WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.030 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.978 --> 00:00:03.888 Day 56 00:00:04.362 --> 00:00:09.942 one day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus demanding that 00:00:09.942 --> 00:00:14.532 he showed them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority. 00:00:14.812 --> 00:00:21.822 He replied, you know the saying, red sky at night means fair weather tomorrow. 00:00:22.392 --> 00:00:25.602 Red sky in the morning means foul weather all day. 00:00:26.412 --> 00:00:30.882 You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but you don't know 00:00:30.882 --> 00:00:33.312 how to interpret the signs of the times. 00:00:34.122 --> 00:00:38.502 Only an evil adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, 00:00:38.892 --> 00:00:42.522 but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah. 00:00:43.752 --> 00:00:46.092 Then Jesus left them and went away. 00:00:47.172 --> 00:00:52.182 Later, after they crossed to the other side of the lake, the disciples discovered 00:00:52.182 --> 00:00:53.862 they had forgotten to bring any bread. 00:00:54.912 --> 00:00:55.722 Watch out. 00:00:56.172 --> 00:00:57.222 Jesus warned them. 00:00:57.852 --> 00:01:02.592 Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees at this. 00:01:02.592 --> 00:01:06.102 They began to argue with each other because they hadn't brought any bread. 00:01:06.882 --> 00:01:11.922 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, you have so little faith. 00:01:12.597 --> 00:01:15.537 Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread? 00:01:15.957 --> 00:01:17.187 Don't you understand? 00:01:17.187 --> 00:01:23.097 Even yet, don't you remember the 5,000 IED with five loaves and the baskets of 00:01:23.097 --> 00:01:28.557 leftovers you picked up, or the 4,000 IED with seven loaves and the large 00:01:28.562 --> 00:01:30.447 baskets of leftovers you picked up? 00:01:31.197 --> 00:01:32.727 Why can't you understand that? 00:01:32.727 --> 00:01:34.407 I'm not talking about bread. 00:01:35.097 --> 00:01:40.407 So again, I say beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 00:01:41.712 --> 00:01:45.582 Then at last, they understood that he wasn't speaking about the yeast 00:01:45.582 --> 00:01:50.892 and bread, but about the deceptive teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. 00:01:52.482 --> 00:01:59.022 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, who 00:01:59.022 --> 00:02:01.422 do people say that the son of man is? 00:02:02.532 --> 00:02:04.392 Well, They replied. 00:02:04.932 --> 00:02:06.912 Some say John the Baptist. 00:02:07.272 --> 00:02:13.242 Some say Elijah and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets. 00:02:14.382 --> 00:02:18.072 Then he asked them, but who do you say I am? 00:02:19.182 --> 00:02:22.902 Simon Peter answered, you are the Messiah. 00:02:23.022 --> 00:02:26.892 The Son of the living God, Jesus replied. 00:02:27.747 --> 00:02:31.767 You are blessed Simon, son of John, because my father in 00:02:31.767 --> 00:02:33.477 heaven has revealed this to you. 00:02:34.287 --> 00:02:36.597 You did not learn this from any human being. 00:02:37.227 --> 00:02:40.887 Now I say to you that you are Peter, which means rock. 00:02:41.367 --> 00:02:45.987 And upon this rock I will build my church and all the powers of hell will 00:02:45.987 --> 00:02:50.127 not conquer it, and I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. 00:02:50.967 --> 00:02:55.137 Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven and 00:02:55.137 --> 00:02:58.287 whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven. 00:02:59.427 --> 00:03:04.377 Then he sternly warned the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah. 00:03:06.357 --> 00:03:11.937 From then on, Jesus began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary 00:03:11.937 --> 00:03:16.287 for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things 00:03:16.287 --> 00:03:21.327 at the hands of the elders, the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. 00:03:21.637 --> 00:03:27.327 He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead. 00:03:28.797 --> 00:03:32.877 But Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him for saying such things. 