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 --> 00:00:03.928 Day 57. 00:00:04.543 --> 00:00:08.773 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee 00:00:09.223 --> 00:00:13.063 and went down to the region of Judea, east of the Jordan River. 00:00:14.053 --> 00:00:17.833 Large crowds followed him there and he healed their sick. 00:00:18.793 --> 00:00:22.213 Some Pharisees came and tried to trap him with this question. 00:00:22.903 --> 00:00:26.803 Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just any reason? 00:00:28.018 --> 00:00:29.758 Haven't you read the scriptures? 00:00:30.178 --> 00:00:31.258 Jesus replied. 00:00:31.858 --> 00:00:33.808 They record that from the beginning. 00:00:33.808 --> 00:00:39.838 God made the male and female and he said, this explains why a man leaves 00:00:39.838 --> 00:00:45.358 his father and mother and is joined to his wife and the two are united into one 00:00:46.138 --> 00:00:48.208 since they are no longer two, but one. 00:00:48.538 --> 00:00:51.838 Let no one split apart what God has joined together. 00:00:53.203 --> 00:00:56.893 Then why did Moses say in the law that a man could give his wife a written 00:00:56.893 --> 00:00:58.903 notice of divorce and send her away? 00:00:59.563 --> 00:01:00.313 They asked. 00:01:01.033 --> 00:01:06.403 Jesus replied, Moses permitted divorce only as a concession to 00:01:06.403 --> 00:01:10.693 your hard hearts, but it was not what God had originally intended. 00:01:11.293 --> 00:01:15.343 And I tell you this, whoever divorces his wife and marries 00:01:15.343 --> 00:01:20.083 someone else commits adultery unless his wife has been unfaithful. 00:01:21.448 --> 00:01:27.688 Jesus Disciples then said to him, if this is the case, it is better not to marry. 00:01:28.768 --> 00:01:31.138 Not everyone can accept this statement. 00:01:31.588 --> 00:01:35.428 Jesus said, only those whom God helps. 00:01:36.088 --> 00:01:37.768 Some are born as eunuchs. 00:01:37.858 --> 00:01:42.328 Some have been made eunuch by others, and some choose not to marry for 00:01:42.328 --> 00:01:44.038 the sake of the kingdom of heaven. 00:01:44.638 --> 00:01:46.138 Let anyone accept this. 00:01:46.143 --> 00:01:46.858 Who can? 00:01:48.448 --> 00:01:52.498 One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay 00:01:52.498 --> 00:01:54.358 his hands on them and pray for them. 00:01:55.078 --> 00:01:58.048 But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him. 00:01:58.768 --> 00:02:02.248 But Jesus said, let the children come to me. 00:02:02.548 --> 00:02:03.508 Don't stop them. 00:02:04.108 --> 00:02:07.558 For the kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children. 00:02:08.638 --> 00:02:14.488 And he placed his hands on their heads and blessed them before he left, someone 00:02:14.488 --> 00:02:16.468 came to Jesus with this question. 00:02:17.158 --> 00:02:21.478 Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life? 00:02:22.318 --> 00:02:24.418 Why ask me about what is good? 00:02:24.868 --> 00:02:29.908 Jesus replied, there is only one who is good, but to answer your 00:02:29.908 --> 00:02:34.318 question, if you want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments. 00:02:35.128 --> 00:02:37.288 Which ones the man asked? 00:02:37.868 --> 00:02:39.148 And Jesus replied. 00:02:39.763 --> 00:02:40.993 You must not murder. 00:02:41.203 --> 00:02:42.853 You must not commit adultery. 00:02:43.123 --> 00:02:44.233 You must not steal. 00:02:44.593 --> 00:02:46.423 You must not testify falsely. 00:02:46.933 --> 00:02:48.643 Honor your father and mother. 00:02:49.063 --> 00:02:50.983 Love your neighbor as yourself. 00:02:52.123 --> 00:02:53.953 I've obeyed all these commandments. 00:02:54.403 --> 00:02:57.463 The young man replied, what else must I do? 00:02:59.053 --> 00:03:00.313 Jesus told him. 00:03:00.928 --> 00:03:06.178 If you want to be perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the 00:03:06.178 --> 00:03:12.298 money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven, then come follow me. 00:03:13.528 --> 00:03:18.958 But when the young man heard this, he went away sad for he had many possessions. 