The Pharisees and Herodians have failed in their attempts to trip up Jesus, so now the Sadducees have a go. The Sadducees only believe in the first 5 books of the Bible, they deny that angels exist, and they don’t believe in a resurrection. They come to Jesus wanting to make the idea of resurrection look ridiculous by

You can almost see the Pharisees working themselves up into a frenzy in their desperation to get rid of Jesus. Their hatred of Jesus drives them to unite with the Herodians, usually their enemies. The two groups come together, out of mutual hatred for Jesus, to try to test Him on a political subject since He is so

Jesus now tells a parable that points straight at the Jewish nation. In this parable, the owner is God, and the tenants are the Jews. God has shown them goodness, made them His special people, given them numerous blessings. In return, they are to show faith and obedience. But when He sends them prophets and leaders

The chief priests, the men responsible for teaching others about God, are so spiritually blind themselves, that they grow in their hatred of Jesus. They can’t successfully attack the things He says or the way He lives His life. They don’t know what to do to discredit Him. But it is obvious that Jesus is speaking with

Peter is amazed at how powerful Jesus’ curse is. Jesus takes the opportunity to teach the disciples about prayer and faith. First of all, He makes the tremendous promise that a faithful prayer can remove mountains. Mountains are a picture of all the problems we have in this life that seem so impossible to solve. They

As Jesus is returning to Jerusalem, He is hungry. This is just another proof that Jesus is really a man. Jesus can understand and sympathise with us in the pain and suffering of being human, because He is a man - He experienced it. Seeing a fig tree covered in leaves, He goes to it expecting it

Jesus so often does things privately or just to a small group of disciples, but now He is about to do something very public. He wants all of Jerusalem to know that their King is coming. His death is the most important part of His ministry, and He wants it to be a public death. So, He

In these verses we have a wonderful picture of coming to Christ. The first thing we see is the great faith of this blind beggar. Even though he can’t see all the miracles Jesus has done, his soul isn’t blind. He calls Jesus the Son of David. This is the name the Old Testament writers gave

Despite Jesus’ teachings on self-sacrifice and His prophecies of His own death, the disciples still misunderstand. Two of them, James and John, want to get positions of power in Jesus’ new kingdom. So, they come to Jesus and ask Him to give them what they want. Sometimes when we pray we forget to ask God for what

Perhaps because he is worried that Jesus will forget what the disciples have done or perhaps because he is jealous of the rich young man, Peter thinks it’s necessary to remind Jesus of the sacrifices he and the other disciples have made. Jesus then makes an amazing promise to all the disciples. God always blesses those who love