00:03:33.897 --> 00:03:35.307 Heaven forbid, Lord. 00:03:35.727 --> 00:03:38.307 He said, this will never happen to you. 00:03:39.537 --> 00:03:43.407 Jesus turned to Peter and said, get away from me Satan. 00:03:43.827 --> 00:03:45.897 You are a dangerous trap to me. 00:03:46.347 --> 00:03:50.847 You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God's. 00:03:51.567 --> 00:03:56.757 Then Jesus said to his disciples, if any of you wants to be my follower, 00:03:57.147 --> 00:03:59.157 you must give up your own way. 00:03:59.277 --> 00:04:01.047 Take up your cross and follow me. 00:04:02.157 --> 00:04:04.767 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. 00:04:05.337 --> 00:04:08.937 But if you give up your life, for my sake, you will save it. 00:04:09.567 --> 00:04:14.397 And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul? 00:04:15.057 --> 00:04:17.427 Is anything worth more than your soul? 00:04:18.147 --> 00:04:21.777 For the son of Man will come with his angels and the glory of his father 00:04:21.987 --> 00:04:27.207 and will judge all people according to their deeds, and I tell you the truth. 00:04:27.912 --> 00:04:32.562 Some standing here right now will not die before they see the son 00:04:32.562 --> 00:04:34.842 of man coming in his kingdom. 00:04:36.432 --> 00:04:42.732 Six days later, Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and 00:04:42.732 --> 00:04:45.072 led them up a high mountain to be alone. 00:04:45.792 --> 00:04:50.622 As the men watched Jesus appearance was transformed so that his 00:04:50.622 --> 00:04:55.062 face shone like the sun and his clothes became as white as light. 00:04:55.932 --> 00:05:02.922 Suddenly Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus, Peter Exclaimed. 00:05:03.402 --> 00:05:06.552 Lord, it's wonderful for us to be here. 00:05:07.062 --> 00:05:11.772 If you want, I'll make three shelters as memorials, one for you, 00:05:11.982 --> 00:05:14.532 one for Moses and one for Elijah. 00:05:15.762 --> 00:05:20.982 But even as he spoke, a bright cloud, overshadowed them, and a voice from the 00:05:20.982 --> 00:05:24.792 cloud said, this is my dearly loved son. 00:05:25.197 --> 00:05:26.787 Who brings me great joy. 00:05:27.267 --> 00:05:28.347 Listened to him. 00:05:29.757 --> 00:05:33.807 The disciples were terrified and fell face down on the ground. 00:05:34.707 --> 00:05:36.987 Then Jesus came over and touched them. 00:05:37.617 --> 00:05:38.187 Get up. 00:05:38.637 --> 00:05:40.857 He said, don't be afraid. 00:05:41.757 --> 00:05:48.057 And when they looked up, Moses and Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus 00:05:48.927 --> 00:05:50.817 as they went back down the mountain. 00:05:51.237 --> 00:05:52.677 Jesus commanded them. 00:05:53.337 --> 00:05:57.237 Don't tell anyone what you have seen until the son of man 00:05:57.237 --> 00:05:58.857 has been raised from the dead. 00:06:00.447 --> 00:06:04.407 Then his disciples asked him, why do the teachers of religious 00:06:04.412 --> 00:06:08.967 law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes? 00:06:10.107 --> 00:06:17.037 Jesus replied, Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready, but 00:06:17.037 --> 00:06:19.917 I tell you, Elijah has already come. 00:06:20.442 --> 00:06:25.632 But he wasn't recognized and they chose to abuse him, and in the same way, they 00:06:25.632 --> 00:06:28.002 will also make the son of man suffer. 00:06:29.622 --> 00:06:33.852 Then the disciples realized he was talking about John the Baptist 00:06:35.382 --> 00:06:36.702 at the foot of the mountain. 00:06:37.332 --> 00:06:39.552 A large crowd was waiting for them. 00:06:40.242 --> 00:06:45.912 A man came and knelt before Jesus and said, Lord, have mercy on my son. 00:06:46.392 --> 00:06:48.612 He has seizures and suffers terribly. 00:06:49.092 --> 00:06:51.942 He often falls into the fire or into the water. 00:06:52.512 --> 00:06:55.872 So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him. 00:06:57.582 --> 00:07:01.152 Jesus said, you faithless and corrupt people. 00:07:01.662 --> 00:07:03.522 How long must I be with you? 00:07:03.972 --> 00:07:05.742 How long must I put up with you? 00:07:06.312 --> 00:07:08.082 Bring the boy here to me. 00:07:09.222 --> 00:07:12.702 Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy, and it left him. 00:07:13.602 --> 00:07:15.912 From that moment, the boy was well. 00:07:16.752 --> 00:07:17.532 Afterward. 