Text: Matthew 23:1-12Revised Standard Version (RSV) Jesus Denounces Scribes and Pharisees 23 Then said Jesus to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat; 3 so practice and observe whatever they tell you, but not what they do; for they preach, but do not practice. […]

Text: Matthew 22:34-46 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Greatest Commandment 34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sad′ducees, they came together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 And he said to […]

Text: Matthew 22:15-22 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Question about Paying Taxes 15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how to entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Hero′di-ans, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true, and teach the way of […]

Text: Matthew 21:33-46 Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 33 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. 34 When the harvest time had […]

Text: Matthew 21:23-32 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Authority of Jesus Questioned 23 And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, “By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this […]