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These chapters start with Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, in fulfillment of the prophecies.<\/p>\n

He then goes into the temple, and smashes up the tables of the moneylenders, saying they have turned his Father’s house into a den of thieves.<\/p>\n

He goes away, comes back and begins a series of debates with the Pharisees and later the Saducees.<\/p>\n

There is lots to learn from here, as there is of course with everything Christ says, but my favorite, particularly after all the OT law is this:<\/p>\n

“Then one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question – which is the great commandment in the law?<\/p>\n

“Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You should love your neighbour as yourself.<\/p>\n

‘On these two laws hang all the Law and the Prophets.'”<\/p>\n

Dear God, Thank you for this amazing journey into your word. Please help me to learn from it as you want me to. Please keep me on the paths set out before me by my Lord Jesus Christ. Please help me to love you with all my heart, joyfully, as you desire. In Jesus name, Amen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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