by Will | Mar 28, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 23:16-22 (NIV) “Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes...
by Will | Mar 27, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 23:15 (NIV) “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.” Just as it is impossible for a bad tree to bear...
by Will | Mar 25, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 23:13 (NIV) “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.” The Pharisees and teachers of the law were not...
by Will | Mar 24, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 23:1-12 (NIV) Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they...
by Will | Mar 24, 2017 | Scripture Meditations, Scripture Musings
Matthew 22:41-46 (NIV) While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” “The son of David,” they replied. He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the...
by Will | Mar 22, 2017 | Scripture Meditations
Matthew 22:34-40 (NIV) Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “‘Love...
