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MATTHEW 23
THE ANGER OF JESUS (23:1-36):
Jesus publicly condemns the Pharisees (23:1-12).
The wickedness of these men (23:1-7)
They do not practice what they preach (23:1-3).
They place heavy burdens upon the people (23:4).
They do everything for show (23:5, 7).
They demand to occupy the place of prominence (23:6).
The warning against these men (23:8-12):
Jesus personally condemns the Pharisees (23:13-36):
First judgment (23:13):
Second judgment (23:15):
Third judgment (23:16-22)
"Blind guides! ... You say that it means nothing to swear 'by God's Temple'-you can break that oath. But then you say that it is binding to swear 'by the gold in the Temple"' (23:1617).
"Blind fools! ... You say that to take an oath 'by the altar' can be broken, but to swear 'by the gifts on the altar' is binding!" (23:18-22).
Fourth judgment (23:23-24)
"You are careful to tithe even the tiniest part of your income, but you ignore the important things of the law-justice, mercy, and faith" (23:23).
"You strain your water so you won't accidentally swallow a gnat; then you swallow a camel!" (23:24).
Fifth judgment (23:25-26):
Sixth judgment (23:27-28):
Seventh judgment (23:29-36)
"You will become guilty of murdering all the godly people from righteous Abel to Zechariah" (23:29-35).
By their ancestors' hands (23:29-31):
By their own hands (23:32-35):
"All the accumulated judgment of the centuries will break upon the heads of this very generation" (23:36).
THE ANGUISH OF JESUS (23:37-39)
The desire-what Jesus wants to do (23:37a):
The denial-what Jesus cannot do (23:37b):
The desolation-what Jesus will do (23:38-39):