
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uproarious shouting they moved toward the bazaars and began to overturn the
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tables of the money-changers. In less than five minutes all commerce had been
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swept from the temple. By the time the near-by Roman guards had appeared on the
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scene, all was quiet, and the crowds had become orderly; Jesus, returning to
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the speaker's stand, spoke to the multitude: "You have this day witnessed that
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which is written in the Scriptures: `My house shall be called a house of prayer
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for all nations, but you have made it a den of robbers.'"
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But before he could utter other words, the great assembly broke out in hosannas
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of praise, and presently a throng of youths stepped out from the crowd to sing
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grateful hymns of appreciation that the profane and profiteering merchandisers
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had been ejected from the sacred temple. By this time certain of the priests
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had arrived on the scene, and one of them said to Jesus, "Do you not hear what
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the children of the Levites say?" And the Master replied, "Have you never read,
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`Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings has praise been perfected'?" And all
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the rest of that day while Jesus taught, guards set by the people stood watch
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at every archway, and they would not permit anyone to carry even an empty
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vessel across the temple courts.
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When the chief priests and the scribes heard about these happenings, they were
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dumfounded. All the more they feared the Master, and all the more they
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determined to destroy him. But they were nonplused. They did not know how to
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accomplish his death, for they greatly feared the multitudes, who were now so
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outspoken in their approval of his overthrow of the profane profiteers. And all
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this day, a day of quiet and peace in the temple courts, the people heard
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Jesus' teaching and literally hung on his words.
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This surprising act of Jesus was beyond the comprehension of his apostles. They
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were so taken aback by this sudden and unexpected move of their Master that
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they remained throughout the whole episode huddled together near the speaker's
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stand; they never lifted a hand to further this cleansing of the temple. If
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this spectacular event had occurred the day before, at the time of Jesus'
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triumphal arrival at the temple at the termination of his tumultuous procession
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through the gates of the city, all the while loudly acclaimed by the multitude,
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they would
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have been ready for it, but coming as it did, they were wholly unprepared to
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participate.
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This cleansing of the temple discloses the Master's attitude toward
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commercializing the practices of religion as well as his detestation of all
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forms of unfairness and profiteering at the expense of the poor and the
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unlearned. This episode also demonstrates that Jesus did not look with approval
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upon the refusal to employ force to protect the majority of any given human
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group against the unfair and enslaving practices of unjust minorities who may
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be able to entrench themselves behind political, financial, or ecclesiastical
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power. Shrewd, wicked, and designing men are not to be permitted to organize
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themselves for the exploitation and oppression of those who, because of their
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idealism, are not disposed to resort to force for self-protection or for the
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furtherance of their laudable life projects.
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2. CHALLENGING THE MASTER'S AUTHORITY
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On Sunday the triumphal entry into Jerusalem so overawed the Jewish leaders
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that they refrained from placing Jesus under arrest. Today, this spectacular
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cleansing of the temple likewise effectively postponed the Master's
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apprehension. Day by day the rulers of the Jews were becoming more and more
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determined to destroy him, but they were distraught by two fears, which
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conspired to delay the hour of striking. The chief priests and the scribes were
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unwilling to arrest Jesus in public for fear the multitude might turn upon them
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in a fury of resentment; they also dreaded the possibility of the Roman guards
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being called upon to quell a popular uprising.
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At the noon session of the Sanhedrin it was unanimously agreed that Jesus must
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be speedily destroyed, inasmuch as no friend of the Master attended this
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meeting. But they could not agree as to when and how he should be taken into
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custody. Finally they agreed upon appointing five groups to go out among the
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people and seek to entangle him in his teaching or otherwise to discredit him
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in the sight of those who listened to his instruction. Accordingly, about two
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o'clock, when Jesus had just begun his discourse on "The Liberty of Sonship," a
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group of these elders of Israel made their way up near Jesus and, interrupting
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him in the customary manner, asked this question: "By what authority do you do
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these things? Who gave you this authority?"