00:03:19.798 --> 00:03:24.808 Then Jesus said to his disciples, now I tell you the truth, it 00:03:24.808 --> 00:03:28.228 is very hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven. 00:03:28.918 --> 00:03:29.728 I'll say it again. 00:03:30.673 --> 00:03:35.593 It is easier for camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich 00:03:35.593 --> 00:03:37.963 person to enter the kingdom of God. 00:03:39.343 --> 00:03:44.383 The disciples were astounded then who in the world can be saved? 00:03:44.593 --> 00:03:45.343 They asked. 00:03:46.153 --> 00:03:51.703 Jesus looked at them intently and said, humanly speaking, it is impossible, 00:03:52.303 --> 00:03:55.033 but with God, everything is possible. 00:03:56.203 --> 00:04:00.703 Then Peter said to him, We've given up everything to follow you. 00:04:01.123 --> 00:04:02.173 What will we get? 00:04:03.553 --> 00:04:10.153 Jesus replied, I assure you that when the world is made new and the son of man sits 00:04:10.153 --> 00:04:16.633 upon his glorious throne, you who have been my followers, while also sit on 12 00:04:16.633 --> 00:04:19.853 Thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel. 00:04:20.578 --> 00:04:25.768 And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother 00:04:25.978 --> 00:04:31.468 or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in 00:04:31.468 --> 00:04:35.158 return and will inherit eternal life. 00:04:35.998 --> 00:04:39.898 But many who are the greatest now will be least important then. 00:04:40.528 --> 00:04:44.518 And those who seem least important now will be the greatest then. 00:04:45.718 --> 00:04:49.438 Well, the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one 00:04:49.438 --> 00:04:52.048 morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 00:04:52.618 --> 00:04:56.728 He agreed to pay the normal daily wage and sent them out to work 00:04:57.628 --> 00:04:59.218 at nine o'clock in the morning. 00:04:59.218 --> 00:05:02.398 He was passing through the marketplace and saw some people 00:05:02.403 --> 00:05:04.018 standing around doing nothing. 00:05:04.668 --> 00:05:08.758 So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was 00:05:08.758 --> 00:05:10.408 right at the end of the day. 00:05:11.188 --> 00:05:12.868 So they went to work in the vineyard. 00:05:13.603 --> 00:05:16.813 At noon, and again at three o'clock, he did the same thing. 00:05:17.443 --> 00:05:21.223 At five o'clock that afternoon, he was in town again and saw 00:05:21.223 --> 00:05:23.473 some more people standing around. 00:05:24.073 --> 00:05:27.463 He asked them, why haven't you been working today? 00:05:27.973 --> 00:05:31.063 They replied, because no one hired us. 00:05:31.693 --> 00:05:34.993 The landowner told them, then go out and join the others 00:05:34.993 --> 00:05:37.753 in my vineyard that evening. 00:05:38.233 --> 00:05:40.963 He told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them. 00:05:41.623 --> 00:05:45.973 Beginning with the last workers first, when those hired at five o'clock were 00:05:45.973 --> 00:05:49.093 paid, each received a full day's wage. 00:05:49.573 --> 00:05:54.103 When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive 00:05:54.103 --> 00:05:56.983 more, but they too were paid a day's wage. 00:05:57.463 --> 00:06:01.123 When they received their pay, they protested to the owner. 00:06:01.903 --> 00:06:06.433 Those people worked only one hour, and yet you've paid them just as 00:06:06.433 --> 00:06:09.733 much as you paid us, who worked all day in the scorching heat. 00:06:10.813 --> 00:06:12.193 He answered one of them. 00:06:12.853 --> 00:06:15.283 Friend, I haven't been unfair. 00:06:15.973 --> 00:06:19.153 Didn't you agree to work all day for the usual wage? 00:06:19.723 --> 00:06:21.133 Take your money and go. 00:06:21.973 --> 00:06:24.733 I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. 00:06:25.543 --> 00:06:28.813 Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? 00:06:29.413 --> 00:06:30.433 Should you be jealous? 