Rooted and Grounded

1. What does Matthew say about the city of Jerusalem when Jesus entered?

2. What happened when Jesus entered the temple according to Matthew 21:12-13?

3. Copy Isaiah 56:7. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.

Going deeper: How was this not a description of the Temple (Sanctuary) at the time of Jesus? What was happening in the Temple (on the Temple grounds) that Jesus was objecting to? Why?

4. Who came to Jesus in the temple? What did He do?

5. What do you learn from Matthew 21:15-16?

6. Copy Psalm 8:1-2. Meditate on this. What was Jesus’ point in quoting this to the chief priests and scribes?

7. Where does Jesus go to spend the night? How far is that from the Temple?

8. What happens in the morning when Jesus returns to the city according to Matthew 21:18-20?

9. What does Jesus tell them in Matthew 21:21-22?

10. Who comes to Jesus as He was teaching according to Matthew 21:23? What do they ask?

11. How does Jesus respond according to Matthew 21:24-25?

12. What is the response of the chief priests and elders ? Why?

13. What parable does Jesus tell in Matthew 21:28-31?

14. What is the spiritual teaching of the parable?

15. How does Jesus apply the parable to the chief priest and elders in Matthew 21:32?

16. What parable to does Jesus tell in Matthew 21:33-41?

17. What is the spiritual teaching of the parable?

18. How does Jesus apply the parable to the chief priest and elders in Matthew 21:42-44?

19. What is the reaction of the chief priests and the Pharisees (elders) according to Matthew 21:45-46?

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