Jesus condemns religious leaders and legal experts for too many people in need of help.

Jesus condemns religious leaders and legal experts for too many people in need of help.



 While Jesus was speaking, a religious Leader invited him to share a
meal with him, so Jesus went and took his place at the table. When
the religious Leader saw that Jesus didn’t ritually purify his
hands by washing before the meal, he was astonished.

The Lord said to him, “Now, you clean the outside of the cup and
platter, but your insides are stuffed with greed and wickedness.
Foolish people! Didn’t the one who made the outside also make the
inside?Therefore, give to those in need from the core of who you are
and you will be clean all over.

“How terrible for you Leaders! You give a tenth of your mint, rue,
and garden herbs of all kinds, while neglecting justice and love for
God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others.

“How terrible for you Leaders! You love the most prominent seats in
the churches and respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

“How terrible for you! You are like unmarked graves, and people
walk on them without recognizing it.”

One of the legal experts responded, “Teacher, when you say these
things, you are insulting us too.”

Jesus said, “How terrible for you legal experts too! You load
people down with impossible burdens and you refuse to lift a single
finger to help them.

“How terrible for you! You built memorials to the prophets, whom
your ancestors killed. In this way, you testify that you approve of
your ancestors’ deeds. They killed the prophets, and you build
memorials! Therefore, God’s wisdom has said, ‘I will send
prophets and apostles to them and they will harass and kill some of
them.’As a result, this generation will be charged with the murder
of all the prophets since the beginning of time. This includes the
murder of every prophet—from Abel to Zechariah—who was killed
between the altar and the holy place. Yes, I’m telling you, this
generation will be charged with it.

“How terrible for you legal experts! You snatched away the key of
knowledge. You didn’t enter yourselves, and you stood in the way of
those who were entering.”

As he left there, the legal experts and Pharisees began to resent him
deeply and to ask him pointed questions about many things. They
plotted against him, trying to trap him in his words.





Ref: Luke 11:
37-53
 

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