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Jesus Criticizes the Religious Leaders
(Mk. 12:38-40; Lk. 11:37-52; 20:45-47)
23 1Then Jesus spoke to the people and to his followers. Jesus said, 2"The teachers
of the law and the Pharisees* have the authority (power) to tell you what the law
of Moses says. 3So you should obey the things they say. You should do all the things
they tell you to do. But their lives are not good examples for you to follow. They
tell you to do things, but they don't do those things themselves. 4They make strict
rules that are hard for people to obey. They try to force other people to obey all
those rules. But they themselves will not try to follow any of those rules. 5"The
only reason they do good things is for other people to see them. They wear special
boxes* full of Scriptures.* They make these boxes bigger and bigger. And they make
their special prayer clothes very long [so that people will see them]. 6Those Pharisees*
and teachers of the law love to get the most important seats at the feasts. And
they love to get the most important seats in the synagogues.* 7They love for people
to show respect to them in the market places. And they love to have people call
them 'Teacher.'
8"But you must not be called 'Teacher.' You are all brothers [and sisters] together.
You have only one Teacher. 9And don't call any person on earth 'Father.' You have
one Father. He is in heaven. 10And you should not be called 'Master.' You have only
one Master, the Christ.* 11The person that serves you like a servant is the greatest
person among you. 12Every person that makes himself better than other people will
be made humble. Every person that makes himself humble will be made great.
13"It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees.* You are hypocrites.*
You close the way for people to enter the kingdom of heaven. You yourselves don't
enter, and you stop the people that are trying to enter. 14* 15"It will be bad for
you teachers of the law and Pharisees.* You are hypocrites.* You travel across the
seas and across different countries to find one person that will follow your ways.
When you find that person, you make him worse than you are. And you are so bad that
you belong in hell! 16"It will be bad for you teachers of the law and Pharisees.*
You guide the people, but you are blind. You say, 'If any person uses the name of
the temple* to make a promise, that means nothing. But if any person uses the gold
that is in the temple to make a promise, then he must keep that promise.' 17You
are blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple? The temple makes that
gold holy. [So the temple is greater]. 18And you say, 'If any person uses the altar*
to make a promise, that means nothing. But if any person uses the gift on the altar
to make a promise, then he must keep his promise.' 19You are blind. [You understand
nothing!] Which is greater: the gift, or the altar? The altar makes the gift holy.
[So the altar is greater.] 20The person that uses the altar to make a promise is
really using the altar and also everything on the altar. 21And the person that
uses the temple to make a promise is really using the temple and also the One that
lives in the temple. 22The person that uses heaven to make a promise is also using
God's throne and the One that sits on that throne.
Footnotes: Pharisees The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to
follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. special boxes Small leather boxes
containing four important Scriptures. Some Jews tied these to the forehead and
left arm to show they were very religious. Scriptures Holy Writings--the Old Testament.
synagogue(s) Synagogues were places where Jews gathered for prayer, study of the
Scriptures, and other public meetings. Christ The "anointed one" (Messiah) or chosen
one of God. hypocrites Bad people that act like they are good. Verse 14 Some Greek
copies add verse 14: "It will be bad for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees.
You are hypocrites. You take away widows' houses, and you make long prayers so
that people can see you. So you will have a worse punishment." See Mk. 12:40; Lk.
20:47. temple The special building in Jerusalem for Jewish worship. altar An altar
is a place where sacrifices or gifts are offered to God. There was an altar in front
of the temple in Jerusalem.
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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