00:07:17.592 --> 00:07:22.902 The disciples asked Jesus privately, why couldn't we cast out that demon? 00:07:23.562 --> 00:07:25.152 You don't have enough faith. 00:07:25.542 --> 00:07:26.442 Jesus told them. 00:07:27.342 --> 00:07:28.872 I tell you the truth. 00:07:29.412 --> 00:07:34.032 If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say 00:07:34.032 --> 00:07:38.262 to this mountain, move from here to there, and it would move. 00:07:38.952 --> 00:07:40.722 Nothing would be impossible. 00:07:42.282 --> 00:07:44.442 After they gathered again in Galilee. 00:07:45.027 --> 00:07:48.807 Jesus told them, the son of man is going to be betrayed 00:07:48.807 --> 00:07:50.337 into the hands of his enemies. 00:07:50.937 --> 00:07:55.947 He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead. 00:07:56.727 --> 00:08:02.907 And the disciples were filled with grief on their arrival and Capernaum, 00:08:03.417 --> 00:08:07.887 the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and asked him, doesn't 00:08:07.887 --> 00:08:09.777 your teacher pay the temple tax? 00:08:10.647 --> 00:08:12.057 Yes, he does. 00:08:12.177 --> 00:08:16.767 Peter replied, Then he went into the house, but before he had 00:08:16.767 --> 00:08:21.447 a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, what do you think Peter? 00:08:22.167 --> 00:08:25.917 Do Kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered? 00:08:26.847 --> 00:08:28.917 They tax the people they have conquered? 00:08:29.487 --> 00:08:36.957 Peter replied, well, then Jesus said, the citizens are free, however, we 00:08:36.957 --> 00:08:40.827 don't want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. 00:08:41.412 --> 00:08:46.332 Open the mouth of the first fish you catch and you will find a large silver coin. 00:08:46.962 --> 00:08:49.812 Take it and pay the tax for both of us. 00:08:52.032 --> 00:08:57.132 About that time, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, who is 00:08:57.132 --> 00:08:58.992 greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 00:09:00.282 --> 00:09:03.972 Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. 00:09:04.092 --> 00:09:09.762 Then he said, I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and 00:09:09.762 --> 00:09:14.052 become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom of heaven. 00:09:14.862 --> 00:09:18.822 So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the 00:09:18.822 --> 00:09:20.682 greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 00:09:21.342 --> 00:09:26.352 And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me. 00:09:26.862 --> 00:09:31.092 But if you cause one of these little ones who trust in me to fall into sin, 00:09:31.992 --> 00:09:36.012 It would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck 00:09:36.252 --> 00:09:38.442 and be drowned in the depths of the sea. 00:09:39.282 --> 00:09:43.572 What sorrow awaits the world because it tempts people to sin. 00:09:44.142 --> 00:09:48.132 Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the 00:09:48.132 --> 00:09:49.782 person who does the tempting. 00:09:50.532 --> 00:09:55.332 So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. 00:09:56.052 --> 00:09:59.622 It's better to enter eternal life with only one hand or one foot 00:10:00.042 --> 00:10:03.852 than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your hands and feet. 00:10:04.572 --> 00:10:09.252 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. 00:10:09.852 --> 00:10:14.052 It's better to enter eternal life with only one eye than to have two eyes 00:10:14.352 --> 00:10:16.782 and be thrown into the fire of hell. 00:10:17.922 --> 00:10:21.102 Beware that you don't look down on any of these little ones. 00:10:21.867 --> 00:10:25.917 For, I tell you that in heaven, their angels are always in the 00:10:25.917 --> 00:10:27.717 presence of my Heavenly Father. 00:10:28.947 --> 00:10:34.047 If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? 