00:06:30.433 --> 00:06:32.173 Because I am kind to others. 00:06:32.533 --> 00:06:36.673 So those who are last now will be first then, and those 00:06:36.673 --> 00:06:38.743 who are first will be last. 00:06:40.408 --> 00:06:46.048 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the 12 disciples aside privately and 00:06:46.048 --> 00:06:48.208 told them what was going to happen to him. 00:06:49.138 --> 00:06:54.988 Listen, he said, we're going up to Jerusalem where the son of man will 00:06:54.988 --> 00:06:59.308 be betrayed to the leading priests and the teachers of religious law. 00:06:59.968 --> 00:07:01.948 They will sentence him to die. 00:07:02.608 --> 00:07:06.388 Then they will hand him over to the Romans to be mocked, flogged 00:07:06.388 --> 00:07:08.338 with a whip and crucified. 00:07:09.133 --> 00:07:12.883 But on the third day, he will be raised from the dead. 00:07:14.623 --> 00:07:20.293 Then the mother of James and John, the sons of Zedi, came to Jesus with her sons. 00:07:21.013 --> 00:07:25.783 She knelt respectfully to ask a favor, what is your request? 00:07:26.293 --> 00:07:32.653 He asked, she replied, in your kingdom, please let my two sons 00:07:32.653 --> 00:07:34.573 sit in places of honor next to you. 00:07:35.053 --> 00:07:37.873 One on your right and the other on your left. 00:07:39.028 --> 00:07:44.128 But Jesus answered by saying to them, you don't know what you are asking. 00:07:44.638 --> 00:07:47.458 Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering? 00:07:47.463 --> 00:07:48.658 I am about to drink? 00:07:49.708 --> 00:07:51.388 Oh, yes, they replied. 00:07:51.598 --> 00:07:57.358 We are able, Jesus told them, you will indeed drink from my bitter 00:07:57.358 --> 00:08:01.858 cup, but I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. 00:08:02.428 --> 00:08:06.418 My father has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen. 00:08:08.263 --> 00:08:12.613 When the 10 other disciples heard what James and John had asked, they 00:08:12.613 --> 00:08:17.983 were indignant, but Jesus called them together and said, you know that 00:08:17.983 --> 00:08:22.513 the rulers in this world lorded over their people and officials flaunt 00:08:22.518 --> 00:08:24.523 their authority over those under them. 00:08:25.183 --> 00:08:27.373 But among you, it will be different. 00:08:28.063 --> 00:08:33.163 Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to 00:08:33.163 --> 00:08:35.623 be first among you must become your slave. 00:08:36.283 --> 00:08:41.173 For even the son of man came not to be served, but to serve others and to give 00:08:41.173 --> 00:08:48.433 his life as a ransom for many as Jesus and the disciples left the town of Jericho. 00:08:48.763 --> 00:08:50.803 A large crowd followed behind. 00:08:51.493 --> 00:08:54.193 Two blind men were sitting beside the road. 00:08:54.733 --> 00:08:59.173 When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting, Lord, 00:08:59.323 --> 00:09:01.393 son of David, have mercy on us. 00:09:02.143 --> 00:09:03.073 Be quiet. 00:09:03.373 --> 00:09:04.543 The crowd yelled at them. 00:09:05.278 --> 00:09:06.748 But they only shouted louder. 00:09:07.228 --> 00:09:10.258 Lord, son of David, have mercy on us. 00:09:11.278 --> 00:09:15.508 When Jesus heard them, he stopped and called, what do you 00:09:15.513 --> 00:09:18.148 want me to do for you, Lord? 00:09:18.238 --> 00:09:19.978 They said, we want to see. 00:09:21.178 --> 00:09:26.878 Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes instantly they could see. 00:09:27.688 --> 00:09:33.808 Then they followed him as Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem. 00:09:34.483 --> 00:09:38.683 They came to the town of Beth Fiji on the Mount of Olives. 00:09:39.523 --> 00:09:41.653 Jesus sent two of them on a head. 00:09:42.343 --> 00:09:44.143 Go into the village over there. 00:09:44.503 --> 00:09:49.093 He said, as soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied 00:09:49.093 --> 00:09:54.313 there with its cult, beside it, untied them and bring them to me. 00:09:55.153 --> 00:10:00.433 If anyone asks what you are doing, just say the Lord needs them and he 00:10:00.433 --> 00:10:02.293 will immediately let you take them. 00:10:03.178 --> 00:10:09.058 This took place to fulfill the prophecy that said, tell the people of Jerusalem. 