Trying To Trap Jesus - The Easter Story - Day 3 Series

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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