Monthly Archive: October 2023

Read­ing Time: 3 minutesIntro­duc­tion In this Sunday Gos­pel read­ing, the Jew­ish author­it­ies con­tin­ue to look for a way to trap Jesus in his own speech. The twenty-second chapter of the Gos­pel accord­ing to Mat­thew, is char­ac­ter­ized by…

Read­ing Time: 3 minutesIntro­duc­tion Are God and the gov­ern­ment in oppos­i­tion? The Jew­ish author­it­ies were determ­ined to elim­in­ate Jesus. Since their oth­er attempts failed, they have now resor­ted to set­ting traps for him. They wanted Jesus to…

Read­ing Time: 3 minutesIntro­duc­tion After the par­able in Mat­thew 21:33–43, the chief priests and the scribes real­ized Jesus was refer­ring to them. Their plan to have him arres­ted was hal­ted by the fear of the people, who…

Read­ing Time: 2 minutesIntro­duc­tion   In the last Sunday Gos­pel (Matt 21:28–32), Jesus reminded the reli­gious lead­ers (priests and eld­ers) that those they regard as sin­ners (tax col­lect­ors, pros­ti­tutes, and oth­ers) make it to the king­dom of…