00:10:09.388 --> 00:10:11.698 Look, your king is coming to you. 00:10:12.448 --> 00:10:13.408 He is humble. 00:10:13.438 --> 00:10:19.018 Riding on a donkey, riding on a donkey's colt, the two 00:10:19.018 --> 00:10:21.148 disciples did as Jesus commanded. 00:10:21.658 --> 00:10:25.258 They brought the donkey and the colt to him and threw their garments 00:10:25.258 --> 00:10:27.088 over the cult, and he sat on it. 00:10:28.183 --> 00:10:31.333 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road ahead of him 00:10:31.813 --> 00:10:35.173 and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 00:10:35.923 --> 00:10:39.373 Jesus was in the center of the procession and the people 00:10:39.373 --> 00:10:40.963 all around him were shouting. 00:10:41.653 --> 00:10:43.753 Praise God for the Son of David. 00:10:44.293 --> 00:10:47.323 Blessings on the one who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:10:47.803 --> 00:10:49.843 Praise God In highest heaven. 00:10:50.863 --> 00:10:54.613 The entire city of Jerusalem was in an uproar as he entered. 00:10:55.423 --> 00:10:56.503 Who is this? 00:10:56.713 --> 00:10:59.563 They asked and the crowds replied. 00:10:59.923 --> 00:11:03.883 It's Jesus the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee. 00:11:04.903 --> 00:11:08.593 Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out all the people buying 00:11:08.593 --> 00:11:10.663 and selling animals for sacrifice. 00:11:11.353 --> 00:11:14.833 He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of 00:11:14.833 --> 00:11:17.473 those selling doves, he said to them. 00:11:17.923 --> 00:11:23.533 The scriptures declare my temple will be called a house of prayer, but you 00:11:23.533 --> 00:11:25.723 have turned it into a den of thieves. 00:11:27.193 --> 00:11:31.363 The blind and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them. 00:11:32.053 --> 00:11:36.523 The leading priests in the teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles 00:11:36.793 --> 00:11:42.103 and heard even the children in the temple shouting, praise God for the son of David. 00:11:43.213 --> 00:11:44.743 But the leaders were indignant. 00:11:45.373 --> 00:11:46.693 They asked Jesus. 00:11:47.323 --> 00:11:49.783 Do you hear what these children are saying? 00:11:50.713 --> 00:11:51.373 Yes. 00:11:51.553 --> 00:11:57.763 Jesus replied, haven't you ever read the scriptures for, they say you have taught 00:11:57.763 --> 00:12:00.223 children and infants to give you praise. 00:12:01.393 --> 00:12:06.973 Then he returned to Bethany where he stayed overnight in the morning 00:12:07.363 --> 00:12:09.643 as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem. 00:12:10.003 --> 00:12:13.753 He was hungry and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. 00:12:14.533 --> 00:12:19.213 He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. 00:12:19.873 --> 00:12:26.293 Then he said to it, may you never bear fruit again, and immediately 00:12:26.683 --> 00:12:28.213 the fig tree withered up. 00:12:29.353 --> 00:12:33.343 The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, how did 00:12:33.493 --> 00:12:35.203 the fig tree wither so quickly? 00:12:36.373 --> 00:12:42.223 Then Jesus told them, I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don't doubt, 00:12:42.643 --> 00:12:44.953 You can do things like this and much more. 00:12:45.493 --> 00:12:49.813 You can even say to this mountain, may you be lifted up and thrown 00:12:49.813 --> 00:12:51.793 into the sea and it will happen. 00:12:52.393 --> 00:12:56.683 You can pray for anything and if you have faith, you will receive it. 00:12:58.213 --> 00:13:02.293 When Jesus returned to the temple and began teaching the leading 00:13:02.293 --> 00:13:07.903 priests and elders came up to him, they demanded, by what authority 00:13:07.903 --> 00:13:09.703 are you doing all these things? 