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 --> 00:00:03.848 Day 54 00:00:04.406 --> 00:00:08.636 When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his 12 disciples. 00:00:09.296 --> 00:00:12.566 He went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region. 00:00:13.316 --> 00:00:18.476 John the Baptist, who was in prison, heard about all the things the Messiah 00:00:18.506 --> 00:00:24.326 was doing, so he sent his disciples to ask Jesus, are you the Messiah 00:00:24.326 --> 00:00:28.406 we've been expecting, or should we keep looking for someone else? 00:00:29.711 --> 00:00:35.291 Jesus told them, go back to John and tell him what you have heard and seen. 00:00:35.771 --> 00:00:40.241 The Blind Sea, the lame walk, those with leprosy are cured. 00:00:40.571 --> 00:00:45.881 The deaf here, the dead are raised to life and the good news is being preached 00:00:45.941 --> 00:00:52.841 to the poor and he added, God blesses those who do not fall away because of me. 00:00:54.251 --> 00:00:58.571 As John's disciples were leaving, Jesus began talking about him to 00:00:58.571 --> 00:01:03.761 the crowds, what kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? 00:01:04.511 --> 00:01:09.821 Was he a weak read, swayed by every breath of wind, or were you expecting to 00:01:09.821 --> 00:01:12.101 see a man dressed in expensive clothes? 00:01:12.941 --> 00:01:13.541 No. 00:01:13.571 --> 00:01:16.271 People with expensive clothes live in palaces. 00:01:16.931 --> 00:01:18.191 Were you looking for a prophet? 00:01:18.671 --> 00:01:21.431 Yes, and he is more than a prophet. 00:01:21.941 --> 00:01:27.761 John is the man to whom the scriptures refer when they say, look, I am sending 00:01:27.766 --> 00:01:32.171 my messenger ahead of you, and he will prepare your way before you. 00:01:33.491 --> 00:01:39.401 I tell you the truth of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the 00:01:39.401 --> 00:01:44.771 Baptist, yet even the least person in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is. 00:01:45.341 --> 00:01:50.081 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the kingdom 00:01:50.081 --> 00:01:54.731 of Heaven has been forcefully advancing and violent people are attacking it. 00:01:55.541 --> 00:02:00.611 For before John came, all the prophets and the law of Moses looked forward 00:02:00.611 --> 00:02:07.001 to this present time, and if you are willing to accept what I say he is. 00:02:07.001 --> 00:02:11.171 Elijah, the one the prophets said would come. 00:02:11.891 --> 00:02:17.561 Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand to what can I compare? 00:02:17.561 --> 00:02:22.061 This generation, it is like children playing a game in the public square. 00:02:22.781 --> 00:02:24.611 They complain to their friends. 00:02:24.851 --> 00:02:29.561 We played wedding songs and you didn't dance, so we played funeral songs. 00:02:29.561 --> 00:02:34.631 And you didn't mourn for John didn't spend his time eating and drinking 00:02:34.811 --> 00:02:38.021 and you say he's possessed by a demon. 00:02:38.636 --> 00:02:44.546 The son of man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say He's a glutton 00:02:44.546 --> 00:02:49.856 and a drunkard and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners, but wisdom 00:02:49.861 --> 00:02:52.586 is shown to be right by its results. 00:02:54.296 --> 00:02:58.616 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns where he had done so many of his 00:02:58.616 --> 00:03:03.266 miracles because they hadn't repented of their sins and turned to God. 00:03:03.626 --> 00:03:07.046 What sorrow awaits you, Zen and Beth Sayada. 00:03:07.901 --> 00:03:11.501 For if the miracles I did in you had been done in Wicked Tire 00:03:11.861 --> 00:03:15.971 and Sitin, their people would've repented of their sins long ago. 00:03:16.571 --> 00:03:20.081 Clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their 00:03:20.081 --> 00:03:21.791 heads to show their remorse. 00:03:22.091 --> 00:03:27.251 I tell you, tire and Sitan will be better off on Judgment Day than 00:03:27.251 --> 00:03:30.281 you and you people love Capernaum. 