Bible in one year on 1/9/2022 Matthew Chapter 21-22 By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

Bible in one year on 1/9/2022 Matthew Chapter 21-22

By Rev.Katherine Liu Bruce

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Chapter 21 the presentation of the King –

Jesus entered Jerusalem triumph, riding on a donkey on a colt, the foal of a donkey (Matthew 21:1-11)

As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Going to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey ties there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away. (vv.1-3).This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: “Say to the Daughter of Zion, See, your king comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” (v.5)

The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!” When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “who is this?” the crows answered, “this is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” (v.6-10).

The purification by the King 21:12-17

Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. “It is written,” he said to them, “My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of robbers.” (v.12-13)

The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.” Do you hear what these children are saying? They asked him, “Yes” replied Jesus, “Have you never read, “From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise?” (vv.14-16)

Jesus cursed the fig tree, and told disciples prayer by faith and believe, they will receive 

Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” immediately the tree withered. When the disciples saw this they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly? They asked. Jesus replied, “ I tell you that truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, “ Go, throw yourself into the sea, and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.” (v.21)

The parables of the King (Matthew 21:28-22:14)

The rebellion of the nation

What do you think! There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, “Son, go and work today in the vineyard.” “I will not,” he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. Other son and said the same thing. He answered, “I will, sir,” but he did not go. Which of the two did what his father wanted? : the first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “ I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him. (vv.28-32)

Jesus said to them, “have you never read in the scriptures: “the stone the builders rejected has become the capstone; the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes? Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. He who falls on this tone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom if falls will be crushed. (Matt.21:42-44)

 

Chapter 22 the rejection of the nation (Matt.22:1-14)

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “the kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come. Then he sent some more servants and said, “Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet. But they paid no attention and went off- one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.(vv.1-7)

Then he said to his servants, the wedding banquet is ready, but hose I invited did not deserve to come. Go to the street corners and invited to the banquet anyone you find. So the servants went out into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding hall was filled with quests.

But when the king came into see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. “Friend” he asked, “how did you get in here without wedding clothes? The man was speechless. Then the king told the attendants, “Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” “For many are invited, but few are chosen.” (vv.8-14)

 

In answer to the Herodians- tax issue- give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” (Matt.22:15-22)

Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap him in his words. They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher” they said, “We know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right pay taxes to Caesar or not? But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “ You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?”  “ Caesar’s” they replied. Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” (22:15-21)

 

In answer the Sadducees - At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage, they will be like the angels in heaven. Matthew 22:23-33

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. “Teacher,” they said, “Moses told us that if a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him. Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children, he left his wife to his brother, right on down to the seventh. Finally, the woman died. Now then, at the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven, since all of them were married to her? (vv.23-28)

Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage, they will be like the angels in heaven. But about the resurrection of the dead- have you not read what God said to you, “I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob”? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” (vv.29-32) when the crowds heard this, they were astonished at his teaching. (v.33)

 

In answer to the Pharisees-the greatest commandment: Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. And Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:34-40

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 the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” This is the first and  greatest commandment. And the second is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself. “ all the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.(vv.34-40)

 

In questioning the Pharisees – Son of David, yet, David call him “Lord” Matthew22:41-46

            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 Spirit, calls him “Lord”? for he said, “ The Lord said to my Lord: “ sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.” If then David calls him “Lord” how can he be his son? No one could say a word in reply, and from that day on one dared to ask him any more questions.

Bibliography,

 

Lee, Witness. The New Testament (R.V.) Anaheim, CA: Living Stream Ministry, 1985.

Ryrie, Charles C. The Ryrie Study Bible (NIV).Chicago, IL: The Moody Bible Institute, 1986.