“My momma always said, ‘Life was like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.’”

Most of you will recognize this quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Mrs. Gump was an intelligent woman. She used this example to explain to Forrest about the uncertainty of life, not because life was actually like a box of chocolates, but because the surprises found in a box of chocolates was something that Forrest Gump experienced and could understand.

This week’s scripture passage has Jesus teaching in Jerusalem, so he uses a structure those in the city have experienced and will understand. Money.