00:13:10.003 --> 00:13:11.563 Who gave you the right? 00:13:12.643 --> 00:13:15.313 I'll tell you by what authority I do these things. 00:13:15.313 --> 00:13:21.463 If you answer one question, Jesus replied, did John's authority to baptize come 00:13:21.463 --> 00:13:24.133 from heaven or was it merely human? 00:13:25.543 --> 00:13:27.553 They talked it over among themselves. 00:13:28.153 --> 00:13:32.653 If we say it was from heaven, he will ask us why we didn't believe 00:13:32.653 --> 00:13:37.273 John, but if we say it was merely human, we'll be mobbed because the 00:13:37.273 --> 00:13:39.133 people believe John was a prophet. 00:13:40.198 --> 00:13:45.988 So they finally replied, we don't know, and Jesus responded. 00:13:46.618 --> 00:13:50.938 Then I won't tell you by what authority I do these things, but 00:13:50.938 --> 00:13:52.558 what do you think about this? 00:13:53.218 --> 00:13:59.638 A man with two sons told the older boy son a go out and work in the vineyard today. 00:14:00.118 --> 00:14:02.698 The son answered, no, I won't go. 00:14:03.268 --> 00:14:05.938 But later he changed his mind and went anyway. 00:14:06.958 --> 00:14:12.823 Then the father told the other son, You go and he said, yes, sir, I will. 00:14:13.393 --> 00:14:14.383 But he didn't go. 00:14:15.493 --> 00:14:17.833 Which of the two obeyed his father? 00:14:18.733 --> 00:14:21.103 They replied the first. 00:14:21.823 --> 00:14:24.043 Then Jesus explained his meaning. 00:14:25.153 --> 00:14:26.743 I tell you the truth. 00:14:26.803 --> 00:14:31.093 Corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God. 00:14:31.093 --> 00:14:36.733 Before you do, for John the Baptist came and showed you the right way to live. 00:14:37.168 --> 00:14:41.698 But you didn't believe him while tax collectors and prostitutes did. 00:14:42.298 --> 00:14:46.648 And even when you saw this happening, you refused to believe 00:14:46.648 --> 00:14:48.388 him in repent of your sins. 00:14:49.408 --> 00:14:50.938 Now, listen to another story. 00:14:51.598 --> 00:14:55.708 A certain land owner planted a vineyard, built a wall around it, 00:14:56.068 --> 00:15:00.208 dug a pit for pressing out the grape juice and built a lookout tower. 00:15:00.928 --> 00:15:05.008 Then he leased the vineyard to tinted farmers and moved to another country. 00:15:05.668 --> 00:15:09.418 At the time of the grape harvest, he sent his servants to collect his 00:15:09.418 --> 00:15:13.498 share of the crop, but the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, 00:15:13.708 --> 00:15:15.568 killed one, and stoned another. 00:15:16.438 --> 00:15:20.038 So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for 00:15:20.038 --> 00:15:22.588 him, but the results were the same. 00:15:23.248 --> 00:15:28.678 Finally, the owner sent his son thinking surely they will respect my son. 00:15:29.383 --> 00:15:33.313 But when the tenant farmer saw his son coming, they said to one another, 00:15:33.733 --> 00:15:35.923 here comes the air to this estate. 00:15:36.403 --> 00:15:40.033 Come on, let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves. 00:15:40.693 --> 00:15:44.293 So they grabbed him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and murdered him. 00:15:45.523 --> 00:15:50.473 When the owner of the vineyard returns, Jesus asked, what do you 00:15:50.473 --> 00:15:52.543 think he will do to those farmers? 00:15:53.833 --> 00:15:55.183 The religious leaders replied. 00:15:56.053 --> 00:16:00.193 He will put the wicked men to a horrible death and lease the vineyard 00:16:00.193 --> 00:16:03.763 to others who will give him his share of the crop after each harvest. 00:16:05.113 --> 00:16:09.973 Then Jesus asked them, didn't you ever read this in the scriptures? 00:16:10.813 --> 00:16:14.623 The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone. 00:16:15.133 --> 00:16:19.003 This is the Lord's doing, and it is wonderful to see. 00:16:20.083 --> 00:16:25.153 I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation 00:16:25.153 --> 00:16:26.953 that will produce the proper fruit. 