00:03:30.701 --> 00:03:32.201 Will you be honored in heaven? 00:03:32.846 --> 00:03:38.126 No, you will go down to the place of the dead for if the miracles I 00:03:38.126 --> 00:03:42.836 did for you had been done in Wicked Sodom, it would still be here today. 00:03:43.676 --> 00:03:51.386 I tell you, even Sodom will be better off on Judgment day than you at that time. 00:03:51.866 --> 00:03:53.696 Jesus prayed this prayer. 00:03:55.076 --> 00:03:58.166 Oh, father Lord of heaven and earth. 00:03:59.066 --> 00:04:03.746 Thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever 00:04:04.346 --> 00:04:06.866 and for revealing them to the childlike. 00:04:07.676 --> 00:04:11.276 Yes, father, it pleased you to do it this way. 00:04:12.686 --> 00:04:15.386 My father has entrusted everything to me. 00:04:16.046 --> 00:04:20.786 No one truly knows the son except the Father, and no one truly knows the 00:04:20.786 --> 00:04:24.926 father except the son and those to whom the son chooses to reveal him. 00:04:26.426 --> 00:04:33.101 Then Jesus said, Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy 00:04:33.101 --> 00:04:35.801 burdens, and I will give you rest. 00:04:36.491 --> 00:04:38.141 Take my yoke upon you. 00:04:38.771 --> 00:04:43.421 Let me teach you because I am humble and gentle at heart, and 00:04:43.421 --> 00:04:45.671 you will find rest for your souls. 00:04:46.661 --> 00:04:52.151 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light. 00:04:53.681 --> 00:04:58.631 At about that time, Jesus was walking through some grain fields on the Sabbath. 00:04:59.321 --> 00:05:02.831 His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some 00:05:02.836 --> 00:05:04.451 heads of grain and eating them. 00:05:05.171 --> 00:05:09.761 But some Pharisees saw them do it and protested, look, your 00:05:09.761 --> 00:05:13.091 disciples are breaking the law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath. 00:05:14.381 --> 00:05:19.511 Jesus said to them, haven't you read in the scriptures what David did when 00:05:19.511 --> 00:05:21.371 he and his companions were hungry? 00:05:22.226 --> 00:05:27.146 He went into the house of God and he and his companions broke the law by 00:05:27.146 --> 00:05:31.856 eating the sacred loaves of bread that only the priests are allowed to eat. 00:05:32.576 --> 00:05:37.316 And haven't you read in the law of Moses that the priests on duty in 00:05:37.316 --> 00:05:39.386 the temple may work on the Sabbath? 00:05:40.436 --> 00:05:43.196 I tell you there is one here. 00:05:43.196 --> 00:05:45.296 Who is even greater than the temple? 00:05:46.061 --> 00:05:50.441 But you would not have condemned my innocent disciples if you knew 00:05:50.441 --> 00:05:52.481 the meaning of this scripture. 00:05:53.501 --> 00:05:59.711 I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices for the son of 00:05:59.711 --> 00:06:02.951 man is Lord, even over the Sabbath. 00:06:04.511 --> 00:06:07.901 Then Jesus went over to their synagogue where he noticed 00:06:07.901 --> 00:06:09.551 a man with a deformed hand. 00:06:10.061 --> 00:06:12.071 The Pharisees asked Jesus. 00:06:12.671 --> 00:06:16.151 Does the law permit a person to work by healing on the Sabbath? 00:06:17.441 --> 00:06:20.951 They were hoping he would say yes so they could bring charges 00:06:20.951 --> 00:06:23.381 against him, and he answered. 00:06:24.221 --> 00:06:27.611 If you had a sheep that fell into a well on the Sabbath, 00:06:28.061 --> 00:06:29.681 wouldn't you work to pull it out? 00:06:30.281 --> 00:06:31.451 Of course you would. 00:06:32.021 --> 00:06:34.781 And how much more valuable is a person than a sheep? 00:06:35.651 --> 00:06:36.131 Yes. 00:06:36.131 --> 00:06:39.281 The law permits a person to do good on the Sabbath. 00:06:39.911 --> 00:06:43.316 Then he said to the man, Hold out your hand. 00:06:44.186 --> 00:06:49.376 So the man held out his hand and it was restored just like the other one. 00:06:49.946 --> 00:06:54.386 Then the Pharisees called a meeting to plot how to kill Jesus. 