As Dr. Mitchell has noted, Matthew 21 begins the last week of Jesus' life before He is crucified in Jerusalem.

Upon His return to the temple in Jerusalem, Jesus is once again confronted by the chief priests and elders. They wanted to know where Jesus' authority came from. But Jesus asks them a question of what they believed about John the Baptist.

Jesus speaks to these leaders in a parable of two sons. One did not do what the father had asked but the other finally did.

Dr. Mitchell brings out truth concerning our Savior in view of the dire unbelief of these religious leaders.

Then Jesus told a second parable and quotes scripture again. He spoke Psalm 118:22 to the rulers about Himself as 'the stone which the builders rejected'.

On the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Here is Dr. Mitchell, Matthew 21:33.

Jesus having demonstrated both His authority and His compassion, now shows His control of creation for a distinct purpose. With His disciples in His presence, He curses a fig tree and it withers immediately.

Dr. Mitchell gives us an understanding of these words spoken by our Savior concerning the meaning of this fig tree and Israel.

The disciples were astonished and wondered why the fig tree withered so quickly.

Jesus gives His disciples a lesson about faith and prayer.

Dr.Mitchell once agains warns against the unbelief of the heart. To have faith and not doubt endues the disciple with the power of God to do God's will in his generation.

Our Lord Jesus even now prays for our faith in Him that it fail not, just as He spoke to Peter in Luke 22.

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Matthew 21:17.

The Apostle Matthew continues to demonstrate the use of the scriptures in the life and ministry of Jesus. In the passage before us, Matt.21:12-16, the savior spoke from scripture twice which Matthew then records for us.

In verse 13, Jesus begins by saying, 'It is written' and then in verse 16 He says, 'Have you never read'? The first statement is from Isa.56:7, which God Himself spoke through Isaiah.

Jesus then asks one question. He then quotes Psalm 8:2 which speaks of the praises of the Messiah from the lips of children. Jesus knew the Word of God.

John 8:30 Jesus says: "If you abide in my word then truly are are disciples of mine and you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, Matthew 21:12.

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In Matthew 21, Dr. Mitchell will be teaching verses 1 thru 11 in this lesson. In these verses, Matthew quotes the O.T. Scripture twice.

In verse 5, Matthew shows that Jesus, during His entry into Jerusalem, fulfills Zech.9:9 which speaks of Jesus as King, gentle and riding on a donkey.

Matthew then writes for us what the crowds were saying as Jesus rode into Jerusalem. They were crying out loud, Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD. These words come from Ps.118:26.

Dr. Mitchell points out how the crowd was on the one hand calling Jesus the son of David, which refers to Him as the Messiah, but then turn around and just call Him a prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.

Let's join Dr. Mitchell now in Matthew 21.

As we heard, Jesus calls His disciples to Himself. He speak about greatness in the kingdom of heaven.

As His own examples shows us, He came not to be served to serve and to give His life a ransom for many. Paul would write in 1st Timothy 2:6 of our saviour, the man Christ Jesus, as being "a ransom for all".

Jesus next shows us His servant's heart of compassion by opening the eyes of two blind men sitting outside of Jericho. These two men had loud enough voices to overcome the noise of the crowds who were telling them to be quiet.

These men had persistence and faith in Jesus as the Son of David.

Dr. Mitchell show us in the Gospel of John that we can pray to the Father Himself, who loves us, in Jesus name.

On the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, here is Matthew 20:25-34 with Dr. Mitchell.

Our study continues in Mat.20:17. Jesus is on the road to Jerusalem along with His disciples.

He takes this opportunity to tell the disciples once again that He would be crucified and raised

on the third day and who would be doing this to Him. Our Lord knew what was going to happen to Him. He was willing to fulfill what was written about Him, the Messiah, in the Scriptures.

Next we see a good Jewish mother watching out for the future welfare of her two boys.

Dr. Mitchell points out, as Jesus intimates, that there is suffering before there is glory. So it is here with our Saviour as well.

Peter would later write that the O.T. prophets wrote, by the Spirit of Christ in them, of the sufferings of the Christ and the glories to follow.

Here's Dr. Mitchell, Matthew 20:17-29, on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast.

Dr. Mitchell will be teaching concerning the question of rewards. We begin in Matt.19:27.

Peter asks Jesus what the disciples would gain by following Jesus. What would they get? Jesus then speaks with them about their future millenium responsibilities and privileges with the 12 tribes of the nation of Israel. This would be their reward then for following Him now.

Jesus then relates a comparison between the kingdom of heaven and the steward of a house who hired men to work in the vineyard.

The owner of the vineyard then generously paid everyone the same wage, whether they worked all day or just one hour. Here is God rewarding through agreement and God rewarding by His grace. God is gracious.

Dr. Mitchell states, God rewards faithfulness to Him, not greatness before the world.

Here is Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible broadcast, Matthew 19:27 - 20:16.

In this lesson, Matthew 19:16-26 presented by the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast, we continue with Jesus' dealing with the good moral man who sought entrance into eternal life. His problem was with God.

Dr. Mitchell, turns briefly to the book of Luke to deal with a lawyer who had a similar question. Only this time, Jesus showed the lawyer that his problem was, not with God, but with his neighbor.

The law only shows one how much one falls short of God's revealed and written standard.

But, in these last days, God has spoken to us in His Son, Jesus Christ who lived out God's standards perfectly and sinlessly. Christ died, shedding His blood on the cross to vindicate God's righteousness. Now God can freely save anyone who trusts in His resurrected Son.

Turn to Matthew 19:16 with Dr. Mitchell, on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast.

In Matthew 19, we begin this lesson with verse 13.

Two topics are dealt with in this study.

The first Jesus' continuing concern for children. He prayed from them.

The second topic is Jesus' conversation with a man wanting to know what good deed he could do to enter into eternal life.

This section reveals the thinking of those who suppose they can please God and find His favor by doing good.

The N.T. Scripture tells us that it is by grace we are saved through faith. It is not of works lest anyone should boast. Salvation is from the Lord Jesus Christ alone. The one who places faith in the crucified and risen Christ will be saved and have eternal life.

Dr. Mitchell tells us that life cannot be inherited.

Life only comes through relationship.

Here is Matthew 19:10-20 with Dr. Mitchell on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast.

Let's join the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast with Dr. John G. Mitchell in Mat.19:1-12.

In this section, Jesus answers questions from the Pharisees. The first is "Is it lawful to divorce one's wife for any cause?"

Here, in verses 4-6, Jesus shows us two things.

First of all He answers these questions from the Scriptures by what God literally said.

In doing so, Jesus quotes both chapter 1 and 2 of Genesis giving us His inspired interpretation and conclusion.

The second question is,"Why did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?"

Jesus gives the answer. He says it's not an command but a concession because of the hardness of the heart.

Dr. Mitchell, also points our hearts and minds to what the Word of God says concerning these questions.

Let's join him on the Unchanging Word Bible Broadcast in Matthew 19:1-12.