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It was altogether proper that the temple rulers and the officers of the Jewish
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Sanhedrin should ask this question of anyone who presumed to teach and perform
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in the extraordinary manner which had been characteristic of Jesus, especially
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as concerned his recent conduct in clearing the temple of all commerce. These
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traders and money-changers all operated by direct license from the highest
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rulers, and a percentage of their gains was supposed to go directly into the
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temple treasury. Do not forget that authority was the watchword of all Jewry.
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The prophets were always stirring up trouble because they so boldly presumed to
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teach without authority, without having been duly instructed in the rabbinic
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academies and subsequently regularly ordained by the Sanhedrin. Lack of this
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authority in pretentious public teaching was looked upon as indicating either
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ignorant presumption or open rebellion. At this time only the Sanhedrin could
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ordain an elder or teacher, and such a ceremony had to take place in the
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presence of at least three persons who had previously been so ordained. Such an
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ordination conferred the title of "rabbi" upon the teacher and also qualified
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him to act as a judge, "binding and loosing such matters as might be brought to
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him for adjudication."
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The rulers of the temple came before Jesus at this afternoon hour challenging
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not only his teaching but his acts. Jesus well knew that these very men had
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long publicly taught that his authority for teaching was Satanic, and that all
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his mighty works had been wrought by the power of the prince of devils.
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Therefore did the Master begin his answer to their question by asking them a
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counter-question. Said Jesus: "I would also like to ask you one question which,
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if you will answer me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these
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works. The baptism of John, whence was it? Did John get his authority from
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heaven or from men?"
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And when his questioners heard this, they withdrew to one side to take counsel
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among themselves as to what answer they might give. They had thought to
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embarrass Jesus before the multitude, but now they found themselves much
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confused before all who were assembled at that time in the temple court. And
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their discomfiture was all the more apparent when they returned to Jesus,
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saying: "Concerning the baptism of John, we cannot answer; we do not know." And
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they so answered the Master because they had reasoned among themselves: If we
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shall say from heaven, then will he say, Why did you not believe him, and
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perchance will add that he received his authority from John; and if we shall
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say from men, then might the multitude turn upon us, for most of them hold that
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John was a prophet; and so they were compelled to come before Jesus and the
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people confessing that they, the religious teachers and leaders of Israel,
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could not (or would not) express an opinion about John's mission. And when they
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had spoken, Jesus, looking down upon them, said, "Neither will I tell you by
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what authority I do these things."
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Jesus never intended to appeal to John for his authority; John had never been
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ordained by the Sanhedrin. Jesus' authority was in himself and in his Father's
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eternal supremacy.
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In employing this method of dealing with his adversaries, Jesus did not mean to
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dodge the question. At first it may seem that he was guilty of a masterly
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evasion, but it was not so. Jesus was never disposed to take unfair advantage
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of even his enemies. In this apparent evasion he really supplied all his
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hearers with the answer to the Pharisees' question as to the authority behind
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his mission. They had asserted that he performed by authority of the prince of
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devils. Jesus had repeatedly asserted that all his teaching and works were by
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the power and authority of his Father in heaven. This the Jewish leaders
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refused to accept and were seeking to corner him into admitting that he was an
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irregular teacher since he had never been sanctioned by the Sanhedrin. In
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answering them as he did, while not claiming authority from John, he so
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satisfied the people with the inference that the effort of his enemies to
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ensnare him was effectively turned upon themselves and was much to their
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discredit in the eyes of all present.
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And it was this genius of the Master for dealing with his adversaries that made
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them so afraid of him. They attempted no more questions that day; they retired
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to take further counsel among themselves. But the people were not slow to
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discern the dishonesty and insincerity in these questions asked by the Jewish
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rulers. Even the common folk could not fail to distinguish between the moral
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majesty of the Master and the designing hypocrisy of his enemies. But the
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cleansing of the temple had brought the Sadducees over to the side of the
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Pharisees in perfecting the plan to destroy Jesus. And the Sadducees now
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represented a majority of the Sanhedrin.