00:06:55.946 --> 00:07:00.476 But Jesus knew what they were planning, so he left that area 00:07:00.746 --> 00:07:02.336 and many people followed him. 00:07:02.996 --> 00:07:08.216 He healed all the sick among them, but he warned them not to reveal who he was. 00:07:09.131 --> 00:07:12.311 This fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah concerning him. 00:07:13.391 --> 00:07:16.031 Look at my servant whom I have chosen. 00:07:16.511 --> 00:07:18.911 He is my beloved who pleases me. 00:07:19.661 --> 00:07:24.401 I will put my spirit upon him and he will proclaim justice to the nations. 00:07:24.941 --> 00:07:28.751 He will not fight or shout or raise his voice in public. 00:07:29.171 --> 00:07:32.861 He will not crush the weakest read or put out a flickering candle. 00:07:33.761 --> 00:07:38.771 Finally, he will cause justice to be victorious and his name will 00:07:38.771 --> 00:07:40.961 be the hope of all the world. 00:07:42.521 --> 00:07:48.011 Then a demon possessed man who was blind and couldn't speak was brought to Jesus. 00:07:48.731 --> 00:07:52.031 He healed the man so that he could both speak and see. 00:07:52.941 --> 00:07:57.191 The crowd was amazed and asked, could it be that Jesus is 00:07:57.191 --> 00:07:59.381 the son of David the Messiah? 00:08:00.626 --> 00:08:04.526 But when the Pharisees heard about the miracle, they said, no 00:08:04.526 --> 00:08:06.386 wonder he can cast out demons. 00:08:06.716 --> 00:08:10.076 He gets his power from Satan, the prince of demons. 00:08:11.666 --> 00:08:17.846 Jesus knew their thoughts and replied, any kingdom divided by civil war is doomed. 00:08:18.416 --> 00:08:21.746 A town or family splintered by feuding will fall apart. 00:08:22.256 --> 00:08:27.866 And if Satan is casting out Satan, he is divided in fighting against himself. 00:08:28.391 --> 00:08:30.461 His own kingdom will not survive. 00:08:30.941 --> 00:08:35.891 And if I am empowered by Satan, what about your own exorcist? 00:08:36.491 --> 00:08:38.321 They cast out demons too. 00:08:38.531 --> 00:08:40.811 So they will condemn you for what you have said. 00:08:41.261 --> 00:08:46.121 But if I am casting out demons by the spirit of God, then the Kingdom of 00:08:46.121 --> 00:08:51.161 God has arrived among you for who is powerful enough to enter the house of 00:08:51.161 --> 00:08:53.831 a strong man and plunder his goods. 00:08:54.596 --> 00:08:58.796 Only someone even stronger, someone who could tie him up 00:08:58.796 --> 00:09:00.476 and then plunder his house. 00:09:01.436 --> 00:09:06.686 Anyone who isn't with me opposes me, and anyone who isn't working with 00:09:06.691 --> 00:09:08.906 me is actually working against me. 00:09:09.656 --> 00:09:16.526 So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy can be forgiven except blasphemy against the 00:09:16.526 --> 00:09:19.376 Holy Spirit, which will never be forgiven. 00:09:20.051 --> 00:09:22.991 Anyone who speaks against the son of man can be forgiven. 00:09:23.291 --> 00:09:28.181 But anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven either 00:09:28.181 --> 00:09:31.061 in this world or in the world to come. 00:09:32.261 --> 00:09:34.991 A tree is identified by its fruit. 00:09:35.651 --> 00:09:38.801 If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. 00:09:39.281 --> 00:09:42.311 If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad. 00:09:42.911 --> 00:09:44.561 You brood of snakes. 00:09:45.131 --> 00:09:47.081 How could evil men like you speak? 00:09:47.081 --> 00:09:48.191 What is good and right? 00:09:48.791 --> 00:09:52.511 For whatever is in your heart determines what you say. 00:09:53.321 --> 00:09:57.491 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and 00:09:57.491 --> 00:10:01.721 an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart. 00:10:02.351 --> 00:10:06.821 And I tell you this, you must give an account on judgment Day 00:10:06.851 --> 00:10:09.101 for every idol word you speak. 00:10:09.701 --> 00:10:13.361 The words you say will either acquit you or condemn you. 00:10:15.116 --> 00:10:19.826 One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and 00:10:19.831 --> 00:10:26.396 said, teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous sign to prove your authority. 