00:16:28.183 --> 00:16:32.023 Anyone who stumbles over that stone will be broken to pieces 00:16:32.533 --> 00:16:34.153 and it will crush anyone. 00:16:34.158 --> 00:16:35.053 It falls on. 00:16:35.773 --> 00:16:40.723 When the leading priests and Pharisees heard this parable, they realized he 00:16:40.723 --> 00:16:42.643 was telling the story against them. 00:16:43.273 --> 00:16:44.743 They were the wicked farmers. 00:16:45.928 --> 00:16:50.398 They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds who 00:16:50.398 --> 00:16:52.708 considered Jesus to be a prophet. 00:16:54.148 --> 00:16:56.638 Jesus also told them other parables. 00:16:56.908 --> 00:17:01.168 He said, the kingdom of heaven can be illustrated by the story 00:17:01.173 --> 00:17:05.038 of a king who prepared a great wedding feast for his son. 00:17:05.878 --> 00:17:10.258 When the banquet was ready, he sent his servants to notify those who were 00:17:10.258 --> 00:17:13.138 invited, but they all refused to come. 00:17:13.993 --> 00:17:18.313 So he sent other servants to tell them the feast has been prepared. 00:17:18.883 --> 00:17:22.543 The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed and everything 00:17:22.548 --> 00:17:24.643 is ready, come to the banquet. 00:17:25.273 --> 00:17:30.103 But the guests he had invited, ignored them and went their own way, one to 00:17:30.103 --> 00:17:32.563 his farm, another to his business. 00:17:33.313 --> 00:17:36.823 Others seized his messengers and insulted them and killed them. 00:17:37.738 --> 00:17:41.668 The king was furious and he sent out his army to destroy the 00:17:41.673 --> 00:17:43.228 murderers and burn their town. 00:17:43.588 --> 00:17:47.308 And he said to his servants, the wedding feast is ready. 00:17:47.548 --> 00:17:50.548 And the guests I invited aren't worthy of the honor. 00:17:51.118 --> 00:17:54.538 Now go out to the street corners and invite everyone you see. 00:17:55.258 --> 00:18:00.178 So the servants brought in everyone they could find good and bad alike, and the 00:18:00.178 --> 00:18:02.368 banquet hall was filled with guests. 00:18:02.998 --> 00:18:06.538 But when the king came in to meet the guests, he noticed a 00:18:06.538 --> 00:18:10.708 man who wasn't wearing the proper clothes for a wedding friend. 00:18:10.798 --> 00:18:14.608 He asked, how is it that you are here without wedding clothes? 00:18:15.448 --> 00:18:17.158 But the man had no reply. 00:18:17.968 --> 00:18:22.648 Then the king said to his aide, bind his hands and feet and throw him into 00:18:22.648 --> 00:18:27.688 the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth for 00:18:27.688 --> 00:18:30.688 many are called, but few are chosen. 00:18:32.248 --> 00:18:36.568 Then the Pharisees met together to plot how to trap Jesus into saying 00:18:36.568 --> 00:18:38.578 something for which he could be arrested. 00:18:39.538 --> 00:18:42.748 They sent some of their disciples along with the supporters 00:18:42.753 --> 00:18:44.518 of Herod to meet with him. 00:18:45.598 --> 00:18:49.678 Teacher, they said, we know how honest you are. 00:18:50.188 --> 00:18:55.138 You teach the way of God truthfully, you are impartial and don't play favorites. 00:18:55.678 --> 00:18:57.418 Now, tell us what you think about this. 00:18:58.288 --> 00:19:01.498 Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? 00:19:02.938 --> 00:19:07.078 But Jesus knew their evil motives, you hypocrites. 00:19:07.498 --> 00:19:11.218 He said, why are you trying to trap me here? 00:19:11.578 --> 00:19:13.978 Show me the coin used for the tax. 00:19:14.668 --> 00:19:18.988 When they handed him a Roman coin, he asked whose picture 00:19:18.988 --> 00:19:20.668 and title are stamped on it? 00:19:21.538 --> 00:19:23.218 Caesars, they replied. 00:19:23.833 --> 00:19:28.633 Well, then he said, give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and 00:19:28.633 --> 00:19:30.943 give to God what belongs to God. 00:19:32.263 --> 00:19:35.443 His reply amazed them and they went away. 00:19:37.603 --> 00:19:40.453 This concludes today's Immer reading experience. 00:19:40.603 --> 00:19:41.803 Thank you for joining us.