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3. PARABLE OF THE TWO SONS
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As the caviling Pharisees stood there in silence before Jesus, he looked down
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on them and said: "Since you are in doubt about John's mission and arrayed in
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enmity against the teaching and the works of the Son of Man, give ear while I
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tell you a parable: A certain great and respected landholder had two sons, and
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desiring the help of his sons in the management of his large estates, he came
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to one of them, saying, `Son, go work today in my vineyard.' And this
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unthinking son answered his father, saying, `I will not go'; but afterward he
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repented and went. When he had found his older son, likewise he said to him,
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`Son, go work in my vineyard.' And this hypocritical and unfaithful son
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answered, `Yes, my father, I will go.' But when his father had departed, he
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went not. Let me ask you, which of these sons really did his father's will?"
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And the people spoke with one accord, saying, "The first son." And then said
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Jesus: "Even so; and now do I declare that the publicans and harlots, even
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though they appear to refuse the call to repentance, shall see the error of
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their way and go on into the kingdom of God before you, who make great
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pretensions of serving the Father in heaven while you refuse to do the works of
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the Father. It was not you, the Pharisees and scribes, who believed John, but
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rather the publicans and sinners; neither do you believe my teaching, but the
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common people hear my words gladly."
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Jesus did not despise the Pharisees and Sadducees personally. It was their
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systems of teaching and practice which he sought to discredit. He was hostile
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to no man, but here was occurring the inevitable clash between a new and living
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religion of the spirit and the older religion of ceremony, tradition, and
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authority.
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All this time the twelve apostles stood near the Master, but they did not in
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any manner participate in these transactions. Each one of the twelve was
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reacting in his own peculiar way to the events of these closing days of Jesus'
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ministry in the flesh, and each one likewise remained obedient to the Master's
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injunction to refrain from all public teaching and preaching during this
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Passover week.
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4. PARABLE OF THE ABSENT LANDLORD
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When the chief Pharisees and the scribes who had sought to entangle Jesus with
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their questions had finished listening to the story of the two sons, they
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withdrew to take further counsel, and the Master, turning his attention to the
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listening multitude, told another parable:
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"There was a good man who was a householder, and he planted a vineyard. He set
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a hedge about it, dug a pit for the wine press, and built a watchtower for the
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guards. Then he let this vineyard out to tenants while he went on a long
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journey into another country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he
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sent servants to the tenants to receive his rental. But they took counsel among
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themselves and refused to give these servants the fruits due their master;
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instead, they fell upon his servants, beating one, stoning another, and sending
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the others away empty-handed. And when the householder heard about all this, he
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sent other and more trusted servants to deal with these wicked tenants, and
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these they wounded and also treated shamefully. And then the householder sent
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his favorite servant, his steward, and him they killed. And still, in patience
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and with forbear-
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ance, he dispatched many other servants, but none would they receive. Some they
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beat, others they killed, and when the householder had been so dealt with, he
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decided to send his son to deal with these ungrateful tenants, saying to
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himself, `They may mistreat my servants, but they will surely show respect for
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my beloved son.' But when these unrepentant and wicked tenants saw the son,
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they reasoned among themselves: `This is the heir; come, let us kill him and
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then the inheritance will be ours.' So they laid hold on him, and after casting
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him out of the vineyard, they killed him. When the lord of that vineyard shall
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hear how they have rejected and killed his son, what will he do to those
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ungrateful and wicked tenants?"
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And when the people heard this parable and the question Jesus asked, they
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answered, "He will destroy those miserable men and let out his vineyard to
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other and honest farmers who will render to him the fruits in their season."
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And when some of them who heard perceived that this parable referred to the
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Jewish nation and its treatment of the prophets and to the impending rejection
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of Jesus and the gospel of the kingdom, they said in sorrow, "God forbid that
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we should go on doing these things."