00:10:27.776 --> 00:10:34.706 But Jesus replied, only an evil adulterous generation would demand a miraculous 00:10:34.706 --> 00:10:40.886 sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah. 00:10:41.531 --> 00:10:46.781 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so 00:10:46.781 --> 00:10:51.401 will the son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights? 00:10:51.971 --> 00:10:55.961 The people of Nineveh will stand up against this generation on judgment 00:10:55.961 --> 00:11:00.701 day and condemn it for they repented of their sins at the preaching of Jonah. 00:11:01.421 --> 00:11:05.921 Now, someone greater than Jonah is here, but you refuse to repent. 00:11:06.641 --> 00:11:10.391 The Queen of Sheba will also stand up against this generation 00:11:10.391 --> 00:11:14.411 on judgment day and condemn it for, she came from a distant land 00:11:14.411 --> 00:11:16.181 to hear the wisdom of Solomon. 00:11:16.781 --> 00:11:22.541 Now, someone greater than Solomon is here, but you refuse to listen. 00:11:23.531 --> 00:11:27.821 When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert 00:11:27.851 --> 00:11:30.251 seeking rest, but finding none. 00:11:30.941 --> 00:11:35.051 Then it says, I will return to the person I came from. 00:11:35.696 --> 00:11:41.486 So it returns and finds its former home, empty, swept, and in order then 00:11:41.486 --> 00:11:46.436 the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself and they all 00:11:46.436 --> 00:11:48.176 enter the person and live there. 00:11:48.896 --> 00:11:51.476 And so that person is worse off than before. 00:11:52.346 --> 00:11:55.916 That will be the experience of this evil generation. 00:11:57.446 --> 00:12:01.646 As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood 00:12:01.646 --> 00:12:04.136 outside asking to speak to him. 00:12:04.916 --> 00:12:09.776 Someone told Jesus, your mother and your brothers are standing outside 00:12:10.106 --> 00:12:11.576 and they want to speak to you. 00:12:12.476 --> 00:12:15.596 Jesus asked, who is my mother? 00:12:15.956 --> 00:12:17.126 Who are my brothers? 00:12:17.966 --> 00:12:23.816 Then he pointed to his disciples and said, look, these are my mother and brothers. 00:12:24.236 --> 00:12:27.926 Anyone who does the will of my father in heaven is my 00:12:27.931 --> 00:12:29.906 brother and sister and mother. 00:12:32.141 --> 00:12:37.031 Later that same day, Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake. 00:12:37.961 --> 00:12:41.981 A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. 00:12:42.821 --> 00:12:45.851 Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore. 00:12:46.481 --> 00:12:52.681 He told many stories in the the form of parables, such as this one, listen. 00:12:53.936 --> 00:12:59.126 A farmer went out to plant some seeds as he scattered them across his field. 00:12:59.336 --> 00:13:03.056 Some seeds fell on a footpath and the birds came and ate them. 00:13:03.896 --> 00:13:07.646 Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. 00:13:08.396 --> 00:13:13.286 The seeds sprouted quickly because the soil was shallow, but the plants soon 00:13:13.286 --> 00:13:18.116 wilted under the hot sun, and since they didn't have deep roots, they died. 00:13:19.211 --> 00:13:23.471 Other seeds fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants. 00:13:24.101 --> 00:13:28.871 Still other seeds fell on fertile soil and they produced a crop 00:13:28.871 --> 00:13:34.151 that was 30, 60 and even a hundred times as much as had been planted. 00:13:34.751 --> 00:13:38.651 Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. 00:13:39.791 --> 00:13:44.261 His disciples came and asked him, why do you use parables 00:13:44.261 --> 00:13:45.461 when you talk to the people? 00:13:46.421 --> 00:13:47.261 He replied? 00:13:48.206 --> 00:13:51.086 You are permitted to understand the secrets of the kingdom of 00:13:51.086 --> 00:13:53.336 heaven, but others are not. 00:13:54.176 --> 00:13:59.396 To those who listen to my teaching, more understanding will be given and they 00:13:59.401 --> 00:14:01.196 will have an abundance of knowledge. 