When observers marvel at the temple's large, beautiful stones, Jesus widens the frame with shocking predictions, then pinpoints the focus on small, beautiful lives.

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Some Sadducees bait Jesus with a question about marriage protocol in the resurrection and receive a loaded answer.

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Zacchaeus has to hurry home to welcome salvation.

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Who is blessed, and how are God's children called to live?

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Jesus tells a parable contrasting two men at prayer in the temple and their shocking status with God. (For those who celebrate, Reformation themes are included!)

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Jesus, having taught his disciples how to pray, now colorfully encourages them to keep at it.

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Ten men are healed, and one of them--a Samaritan effusive with praise and gratitude--is also made well.

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The Lord responds to a request from the apostles to increase their faith. 

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Jesus adds new twists to a familiar plot line about fortunes reversed; will it reverse the way his hearers see and engage reality?

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Jesus drops a whopper on his disciples, a parable about a manager undercutting his former boss which undercuts our assumptions and expectations.

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