09-14 - LUKE 11:37-54

a paraphrased ‘enter the story’

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37 - While Jesus was still speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him at his house, so he went in and reclined at table. 38 The Pharisee was surprised to see that he didn’t wash before the meal. (A Pharisee tradition of ritual washing.) 39 So Jesus said to him, “You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and dish. Yet inside there is greed and wickedness. 40 But didn’t he who made the outside, also make the inside? 41 If you give from within, then the outside is clean as well. 42 But woe to you Pharisees, for you tithe mint and rue and every herb. But you neglect justice and the love of God. But these you ought to do, without neglecting the rest.

     43 Woe to you Pharisees, for you love the best seats in the meeting places and greetings in the marketplace. 44 Woe to you, for you’re like unmarked graves, which people walk over, without knowing.”

     45 One of the scribes (lawyers) answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you are insulting us also.” 46 But he said, “Woe to you lawyers, for you load people with burdens hard to bear, that you wouldn’t lift even a finger to bear.. 47 Woe to you, for you build the tombs of the prophets, which your fathers killed. 48 So you are witnesses and you show yourself as consenting to those killings, and so you build their tombs. 49 As the wisdom of God has said, ‘I will send prophets and apostles. Some of whom they will persecute and some of whom they will kill.’ 50 And so the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, will be held against this generation {🤔 held against by whom.. I know the world plays the blame game against Hebrews/Jews more than anyone else.. yet masculinity is under attack. In barbarism’s days of “the gods” rule/sway, Israel had to be warriors. But, alas, turned away from God and the old ‘gods’ returned (returned with seven worse spirits..) The world dislikes the west for jumping ahead, when empowered by Judeo-Christian ethics and principles, aka, rules for success and blessing, and blessed with more of God’s Spirit/Presence than nations still under other sway.} 51 Yes, I tell you, required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. {Don’t be misled? The ancient ‘gods’ were very cruel. Every city had their war god.. To be passive would be annihilation.}

     52 Woe to you scribes, you’ve taken away the key to knowledge. {The accurate message, having highjacked.} You don’t enter, and you block the way of those who are entering.”

     53 And as he was leaving, the scribes and Pharisees began to pressure him, provoking him to speak about many things, 54 for they were trying to catch him in his words.

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Tomorrows verses - Luke 12:1-12

My own studies, had to paraphrase to post..

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