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Leaving Galilee, Jesus now heads toward Jerusalem where He will be crucified and raised from the dead. Along the way, He is questioned about divorce by the pharisees and provides valuable teachings on the priority and permanence of marriage. Even though His words are difficult to receive, He continues by teaching that His disciples should always be like children. Leaving there, Jesus is approached by a wealthy man, desiring to be assured that he is qualified to be in the kingdom. Jesus’ words caused this one great sorrow and questions from His own disciples as to who can be saved. He informed them that this can only come by the enablement of God. And finally, He encouraged His disciples that even though for now they were suffering for His name, in the future kingdom, they would be richly rewarded.

00:00 - Review

06:34 - Jesus is questioned on divorce

28:09 - Jesus blesses little children

32:59 - Jesus and the rich ruler

53:28 - Jesus promises His followers blessings in the Kingdom

61:03 - Final Thoughts

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Continuing from the idea of “heirs of the kingdom”, chapter 18 deals with the children of the kingdom. That is, all who would be in the “new” kingdom should be humble as children and be careful of how they treat the least in the new kingdom (church). He continued to teach them to value one another to always be watchful of their spiritual care. He also taught and gave authority of the church (the new kingdom) to discipline its members. But to cement it all together in our relationship with one another, Jesus commanded that we should always have a willing spirit to forgive those who have sinned against us.

00:00 - Review

09:13 - Jesus teaches on who is the greatest

25:53 - Warning against mistreatment of “insignificant” believers

36:59 - Care for wandering sheep

46:34 - Church discipline

57:59 - Jesus teaches on forgiveness

72:32 - Final Thoughts

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After Peter’s great confession of Jesus dual nature as Messiah and God, Jesus began to reveal His upcoming death and resurrection. Then because of Peter’s unwillingness to accept this, Jesus taught them on the nature of discipleship - always doing the Father’s will. But He also encouraged them that some of them would see the coming Kingdom. In this chapter Jesus fulfills His word and gives His disciples a preview of the Kingdom. After this, He continues training them to build their faith through prayer. Finally, He taught them of their status as children of the kingdom; and even for us today of the need to pay government taxes.

00:00 - Review

07:10 - The transfiguration of Jesus

35:42 - Jesus heals an epileptic boy

48:15 - Jesus reminds the disciples of His coming death and resurrection

47:62 - Jesus teaches the necessity of His upcoming death

51:15 - Jesus pays the temple tax

60:00 - Final Thoughts

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After returning from the region of the Gentiles, Jesus is once again confronted by the religious leaders, asking for a messianic sign. Jesus rejected their request and warned His disciples of the false teachings of those leaders. He then continued to ask about what the people and the disciples themselves thought of Jesus. Peter made a great confession that Jesus was not only Messiah, but also God. After these things, Jesus began to teach His disciples even further of what His ministry entails. Peter refuses this and Jesus began to teach about what it truly means to be His disciple.

00:00 - Review

07:22 - The religious leaders ask for more signs

14:04 - Jesus warns His disciples against the false teaching of the leaders

21:39 - Peter’s great confession

47:62 - Jesus teaches the necessity of His upcoming death

58:26 - Jesus teaches on discipleship

69:37 - Final Thoughts

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When Jesus is confronted by the pharisees because His disciples did not wash before eating, He teaches that true defilement comes from within and not without. He leaves and enters the regions of the Gentiles and with three examples of ministry teaches His disciples how that their future ministry would incorporate blessings for the Gentiles. He interacts with a Gentile woman; He heals crowds of Gentiles; and He feeds four thousand Gentiles. All of this to train His disciples for their future ministerial work.

00:00 - Review

08:09 - Eating with unwashed hands

31:04 - Jesus explains the parable

39:54 - Jesus and the Canaanite woman

58:56 - Jesus heals the Gentile crowds

61:04 - Jesus feeds 4,000 Gentiles

71:36 - Final Thoughts

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After revealing the mystery kingdom AND since the rejection of Jesus as the nation’s Messiah and King, Jesus “withdraws” and begins to teach and train His disciples for their future work in the ministry. The death of John the Baptist marks this transition. In feeding the five thousand, He teaches His disciples responsibility for the spiritual feeding of the people. And in His walking on the water, He opens their mind to understand greater things about His nature, that He is more than a mere man - The Messiah is also God.

00:00 - Review

07:57 - The death of John the Baptist

16:42 - Jesus feeds the five thousand

25:00 - Jesus walks on water

38:56 - Jesus heals many in Gennesaret 

40:38 - Final Thoughts

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In this second part of Chapter 13, Jesus continues to teach in parables concerning this new mystery kingdom. He explains how that this new kingdom (the church) will begin pure and end in impurity; begin small and end great; begin with right doctrine and become saturated with false doctrine. But, although this new kingdom (the church) will have such a sad ending, the unrighteous will be removed from the true saints and cast into Hell in judgment.

00:00 - Review

09:41 - The parable of the tares

21:45 - The parable of the mustard seed

32:51 - The parable of leaven

44:05 - Why did Jesus speak in parables?

47:38 - The parable of the tares explained

51:55 - The parable of the hidden treasure

55:42 - The parable of the costly pearl

58:53 - The parable of the great net

61:04 - The new kingdom will have both old and new laws

73:27 - Jesus is rejected in Nazareth

77:40 - Final Thoughts

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Chapter 12 begins a pivotal moment in the ministry of Jesus. It is the national rejection of Jesus as Messiah by the leaders. And because of this, Jesus withdraws His offer as Messiah to the nation and begins to speak of a new “mystery” kingdom”. So, Israel will not receive the kingdom at this time, but instead, a kingdom that was not foretold will now be birthed. Jesus reveals the nature of this “new mystery kingdom” (the church) by way of speaking in parables. The Parable of the Sower becomes the foundation to understanding this new kingdom.

00:00 - Review

07:51 - The parable of the sower

18:20 - Jesus explains why He teaches in parables

42:24 - Jesus explains the parable of the sower

59:40 - Final Thoughts

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In the previous section of chapter 12, we saw where the pharisees were rejecting Jesus because of what He was doing on the Sabbath and that they had determined to kill Him. In this last section, a mute, demon-possessed man is brought to Jesus and He heals him. This sets of great wondering of whether of not Jesus was truly the messiah as He said. The pharisees began stirring up the people against Jesus and this led to great condemnation and the pivot point of Jesus’ ministry to the Jews.

00:00 - Review

09:23 - Jesus heals a mute, demon-possessed man

24:50 - Jesus demands a decision from the people

38:16 - Jesus reveals the true nature of the pharisees

45:27 - The pharisees seek more signs of Jesus messianic claim

61:01 - Gentiles will judge the generation of Jesus

67:37 - Jesus speaks a parable relating to Israel’s rejection

76:40 - Jesus sets forth a “new family”

27:47 - The pharisees tests Jesus concerning the Sabbath

78:44 - Final Thoughts

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In this section of chapter 12, we are confronted with Jesus teachings and works on the Sabbath day. His teachings were fundamentally different from those of the pharisees because He only taught how to understand the Sabbath from the Mosaic Law alone and not the rules of the pharisees. Nevertheless, the pharisees were seeking ways to condemn Him because of the Sabbath and had ultimately rejected Him, seeking to put Him to death.

00:00 - Review

09:15 - The pharisees condemn Jesus disciples concerning the Sabbath

27:47 - The pharisees tests Jesus concerning the Sabbath

50:09 - Final Thoughts

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