00:10:34.917 --> 00:10:38.007 Won't he leave the 99 others on the hills and go out to 00:10:38.007 --> 00:10:39.717 search for the one that is lost? 00:10:40.377 --> 00:10:44.517 And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice 00:10:44.517 --> 00:10:46.857 over it more than over the 99. 00:10:46.857 --> 00:10:50.067 That didn't wander away in the same way. 00:10:50.592 --> 00:10:53.742 It is not my Heavenly Father's will that even one of these 00:10:53.742 --> 00:10:55.392 little ones should perish. 00:10:57.012 --> 00:11:02.112 If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. 00:11:02.802 --> 00:11:07.872 If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back. 00:11:08.472 --> 00:11:12.882 But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back 00:11:12.882 --> 00:11:17.982 again so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses. 00:11:18.912 --> 00:11:23.142 If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. 00:11:23.742 --> 00:11:28.932 Then if he or she won't accept the church's decision, treat that person 00:11:28.932 --> 00:11:31.602 as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector. 00:11:32.742 --> 00:11:37.272 I tell you the truth, whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden 00:11:37.277 --> 00:11:41.682 in heaven and whatever you permit on Earth will be permitted in heaven. 00:11:42.612 --> 00:11:44.082 I also tell you this. 00:11:44.892 --> 00:11:49.602 If two of you agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my 00:11:49.602 --> 00:11:51.642 father in heaven will do it for you. 00:11:52.212 --> 00:11:52.722 For where? 00:11:52.722 --> 00:11:57.912 Two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them. 00:11:59.502 --> 00:12:04.422 Then Peter came to him and asked, Lord, how often should I forgive 00:12:04.422 --> 00:12:05.922 someone who sins against me? 00:12:06.402 --> 00:12:07.422 Seven times. 00:12:08.142 --> 00:12:10.302 No, not seven times. 00:12:10.632 --> 00:12:14.082 Jesus replied, but 70 times seven. 00:12:14.997 --> 00:12:20.067 Therefore the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who decided to 00:12:20.067 --> 00:12:24.387 bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. 00:12:25.257 --> 00:12:29.067 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who 00:12:29.067 --> 00:12:30.777 owed him millions of dollars. 00:12:31.257 --> 00:12:32.217 He couldn't pay. 00:12:32.667 --> 00:12:37.647 So his master ordered that he be sold along with his wife, his children, and 00:12:37.647 --> 00:12:39.957 everything he owned to pay the debt. 00:12:40.587 --> 00:12:43.707 But the man fell down before his master and begged him. 00:12:44.142 --> 00:12:47.472 Please be patient with me and I will pay it all. 00:12:48.402 --> 00:12:52.242 Then his master was filled with pity for him and he released 00:12:52.242 --> 00:12:53.832 him and forgave his debt. 00:12:54.822 --> 00:12:58.572 But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who 00:12:58.572 --> 00:13:00.222 owed him a few thousand dollars. 00:13:00.702 --> 00:13:03.852 He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. 00:13:04.692 --> 00:13:08.322 His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. 00:13:08.802 --> 00:13:10.902 Be patient with me and I will pay it. 00:13:11.172 --> 00:13:11.832 He pleaded. 00:13:12.642 --> 00:13:14.502 But his creditor wouldn't wait. 00:13:15.042 --> 00:13:19.002 He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full. 00:13:20.202 --> 00:13:24.192 When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. 00:13:24.912 --> 00:13:27.822 They went to the king and told him everything that had happened. 00:13:28.482 --> 00:13:33.282 Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, you evil servant. 00:13:33.882 --> 00:13:37.182 I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. 00:13:37.767 --> 00:13:40.347 Shouldn't you have mercy on your fellow servant? 00:13:40.677 --> 00:13:42.657 Just as I had mercy on you? 00:13:43.857 --> 00:13:48.027 Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until 00:13:48.027 --> 00:13:50.037 he had paid his entire debt. 00:13:51.477 --> 00:13:56.427 That's what my Heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your 00:13:56.427 --> 00:13:58.527 brothers and sisters from your heart. 00:14:00.657 --> 00:14:03.537 This concludes today's Immer Reading Experience. 00:14:03.657 --> 00:14:04.857 Thank you for joining us.