Matthew 12

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Matthew 12

• Conflicts With Jesus

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Conflicts Over Sabbath 121-13

• Pharisees call it unlawful to snack in the
  field on the Sabbath. 1-9
• Jesus reminds them that even King David
  innocently broke the Sabbath once, as do the
  priest every Sabbath. 3-5
• Jesus claims a greater rank than the Temple. 6
• Jesus accuses them of ignoring the Scripture that
  teaches God want mercy more than sacrifice. 7-8
• Jesus claims to be Lord of the Sabbath. 9
• Jesus shows the Pharisees that it is lawful to do
  good on the Sabbath. 10-14
• He heals a man on the Sabbath at synagogue.
• He reasons with them on sheep and people.

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Serious Conflict With Pharisees 1214-44

• Pharisees conspire to destroy Jesus and he
  withdraws, asking to keep his identity secret.
  14-21
• He is fulfilling prophecies of Isaiahs Suffering
  Servant.
• A smoldering wick he will not put out until he
  leads justice to victory, and in his name the
  Gentiles will hope.
• Jesus answers another accusation of casting out
  demons by Beelzebul. 22-30
• Pharisees say this after he heals a
  demon-possessed blind mute man, and people wonder
  if he is the Son of David.
• Jesus reveals the weakness of their argument and
  claims that his true miracles mark the coming of
  Gods kingdom.
• Continued

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Serious Conflict With Pharisees 1214-44

• Jesus severely chastises Pharisees. 31-37
• He demands people with or against him.
• He calls rejecting the Spirits testimony
  unforgivable.
• He warns they will be condemned by careless
  words.
• Jeus condemns their attitude about signs.38-44
• He calls them evil and adulterous in seeking
  signs.
• He says the sign of Jonah (Resurrection) will be
  the sign.
• He recalls ancient non-Jews who responded better
  to signs.
• He describes the danger of their spiritual
  emptiness.

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Jesus and His Family 1246-50

• His mother and his brothers are outside trying to
  talk to him.
• But he says, whoever does the Fathers will is
  my mother and brother and sister.

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Parables Of The Kingdom - Matthew 13

• He preaches from a boat while people sit on the
  beach.
• He tells several parables
• The Sower
• The Tares
• The Mustard Seed
• The Leaven
• The Hidden Treasure
• The Pearl of Great Price
• The Dragnet
• He explains about parables in general and about
  the Sower and the Tares in particular.

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(Parables of the Kingdom - Matthew 13)

• About parables in general 1310-17
• A brief story to teach a moral/religious lesson
• People open to the truth will get the points.
• People who refuse to listen will ignore the
  points.
• You can profit for listening or suffer for
  ignoring.
• Common themes in Matthew 13
• Growth of the kingdom
• Selectivity in the end for the kingdom

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Parable of the Sower 133-9

• Seed falls in four kinds of soil
• Roadside
• Rocky
• Thorny
• Good
• Results are as would be expected
• Birds eat up roadside seed.
• Plants in rocks start quickly and wither quickly.

• Plants in thorns grow, than are choked out.
• Plants in good soil grow and multiply.

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The Sower Explained - 1318-23

• Roadside The evil one snatches the word from a
  hearers heart before it takes root.
• Rocky After quick joyful reception of the word,
  hearer falls away in the face of affliction or
  persecution.
• Thorny After hearing the word, worries and
  riches choke out the word and it is unfruitful.
• Good After hearing and understanding the word
  the hearer bears much fruit.

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The Tares 1324-30 36-43

• An enemy planted weeds in a mans good wheat
  field.
• The servants were ready to uproot the weeds, but
  theowner said wait until the wheat is mature,
  so you dont kill it in the process.
• At harvest, collect and burnthe weeds, then
  harvest the wheat.

• Jesus plants sons of the kingdom and the devil
  plants his sons.
• At the end of the age, angels take stumbling
  blocks and lawless people out of the kingdom and
  cast them in the fiery furnace.
• Then the righteous shine like the sun.

Dragnet Parable 47-52 Fishing story with same
applications as The Tares
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Kingdom Growth Parables 1331-35

• Mustard seed - from tiny to significant
• Leaven (yeast) - surprising growth

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Return to Nazareth - 1353-58

• When Jesus preaches in the Nazareth synagogue,
  people are amazed.
• However, they see him as the carpenters son -
  and they all know Mary and her sons James,
  Joseph, Simon, and Judas.
• Jesus says, A prophet is not without honor
  except in his hometown and in his own household.
• Because of disbelief, he does few miracles there.