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 --> 00:00:03.558 Day six. 00:00:03.951 --> 00:00:07.671 As Jesus was speaking, one of the Pharisees invited him home 00:00:07.671 --> 00:00:10.911 for a meal, so he went in and took his place at the table. 00:00:11.661 --> 00:00:15.321 His host was amazed to see that he sat down to eat without first 00:00:15.321 --> 00:00:18.861 performing the hand washing ceremony required by Jewish custom. 00:00:19.521 --> 00:00:23.511 Then the Lord said to him, you Pharisees are so careful to clean 00:00:23.511 --> 00:00:25.671 the outside of the cup and the dish. 00:00:26.196 --> 00:00:29.826 But inside you are filthy full of greed and wickedness. 00:00:30.306 --> 00:00:34.176 Fools didn't God make the inside as well as the outside. 00:00:34.776 --> 00:00:39.726 So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor and you will be clean all over 00:00:40.776 --> 00:00:45.276 What sorrow awaits you, Pharisees, for you are careful to tithe even the tiniest 00:00:45.306 --> 00:00:50.346 income from your herb gardens, but you ignore justice and the love of God. 00:00:51.066 --> 00:00:55.206 You should tithe yes, but do not neglect the more important things. 00:00:56.091 --> 00:01:00.831 What Sorrow awaits you, Pharisees, for you love to sit in the seats of honor 00:01:00.831 --> 00:01:05.061 in the synagogues and receive respectful greetings as you walk in the marketplaces. 00:01:05.841 --> 00:01:06.381 Yes. 00:01:06.381 --> 00:01:11.001 What sorrow awaits you for you are like hidden graves in a field. 00:01:11.241 --> 00:01:14.961 People walk over them without knowing the corruption they're stepping on. 00:01:16.071 --> 00:01:18.381 Teacher said, an expert in religious law. 00:01:18.981 --> 00:01:21.721 You have insulted us too in what you just said. 00:01:22.761 --> 00:01:24.141 Yes, said Jesus. 00:01:24.531 --> 00:01:24.741 What? 00:01:24.741 --> 00:01:29.031 Sorrow also awaits you experts in religious law for you crush people 00:01:29.211 --> 00:01:33.561 with unbearable religious demands, and you never lift a finger to ease the 00:01:33.566 --> 00:01:39.141 burden what sorrow awaits you for, you build monuments for the prophets your 00:01:39.141 --> 00:01:44.631 own ancestors killed long ago, but in fact, you stand as witnesses who 00:01:44.631 --> 00:01:46.551 agree with what your ancestors did. 00:01:47.061 --> 00:01:51.471 They killed the prophets, and you join in their crime by building the monuments. 00:01:52.326 --> 00:01:54.606 This is what God and his wisdom said about you. 00:01:55.296 --> 00:01:58.446 I will send prophets and apostles to them, but they will kill 00:01:58.446 --> 00:02:00.366 some and persecute the others. 00:02:01.326 --> 00:02:05.406 As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of 00:02:05.411 --> 00:02:10.386 all God's prophets, from the creation of world, from the murder of Abel, to 00:02:10.386 --> 00:02:14.376 the murder of Zechariah who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. 00:02:15.156 --> 00:02:18.756 Yes, it'll certainly be charged against this generation. 00:02:19.596 --> 00:02:23.376 What sorrow awaits you, experts in religious law for you? 00:02:23.376 --> 00:02:25.566 Remove the key to knowledge from the people. 00:02:26.166 --> 00:02:30.096 You don't enter the kingdom yourselves, and you prevent others from entering. 00:02:31.296 --> 00:02:35.316 As Jesus was leaving the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees 00:02:35.321 --> 00:02:38.376 became hostile and try to provoke him with many questions. 00:02:39.456 --> 00:02:42.876 They wanted to trap him into saying something they could use against him. 00:02:44.601 --> 00:02:48.261 Meanwhile, the crowds grew until thousands were milling about 00:02:48.531 --> 00:02:49.641 and stepping on each other. 00:02:50.421 --> 00:02:55.581 Jesus turned first to his disciples and warned them, beware of the yeast 00:02:55.581 --> 00:02:57.831 of the Pharisees, their hypocrisy. 00:02:58.671 --> 00:03:02.541 The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all 00:03:02.541 --> 00:03:05.001 that is secret will be made known to all. 00:03:05.751 --> 00:03:08.661 Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light. 00:03:09.066 --> 00:03:12.786 And what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from 00:03:12.786 --> 00:03:14.856 the housetops for all to hear. 00:03:15.966 --> 00:03:20.226 Dear friends, don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body. 00:03:20.946 --> 00:03:25.626 They cannot do any more to you after that, but I'll tell you whom to fear. 00:03:26.466 --> 00:03:31.236 Fear God who has the power to kill you and then throw you into Hell. 00:03:31.776 --> 00:03:34.086 Yes, he's the one to fear. 00:03:34.866 --> 00:03:36.726 What is the price of five Sparrows? 