00:14:01.796 --> 00:14:06.146 But for those who are not listening, even what little understanding they 00:14:06.151 --> 00:14:08.246 have will be taken away from them. 00:14:08.906 --> 00:14:11.216 That is why I use these parables. 00:14:12.026 --> 00:14:14.756 For they look, but they don't really see. 00:14:15.296 --> 00:14:18.986 They hear, but they don't really listen or understand. 00:14:20.456 --> 00:14:25.196 This fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah that says, when you hear 00:14:25.196 --> 00:14:27.776 what I say, you will not understand. 00:14:28.286 --> 00:14:33.776 When you see what I do, you will not comprehend for the hearts of these people 00:14:33.776 --> 00:14:36.326 are hardened and their ears cannot hear. 00:14:36.986 --> 00:14:41.546 And they have closed their eyes so their eyes cannot see, and their 00:14:41.576 --> 00:14:46.706 ears cannot hear, and their hearts cannot understand, and they cannot 00:14:46.796 --> 00:14:49.376 turn to me and let me heal them. 00:14:50.186 --> 00:14:55.586 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear. 00:14:56.471 --> 00:14:57.851 I tell you the truth. 00:14:58.211 --> 00:15:02.771 Many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they 00:15:02.771 --> 00:15:07.451 didn't see it and they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn't hear it. 00:15:08.591 --> 00:15:13.121 Now listen to the explanation of the parable about the farmer planting seeds. 00:15:14.156 --> 00:15:18.206 The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message 00:15:18.206 --> 00:15:20.696 about the kingdom and don't understand it. 00:15:21.386 --> 00:15:26.546 Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts. 00:15:27.596 --> 00:15:32.606 The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately 00:15:32.636 --> 00:15:38.036 receive it with joy, but since they don't have deep roots, they don't last long. 00:15:38.801 --> 00:15:42.341 They fall away as soon as they have problems or are persecuted 00:15:42.341 --> 00:15:43.721 for believing God's word. 00:15:44.741 --> 00:15:48.701 The seed that fell among the thorns represents those who hear 00:15:48.706 --> 00:15:51.101 God's word, but all too quickly. 00:15:51.101 --> 00:15:55.121 The message is crowded out by the worries of this life and the lo of 00:15:55.121 --> 00:15:57.881 wealth, so no fruit is produced. 00:15:58.346 --> 00:16:02.396 The seed that fell on good soil represents those who truly hear and 00:16:02.396 --> 00:16:08.396 understand God's word and produce a harvest of 30, 60, or even a hundred 00:16:08.396 --> 00:16:10.496 times as much as had been planted. 00:16:12.146 --> 00:16:14.036 Here is another story Jesus told. 00:16:15.176 --> 00:16:19.376 The kingdom of heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field, 00:16:19.916 --> 00:16:24.446 but that night as the worker slept, his enemy came and planted weeds 00:16:24.446 --> 00:16:26.666 among the wheat, then slipped away. 00:16:27.401 --> 00:16:32.231 When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew. 00:16:33.191 --> 00:16:38.171 The farmer's workers went to him and said, sir, the field where you planted 00:16:38.176 --> 00:16:39.941 that good seed is full of weeds. 00:16:40.211 --> 00:16:41.381 Where did they come from? 00:16:42.311 --> 00:16:44.141 An enemy has done this. 00:16:44.351 --> 00:16:45.641 The farmer exclaimed. 00:16:46.061 --> 00:16:47.741 Should we pull out the weeds? 00:16:47.921 --> 00:16:48.641 They asked? 00:16:49.001 --> 00:16:49.601 No. 00:16:49.781 --> 00:16:53.051 He replied, you'll uproot the wheat if you do. 00:16:53.471 --> 00:16:56.201 Let both grow together until the harvest. 00:16:56.621 --> 00:17:00.311 Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them 00:17:00.311 --> 00:17:04.751 into bundles and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn. 00:17:06.311 --> 00:17:08.801 Here is another illustration Jesus used. 00:17:09.371 --> 00:17:13.571 The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field. 