Matthew - Day 29: Jesus Calls Out Religious Leaders

Read Matthew 23

We admire people who practice what they preach. The Pharisees in the New Testament were men who knew the law very well. They harshly judged others for not following it, yet excused their own failure to follow its exact instructions. Jesus had scathing judgements for them and told them they were beautiful on the outside but full of dead bones on the inside.

Q: Write in your own words, the seven woes Jesus gave to the religious leaders?

Q: Is your life congruent – the same inside and outside? Do people see you living daily the same message that comes out of your mouth?

Q: How does this passage correlate with our value of “we live to make Jesus make sense”?

For Further Study: Mark 12:38-40, Luke 20:45-47

For more check out: The Bible Recap on Matthew 23/Luke 20-21