00:03:37.116 --> 00:03:37.776 Two copper coins. 00:03:38.916 --> 00:03:42.336 Yet, God does not forget a single one of them, and the very hairs 00:03:42.336 --> 00:03:43.896 on your head are all numbered. 00:03:44.526 --> 00:03:45.576 So don't be afraid. 00:03:46.146 --> 00:03:49.596 You are more valuable to God than a whole flock of sparrows. 00:03:50.496 --> 00:03:51.516 I tell you the truth. 00:03:51.846 --> 00:03:55.206 Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son 00:03:55.206 --> 00:03:58.896 of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God's angels. 00:03:59.946 --> 00:04:04.596 But anyone who denies me here on Earth will be denied before God's angels. 00:04:05.496 --> 00:04:08.256 Anyone who speaks against the son of man can be forgiven. 00:04:08.856 --> 00:04:12.636 But anyone who blasphemes the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. 00:04:13.566 --> 00:04:16.776 And when you are brought to trial in the synagogues and before rulers and 00:04:16.776 --> 00:04:20.586 authorities, don't worry about how to defend yourself or what to say 00:04:21.156 --> 00:04:24.936 for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what needs to be said. 00:04:26.676 --> 00:04:30.426 And then someone called from the crowd Teacher, please tell my brother to 00:04:30.426 --> 00:04:32.196 divide our father's estate with me. 00:04:33.156 --> 00:04:38.646 Jesus replied friend who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that. 00:04:39.366 --> 00:04:43.356 Then he said, beware, guard against every kind of greed. 00:04:43.596 --> 00:04:45.786 Life is not measured by how much you own. 00:04:46.746 --> 00:04:48.276 Then he told them a story. 00:04:48.766 --> 00:04:52.656 A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. 00:04:52.926 --> 00:04:55.266 He said to himself, what should I do? 00:04:55.716 --> 00:04:57.606 I don't have room for all my crops. 00:04:58.176 --> 00:05:02.856 Then he said, I know I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones. 00:05:03.336 --> 00:05:07.176 Then I'll have room enough to store all my wheat and other goods, and 00:05:07.176 --> 00:05:11.736 I'll sit back and say to myself, my friend, you have enough stored away 00:05:11.736 --> 00:05:14.676 for years to come now take it easy. 00:05:15.036 --> 00:05:16.746 Eat, drink, and be merry. 00:05:17.526 --> 00:05:22.086 But God said to him, you fool, you will die this very night. 00:05:22.386 --> 00:05:24.546 Then who will get everything you worked for? 00:05:25.386 --> 00:05:30.036 Yes, a person is a fool to store up earthly wealth, but not have 00:05:30.036 --> 00:05:31.686 a rich relationship with God. 00:05:32.976 --> 00:05:37.356 Then turning to his disciples, Jesus said, that is why I tell you 00:05:37.361 --> 00:05:39.246 not to worry about everyday life. 00:05:39.846 --> 00:05:43.296 Whether you have enough food to eat or enough clothes to wear 00:05:43.776 --> 00:05:47.226 for life is more than food and your body more than clothing. 00:05:48.186 --> 00:05:49.056 Look at the Ravens. 00:05:49.866 --> 00:05:56.436 They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns for God feeds them and you are 00:05:56.436 --> 00:05:59.376 far more valuable to him than any birds. 00:05:59.886 --> 00:06:03.186 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? 00:06:03.846 --> 00:06:06.816 And if worry can't accomplish a little thing like that, what's the 00:06:06.821 --> 00:06:09.066 use of worrying over bigger things? 00:06:09.996 --> 00:06:12.216 Look at the lilies and how they grow. 00:06:13.086 --> 00:06:15.066 They don't work or make their clothing. 00:06:15.681 --> 00:06:19.551 Yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are. 00:06:20.421 --> 00:06:23.811 And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today 00:06:24.111 --> 00:06:28.191 and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. 00:06:28.671 --> 00:06:33.081 Why do you have so little faith and don't be concerned about 00:06:33.086 --> 00:06:34.911 what to eat and what to drink? 00:06:35.511 --> 00:06:37.071 Don't worry about such things. 00:06:37.611 --> 00:06:41.511 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers all over the world, but 00:06:41.511 --> 00:06:43.461 your father already knows your needs. 00:06:44.106 --> 00:06:49.506 Seek the kingdom of God above all else and he will give you everything you need. 00:06:50.406 --> 00:06:51.516 So don't be afraid. 00:06:51.726 --> 00:06:57.486 Little flock for it gives your father great happiness to give you the kingdom. 