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Jesus saw a group of the Sadducees and Pharisees making their way through the
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crowd, and he paused for a moment until they drew near him, when he said: "You
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know how your fathers rejected the prophets, and you well know that you are set
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in your hearts to reject the Son of Man." And then, looking with searching gaze
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upon those priests and elders who were standing near him, Jesus said: "Did you
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never read in the Scripture about the stone which the builders rejected, and
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which, when the people had discovered it, was made into the cornerstone? And so
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once more do I warn you that, if you continue to reject this gospel, presently
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will the kingdom of God be taken away from you and be given to a people willing
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to receive the good news and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit. And there
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is a mystery about this stone, seeing that whoso falls upon it, while he is
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thereby broken in pieces, shall be saved; but on whomsoever this stone falls,
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he will be ground to dust and his ashes scattered to the four winds."
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When the Pharisees heard these words, they understood that Jesus referred to
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themselves and the other Jewish leaders. They greatly desired to lay hold on
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him then and there, but they feared the multitude. However, they were so
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angered by the Master's words that they withdrew and held further counsel among
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themselves as to how they might bring about his death. And that night both the
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Sadducees and the Pharisees joined hands in the plan to entrap him the next
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day.
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5. PARABLE OF THE MARRIAGE FEAST
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After the scribes and rulers had withdrawn, Jesus addressed himself again to
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the assembled crowd and spoke the parable of the wedding feast. He said:
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"The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a certain king who made a marriage
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feast for his son and dispatched messengers to call those who had previously
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been invited to the feast to come, saying, `Everything is ready for the
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marriage supper at the king's palace.' Now, many of those who had once promised
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to attend, at this time refused to come. When the king heard of these
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rejections of his invitation, he sent other servants and messengers, saying:
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`Tell all those who were bidden, to come, for, behold, my dinner is ready. My
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oxen and my fatlings
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are killed, and all is in readiness for the celebration of the forthcoming
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marriage of my son.' But again did the thoughtless make light of this call of
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their king, and they went their ways, one to the farm, another to the pottery,
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and others to their merchandise. Still others were not content thus to slight
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the king's call, but in open rebellion they laid hands on the king's messengers
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and shamefully mistreated them, even killing some of them. And when the king
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perceived that his chosen guests, even those who had accepted his preliminary
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invitation and had promised to attend the wedding feast, had finally rejected
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his call and in rebellion had assaulted and slain his chosen messengers, he was
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exceedingly wroth. And then this insulted king ordered out his armies and the
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armies of his allies and instructed them to destroy these rebellious murderers
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and to burn down their city.
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"And when he had punished those who spurned his invitation, he appointed yet
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another day for the wedding feast and said to his messengers: `They who were
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first bidden to the wedding were not worthy; so go now into the parting of the
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ways and into the highways and even beyond the borders of the city, and as many
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as you shall find, bid even these strangers to come in and attend this wedding
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feast.' And then these servants went out into the highways and the
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out-of-the-way places, and they gathered together as many as they found, good
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and bad, rich and poor, so that at last the wedding chamber was filled with
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willing guests. When all was ready, the king came in to view his guests, and
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much to his surprise he saw there a man without a wedding garment. The king,
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since he had freely provided wedding garments for all his guests, addressing
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this man, said: `Friend, how is it that you come into my guest chamber on this
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occasion without a wedding garment?' And this unprepared man was speechless.
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Then said the king to his servants: `Cast out this thoughtless guest from my
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house to share the lot of all the others who have spurned my hospitality and
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rejected my call. I will have none here except those who delight to accept my
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invitation, and who do me the honor to wear those guest garments so freely
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provided for all.'"
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After speaking this parable, Jesus was about to dismiss the multitude when a
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sympathetic believer, making his way through the crowds toward him, asked:
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"But, Master, how shall we know about these things? how shall we be ready for
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the king's invitation? what sign will you give us whereby we shall know that
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you are the Son of God?" And when the Master heard this, he said, "Only one
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sign shall be given you." And then, pointing to his own body, he continued,
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"Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." But they did not
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understand him, and as they dispersed, they talked among themselves, saying,
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"Almost fifty years has this temple been in building, and yet he says he will
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destroy it and raise it up in three days." Even his own apostles did not
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comprehend the significance of this utterance, but subsequently, after his
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resurrection, they recalled what he had said.
