Jesus was seen by his opponents as someone who was useless, to be thrown out like a piece of trash to be easily discarded. In the end they had him killed. Because of our own sin we, too, do not always value Jesus for who he is. In today’s passage Jesus demonstrates his great authority. He calls us to respond to that great authority by trusting in him as our great savior and making him the Lord of our life. We do that by giving our wholehearted devotion to him above all other allegiances.

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