00:06:58.506 --> 00:07:01.236 Sell your possessions and give to those in need. 00:07:01.536 --> 00:07:05.646 This will store up treasure for you in heaven and the purses of heaven. 00:07:05.946 --> 00:07:07.836 Never get old or develop holes. 00:07:08.676 --> 00:07:10.086 Your treasure will be safe. 00:07:10.851 --> 00:07:14.031 No thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it. 00:07:14.931 --> 00:07:20.751 Wherever your treasure is there, the desires of your heart will also be, be 00:07:20.751 --> 00:07:25.371 dressed for service and keep your lamps burning as though you are waiting for your 00:07:25.371 --> 00:07:29.961 master to return from the wedding feast the Then you'll be ready to open the door 00:07:30.021 --> 00:07:34.611 and let him in The moment he arrives and knocks the servants who are ready and 00:07:34.611 --> 00:07:36.711 waiting for his return will be rewarded. 00:07:37.716 --> 00:07:42.066 I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them, put on an apron 00:07:42.306 --> 00:07:44.526 and serve them as they sit and eat. 00:07:45.126 --> 00:07:50.016 He may come in the middle of a night or just before dawn, but whenever he comes, 00:07:50.166 --> 00:07:52.386 he will reward the servants who are ready. 00:07:53.286 --> 00:07:56.976 Understand this, if a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar 00:07:56.976 --> 00:07:59.886 was coming, he would not permit his house to be broken into. 00:08:00.876 --> 00:08:04.116 You also must be ready all the time for the son of man 00:08:04.116 --> 00:08:05.616 will come when least expected. 00:08:06.681 --> 00:08:12.201 Peter asked, Lord, is that illustration just for us or for everyone? 00:08:12.921 --> 00:08:18.411 And the Lord replied, A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can 00:08:18.411 --> 00:08:22.731 give the responsibility of managing his other household servants and feeding them. 00:08:23.331 --> 00:08:26.331 If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good 00:08:26.331 --> 00:08:28.671 job, there will be a reward. 00:08:29.631 --> 00:08:30.681 I tell you the truth. 00:08:31.221 --> 00:08:34.161 The master will put that servant in charge of all he owns. 00:08:34.881 --> 00:08:38.361 But what if the servant thinks my master won't be back for a while, 00:08:38.571 --> 00:08:42.081 and he begins beating the other servants, partying and getting drunk. 00:08:42.981 --> 00:08:47.931 The master will return unannounced and unexpected, and he will cut the servant in 00:08:47.931 --> 00:08:50.721 pieces and banish him with the unfaithful. 00:08:51.121 --> 00:08:54.951 And a servant who knows what the master wants but isn't prepared 00:08:54.951 --> 00:08:58.401 and doesn't carry out, those instructions will be severely punished. 00:08:59.121 --> 00:09:02.001 But someone who does not know and then does something wrong, 00:09:02.211 --> 00:09:03.741 will be punished only lightly. 00:09:04.521 --> 00:09:09.621 When someone has been given much, much will be required in return and 00:09:09.621 --> 00:09:13.581 when someone has been entrusted with much, even more will be required. 00:09:14.871 --> 00:09:19.251 I have come to set the world on fire and I wish it were already burning. 00:09:20.061 --> 00:09:24.291 I have a terrible baptism of suffering ahead of me, and I am under a heavy 00:09:24.291 --> 00:09:25.791 burden until it is accomplished. 00:09:26.841 --> 00:09:29.061 Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? 00:09:29.721 --> 00:09:30.261 No. 00:09:30.711 --> 00:09:33.171 I have come to divide people against each other. 00:09:34.251 --> 00:09:36.651 From now on, families will be split apart. 00:09:36.861 --> 00:09:41.421 Three in favor of me and two against or two in favor, and three against 00:09:42.171 --> 00:09:48.321 father will be divided against son and son against father, mother against 00:09:48.321 --> 00:09:53.241 daughter and daughter against mother and mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and 00:09:53.241 --> 00:09:55.101 daughter-in-law against mother-in-law. 00:09:56.211 --> 00:10:00.711 Then Jesus turned to the crowd and said, when you see clouds beginning to form in 00:10:00.711 --> 00:10:02.931 the west, you say, here comes a shower. 00:10:03.621 --> 00:10:06.321 And you are right when the south wind blows. 00:10:06.321 --> 00:10:11.871 You say, today will be a scorcher, and it is you fools. 00:10:12.051 --> 00:10:15.921 You know how to interpret the weather signs of the earth and sky, but you don't 00:10:15.921 --> 00:10:18.141 know how to interpret the present times. 00:10:19.011 --> 00:10:22.941 Why can't you decide for yourselves what is right when you are on the 00:10:22.941 --> 00:10:24.531 way to court with your accuser? 