Summary: Over the next few days, Jesus taught in the temple daily and lodged in Bethany. The religious leaders looked for an opportunity to kill Him and tried to trap Him with questions. Jesus rebuked them publicly. He spoke parables and talking to his disciples about the end times.

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Over the next few days, Jesus taught in the temple daily and lodged in Bethany.

— Cursed the Fig Tree - Mark 11:12-14

— Temple Cleansed - Mark 11:15-19, Isaiah 56:7

— Children in the Temple - Matthew 21:12-17, Psalm 8:2

— Withered Fig Tree - Mark 11:20-26

The religious leaders looked for an opportunity to kill Jesus, but feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. They tried to trap him with questions, but marveled at his answer and held their peace.

— Authority Questioned - Matthew 21:23-27

— Paying Taxes - Matthew 22:15-22 (Hoping to deliver him to the Roman governor)

— Marriage In the Resurrection - Matthew 22:23-33

— The Greatest Commandment - Matthew 22:34-40

Then Jesus asked a question that none could answer.

— David’s Lord - Matthew 22:41-46

Jesus spoke to them in parables, most directed at the religious leaders

— The Parable of Two Sons - Matthew 21:28-32

— The Parable of the Wicked Farmers - Matthew 21:33-41

— The Stone Rejected - Matthew 21:42-46

— Parable of the Wedding Invitation - Matthew 22:1-14

Jesus rebuked the scribes and Pharisees - Matthew 23:1-39

— Called them blind guides, hypocrites, whited tombs, serpents

— Said all their works were done to be seen of men

— Said they put heavy burdens on the people

Sitting by the treasury, Jesus remarked on the Widow’s Mite - Mark 12:41-44

Jesus spoke to his disciples about signs of the end times:

— Signs of the End - Mark 13:3-23, Matthew 24:26-28, Luke 21:8-13, 18-24

— Jesus Will Return - Matthew 24:29-31, Luke 25-28

— The Parable of the Fig Tree - Matthew 24:32-35

— The Time of His Return - Matthew 24:36-43

— The Parable of the Ten Virgins - Matthew 25:1-13

— The Parable of the Talents - Matthew 25:14-30

— Judgment - Matthew 25:31-46

— Be Watchful - Luke 21:34-36