Luke 20:19-44

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Day Seven of Steps to the Cross: Luke 20:19-44

 

 19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people.

  20 Keeping a close watch on him, they sent spies, who pretended to be honest.

 They hoped to catch Jesus in something he said so that they might hand him over to the power and authority of the governor. 21 So the spies questioned him: "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach what is right, and that you do not show partiality but teach the wa

y of God in accordance with the truth. 22 Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?"

  23 He saw through their duplicity and said to them, 24 "Show me a denarius. Whose portrait and inscription are on it?"

   25 "Caesar's," they replied. 

He said to them, "Then give to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is G

od's."

  26 They were unable to trap him in what he had said there in public. And astonished by his answer, they became silent.  

  27 Some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus with a question. 28 "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies

 and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. 29 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died childless. 30 The second 31 and then the third married her, and in the same way the seven died, leaving no children. 32 Finally, the woman died too. 33 Now then, at the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?"

 34 Jesus replied, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. 35 But those who are considered worthy of taking part in that age and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage, 36 and they can no longer die; for they are like the angels. They are God's children, since they are children of the resurrection. 37 But in the account of the bush, even Moses showed that the dead rise, for he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.[a] 38 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive."

 39 Some of the teachers of the law responded, "Well said, teacher!" 40 And no one dared to ask him any more questions. 41 Then Jesus said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ [b] is the Son of David? 42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: 

  " ‘The Lord said to my Lord: 

 "Sit at my right hand 

 43 until I make your enemies 

  a footstool for your feet." ’[c] 

  44 David calls him 'Lord.' How then can he be his son?"

Footnotes:

Luke 20:37 Exodus 3:6

Luke 20:41 Or Messiah

Luke 20:43 Psalm 110:1

Hey! Where's the commentary?

BFE writers need a break sometimes;  so, during Steps to the Cross, BFE writers are taking a short 2 ½ week sabbatical from commentary. But, they'll be back!

After Easter, 50 Days to Freedom (with commentary) will begin and run up to the day of Pentecost. This series will focus on God’s meeting the people of Israel in Egypt and leading them out of slavery into freedom; paralleling it with the freedom the gospel offers us. With bold faith and the grace of God we will learn how to be freed from the bondage of sin and to walk in the freedom of being God’s children.