Julie
Jesus is starting to make waves with people. People see him as challenging the laws of God, but he is giving a different take on them and calling out the people for their contradictory nature. The pharisees are the worst and see him as an evil man because he is not following their interpretation of the Torah or the five first books of the Bible which is what they followed at the time. He is being ridiculed for doing things on the Sabbath, such as picking food to eat and healing people. He basically tells them that if they had paid attention these types of things had been done in the past and God had forgiven based on the nature of the circumstances. I believe this means that we should not ignore those in need because the sabbath.
Bless the Lord for he endures forever.
Michelle
It sounds like people are not liking what Jesus and John the Baptist are doing. Jesus denounces the towns where he performed miracles, expecting them to repent but they didn't. The end of chapter 11 has a well-known verse, "Come to me all you who ae weary and burdened and I will give you rest". I am having a hard time explaining myself. I have tried to type something multiple times, but I can't get the point across. Knowing that the people haven't really been doing what God instructed for a long time, what is happening here is really not all that surprising. When you read about how Jesus is doing things on the Sabbath, it's like people forgot what God had said in the past, which seems to be the recurring theme throughout the Old Testament. So, when Jesus comes along and is doing things as God has commanded and helping those in need instead of shunning everyone, it's like they don't know how to react to him or his actions. I feel like when he speaks of trees bearing good fruit, that relates to parenting in some respects. How we bring up our children, even though they make their own choices when they get older. I know that's not what it's talking about but that is what comes to mind.
Praise the Lord and all he has done for us. The part that stands out says, "The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by human hands. They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. They have ears, but cannot hear, nor is there breath in their mouths. Those who make them will be like them, and so will all who trust in them." When I read this, it made me think of all the people and things that are idolized today. There are so many idols for people and I don't think they realize it. Those that are following all these social media and celebrity idols. It makes me think of some of what we have read about.
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