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Luke 11:53

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As Jesus was leaving, the religious teachers and the Pharisees began to attack him aggressively, asking questions to provoke him.

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Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have greedily swallowed Israel up. In all of this he is still angry and his hand is still raised.

Some people decided, “We need a plan to deal with Jeremiah. There'll still be priests to explain the law, there'll still be wise people to give advice, and there'll still be prophets to give prophecies. Let's organize a smear campaign against him so we don't have to listen to a word he says.”

I've heard many people gossiping: “He's the one who says, ‘Terror is everywhere!’ He has to be reported! Report what he's doing!” All my good friends are waiting for me to slip up. “Maybe he'll make a mistake so we can defeat him and get our revenge on him,” they say.

Shame on you lawyers! You have removed the key of knowledge. You didn't go in yourselves, and you prevented others from going in too.”

They were hoping to catch him out, trying to get him to say something they could use against him.

Watching for an opportunity they sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They tried to catch Jesus out in something he said so they could hand him over to the power and authority of the governor.

Then some of the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, came to Jesus with this question:

Previously I was sincerely convinced I should do as much as I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

Love does not act improperly, or insist on having its own way. Love is not argumentative and doesn't keep a record of wrongs.

So we have encouraged Titus—since it was he who started this work with you—to return and complete this gracious ministry of yours.




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