00:10:24.771 --> 00:10:26.871 Try to settle the matter before you get there. 00:10:27.516 --> 00:10:30.876 Otherwise, your accuser may drag you before the judge who will hand 00:10:30.876 --> 00:10:34.626 you over to an officer who will throw you into prison, and if that 00:10:34.626 --> 00:10:38.706 happens, you won't be free again until you have paid the very last penny. 00:10:40.296 --> 00:10:43.596 About this time, Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some 00:10:43.596 --> 00:10:47.166 people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the temple. 00:10:48.336 --> 00:10:51.456 Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all 00:10:51.461 --> 00:10:52.806 the other people from Galilee? 00:10:53.316 --> 00:10:54.156 Jesus asked. 00:10:54.906 --> 00:10:56.226 Is that why they suffered? 00:10:56.796 --> 00:10:57.726 Not at all. 00:10:58.116 --> 00:11:02.496 And you will perish too unless you repent of your sins and turn to God. 00:11:03.126 --> 00:11:07.056 And what about the 18 people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? 00:11:07.716 --> 00:11:09.846 Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? 00:11:10.506 --> 00:11:15.486 No, and I tell you again that in unless you repent, you will perish too. 00:11:16.716 --> 00:11:22.086 Then Jesus told this story, a man planted a fig tree in his garden and came again 00:11:22.086 --> 00:11:25.656 and again to see if there was any fruit on it, but he was always disappointed. 00:11:26.346 --> 00:11:29.736 Finally, he said to his gardener, I've waited three years and 00:11:29.736 --> 00:11:31.446 there hasn't been a single fig. 00:11:31.896 --> 00:11:32.616 Cut it down. 00:11:32.976 --> 00:11:34.866 It's just taking up space in the garden. 00:11:35.736 --> 00:11:36.636 The gardener answered. 00:11:36.936 --> 00:11:38.586 Sir, give it one more chance. 00:11:39.126 --> 00:11:41.916 Leave it another year and I'll give it special attention 00:11:41.916 --> 00:11:43.116 and plenty of fertilizer. 00:11:43.686 --> 00:11:45.996 If we get figs next year, fine. 00:11:46.596 --> 00:11:49.116 If not, then you can cut it down. 00:11:50.481 --> 00:11:54.351 One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue, he saw a woman who 00:11:54.351 --> 00:11:55.881 had been crippled by an evil spirit. 00:11:56.571 --> 00:12:00.621 She had been bent double for 18 years and was unable to stand up straight. 00:12:01.401 --> 00:12:05.451 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, dear woman, 00:12:05.691 --> 00:12:07.521 you are healed of your sickness. 00:12:08.301 --> 00:12:11.511 Then he touched her and instantly she could stand straight. 00:12:11.991 --> 00:12:13.941 How she praised God. 00:12:15.081 --> 00:12:18.441 But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus 00:12:18.441 --> 00:12:19.941 had healed her on the Sabbath day. 00:12:20.721 --> 00:12:23.091 There are six days of the week for working. 00:12:23.331 --> 00:12:26.631 He said to the crowd, come on those days to be healed. 00:12:26.781 --> 00:12:32.301 Not on the Sabbath, but the Lord replied, you hypocrites, each 00:12:32.301 --> 00:12:33.891 of you works on the Sabbath day. 00:12:34.311 --> 00:12:37.311 Don't you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall on the 00:12:37.311 --> 00:12:39.321 Sabbath and lead it out for water. 00:12:39.846 --> 00:12:44.346 This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held and bondage by Satan 00:12:44.346 --> 00:12:50.646 for 18 years, isn't it right that she be released even on the Sabbath that 00:12:50.646 --> 00:12:54.846 shamed his enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did. 00:12:56.046 --> 00:12:58.956 Then Jesus said, what is the kingdom of God? 00:12:58.956 --> 00:12:59.526 Like? 00:12:59.976 --> 00:13:01.146 How can I illustrate it? 00:13:02.136 --> 00:13:05.316 It is like a tiny mustard seed that a man planted in a garden. 00:13:05.856 --> 00:13:10.116 It grows and becomes a tree, and the birds make nests in its branches. 00:13:10.866 --> 00:13:14.166 He also asked, what else is the kingdom of God like? 00:13:14.646 --> 00:13:19.086 It is like the yeast a woman used in making bread, even though she put only a 00:13:19.086 --> 00:13:21.156 little yeast in three measures of flour. 00:13:21.546 --> 00:13:24.006 It permeated every part of a dough. 00:13:25.446 --> 00:13:28.296 This concludes today's Immer reading experience. 00:13:28.416 --> 00:13:29.646 Thank you for joining us. 00:13:30.313 --> 00:13:34.713 Don't forget to subscribe and leave a review as you read 00:13:34.713 --> 00:13:36.713 through the Bible this year. 00:13:36.713 --> 00:13:41.913 It's a big support and blessing to others looking to read the Bible.