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  Then Pilate went back into his headquarters and called for Jesus to be brought to him. “Are you the king of the Jews?” he asked him. Jesus replied, “Is this your own question, or did others tell you about me?” “Am I a Jew?” Pilate retorted. “Your own people and their leading priests brought…

Jesus told them, “Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say, ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’” Matthew 26:31 (NLT)   It was an intimate meal – Jesus with his closest friends and dearest enemies.   The disciples were probably confused.  Four days ago…

A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway. Then the father told the other son, ‘You go,’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t go. “Which…

Hosanna!   Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!   Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David!   Hosanna in the highest heaven!  Mark 11:9-10 (NIV)   Did you sing Hosanna on Sunday?  Did you know it means ‘save us’?   Did you sing sincerely, asking Jesus to save…

  While Jesus was in the Temple, He watched the rich people dropping their gifts in the collection box.  Then a poor widow came by and dropped in two small coins. “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “this poor widow has given more than all the rest of them. For they have given a…

Jesus saw through their trickery and said, “Show me a Roman coin. Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied. “Well then,” He said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.”  Luke 20:23-25 (NLT)   Some of Jesus’ final conversations were on His crucial-to-teach-before-death…