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Jesus Being King and Disproving The Pharisees

LifeinJesus

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Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’[a] and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

“‘These people honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
They worship me in vain;
their teachings are merely human rules.’


-- Matthew 15:3-9

An example of Jesus being King and the greatest like He always is. Never argue against Jesus, you won't win.

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Hi, LifeinJesus: "Great picture!"

Thinking about Jesus being King and disproving the Pharisees, your comments reminded me of Jesus' words in Luke 17:20, 21. The King James Bible renders this verse: "And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." This strikes me as a strange translation of this verse, because Jesus is talking to the wicked Pharisees, who he clearly condemns, yet he seams to be saying God's kingdom is within them?

Fortunately the New Living Translation renders this verse more accurately and more clearly: "One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, When will the Kingdom of God come? Jesus replied, The Kingdom of God can’t be detected by visible signs. You won't be able to say, Here it is! or It's over there! For the Kingdom of God is already among you." This rendering makes more sense, as Jesus was the king of God's kingdom and he was standing in their "MIDST" or among them. He was in no way indicating God's kingdom was within the wicked Pharisees hearts.
 
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