52 Those Pharisees

Matthew 15:1-20; Mark 7:1-23, TBC Book Two, Chapter 52
Passover had now come and gone, and the people of Jerusalem were surprised no one had seen Jesus and his disciples at the temple. But no one was more surprised than the Pharisees. They thought that Jesus would observe the Passover in Jerusalem. And among the Pharisees was a group of men waiting for the right moment to carry out their plan—to have Jesus killed.

But Jesus knew what they were planning. So he and his disciples remained in Galilee. 

When the Pharisees found him, they watched him closely, hoping to find fault with him. Finally they noticed something they could use. 

One of them said, “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!”

Jesus replied, “And why do you break God’s command for the sake of man’s traditions? . . .

“You hypocrites!” Jesus said. “Isaiah was right about you. . . .

(See THE BIBLE CLICKS, Book Two, Chapter 52, for the rest of the story.)

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Today’s Takeaways
     A proverb to guide you: Watch what they do, not what they say.
     A promise to cling to: “No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. . . . A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.” Luke 6:43-45 NIV
     A praise to fill you: Don’t Let Your Heart Be Hardened  Petra     [Can skip ad after first 5 seconds]

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