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About four o'clock this afternoon Jesus beckoned to his apostles and indicated
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that he desired to leave the temple and to go to Bethany for their evening meal
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and a night of rest. On the way up Olivet Jesus instructed Andrew, Philip, and
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Thomas that, on the morrow, they should establish a camp nearer the city which
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they could occupy during the remainder of the Passover week. In compliance with
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this instruction the following morning they pitched their tents in the hillside
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ravine overlooking the public camping park of Gethsemane, on a plot of ground
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belonging to Simon of Bethany.
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Again it was a silent group of Jews who made their way up the western slope of
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Olivet on this Monday night. These twelve men, as never before, were beginning
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to sense that something tragic was about to happen. While the dramatic
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cleansing of the temple during the early morning had aroused their hopes of
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seeing the Master assert himself and manifest his mighty powers, the events of
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the entire afternoon only operated as an anticlimax in that they all pointed to
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the certain rejection of Jesus' teaching by the Jewish authorities. The
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apostles were gripped by suspense and were held in the firm grasp of a terrible
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uncertainty. They realized that only a few short days could intervene between
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the events of the day just passed and the crash of an impending doom. They all
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felt that something tremendous was about to happen, but they knew not what to
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expect. They went to their various places for rest, but they slept very little.
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Even the Alpheus twins were at last aroused to the realization that the events
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of the Master's life were moving swiftly toward their final culmination.
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Subjects Archive The Urantia Book Urantia Book PART IV: The Life and Teachings
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of Jesus : The Bestowal Of Michael On Urantia The Times Of Michael's Bestowal
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Birth And Infancy Of Jesus The Early Childhood Of Jesus The Later Childhood Of
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Jesus Jesus At Jerusalem The Two Crucial Years The Adolescent Years Jesus'
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Early Manhood The Later Adult Life Of Jesus On The Way To Rome The World's
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Religions The Sojourn At Rome The Return From Rome The Transition Years John
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The Baptist Baptism And The Forty Days Tarrying Time In Galilee Training The
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Kingdom's Messengers The Twelve Apostles The Ordination Of The Twelve Beginning
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The Public Work The Passover At Jerusalem Going Through Samaria At Gilboa And
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In The Decapolis Four Eventful Days At Capernaum First Preaching Tour Of
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Galilee The Interlude Visit To Jerusalem Training Evangelists At Bethsaida The
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Second Preaching Tour The Third Preaching Tour Tarrying And Teaching By The
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Seaside Events Leading Up To The Capernaum Crisis The Crisis At Capernaum Last
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Days At Capernaum Fleeing Through Northern Galilee The Sojourn At Tyre And
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Sidon At Caesarea-philippi The Mount Of Transfiguration The Decapolis Tour
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Rodan Of Alexandria Further Discussions With Rodan At The Feast Of Tabernacles
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Ordination Of The Seventy At Magadan At The Feast Of Dedication The Perean
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Mission Begins Last Visit To Northern Perea The Visit To Philadelphia The
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Resurrection Of Lazarus Last Teaching At Pella The Kingdom Of Heaven On The Way
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To Jerusalem Going Into Jerusalem Monday In Jerusalem Tuesday Morning In The
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Temple The Last Temple Discourse Tuesday Evening On Mount Olivet Wednesday, The
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Rest Day Last Day At The Camp The Last Supper The Farewell Discourse Final
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Admonitions And Warnings In Gethsemane The Betrayal And Arrest Of Jesus Before
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The Sanhedrin Court The Trial Before Pilate Just Before The Crucifixion The
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Crucifixion The Time Of The Tomb The Resurrection Morontia Appearances Of Jesus
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Appearances To The Apostles And Other Leaders Appearances In Galilee Final
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Appearances And Ascension Bestowal Of The Spirit Of Truth After Pentecost The
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Faith Of Jesus
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