00:17:14.051 --> 00:17:19.361 It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants. 00:17:19.871 --> 00:17:25.031 It grows into a tree and birds come and make nests in its branches. 00:17:26.201 --> 00:17:28.991 Jesus also used this illustration. 00:17:29.381 --> 00:17:33.101 The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. 00:17:33.611 --> 00:17:38.081 Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it 00:17:38.081 --> 00:17:40.271 permeated every part of the dough. 00:17:41.651 --> 00:17:45.281 Jesus always used stories and illustrations like these 00:17:45.281 --> 00:17:46.781 when speaking to the crowds. 00:17:47.441 --> 00:17:51.731 In fact, he never spoke to them without using such parables. 00:17:52.451 --> 00:17:54.731 This fulfilled what God had spoken through. 00:17:54.731 --> 00:17:58.421 The prophet, I will speak to you in parables. 00:17:58.841 --> 00:18:02.651 I will explain things hidden since the creation of the world, 00:18:04.031 --> 00:18:06.851 then leaving the crowds outside. 00:18:07.361 --> 00:18:13.151 Jesus went into the house, his disciples said, please explain to us 00:18:13.156 --> 00:18:15.071 the story of the weeds in the field. 00:18:16.061 --> 00:18:21.371 Jesus replied, the son of man is the farmer who plants the good seed. 00:18:21.911 --> 00:18:26.501 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the people of the kingdom. 00:18:27.191 --> 00:18:29.921 The weeds are the people who belong to the evil one. 00:18:30.581 --> 00:18:34.001 The enemy who planted the weeds among the wheat is the devil. 00:18:34.601 --> 00:18:39.221 The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the angels. 00:18:40.136 --> 00:18:44.216 Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will 00:18:44.216 --> 00:18:49.226 be at the end of the world, the son of man will send his angels and 00:18:49.226 --> 00:18:51.116 they will remove from his kingdom. 00:18:51.326 --> 00:18:54.596 Everything that causes sin and all who do evil. 00:18:55.136 --> 00:18:59.186 And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace where there will 00:18:59.186 --> 00:19:01.316 be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:19:02.036 --> 00:19:05.636 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their father's kingdom. 00:19:06.461 --> 00:19:10.271 Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand. 00:19:11.921 --> 00:19:16.541 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. 00:19:17.141 --> 00:19:21.191 In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to 00:19:21.191 --> 00:19:23.081 get enough money to buy the field. 00:19:23.081 --> 00:19:24.341 A again. 00:19:24.611 --> 00:19:28.541 The Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. 00:19:29.171 --> 00:19:34.661 When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it. 00:19:36.251 --> 00:19:41.111 Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that was thrown into the 00:19:41.111 --> 00:19:43.721 water and caught fish of every kind. 00:19:44.321 --> 00:19:49.301 When the net was full, they dragged it up onto the shore, sat down and 00:19:49.306 --> 00:19:53.111 sorted the good fish into crates, but through the bad ones away. 00:19:54.161 --> 00:19:57.281 That is the way it will be at the end of the world. 00:19:57.701 --> 00:20:01.901 The angels will come and separate the wicked people from the righteous, 00:20:01.931 --> 00:20:05.651 throwing the wicked into the fiery furnace where there will 00:20:05.651 --> 00:20:07.751 be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:20:08.411 --> 00:20:11.171 Do you understand all these things? 00:20:12.191 --> 00:20:12.551 Yes. 00:20:13.001 --> 00:20:14.851 They said we do. 00:20:16.181 --> 00:20:17.141 Then he added. 00:20:17.681 --> 00:20:23.201 Every teacher of religious law who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is 00:20:23.201 --> 00:20:29.141 like a homeowner who brings from his store room new gems of truth, as well as old. 00:20:31.271 --> 00:20:34.121 This concludes today's Immerse Reading experience. 00:20:34.271 --> 00:20:35.501 Thank you for joining us.