All About Jesus: The Single Story From Matthew, Mark, Luke, & John by Roger Quy

Author:Roger Quy [Quy, Roger]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781932805734
Amazon: 0830856013
Publisher: Authentic
Published: 2007-01-02T05:00:00+00:00

chapter thirteen

Raising the Dead

Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching the people. He was on his way to Jerusalem. Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”

He said to them, “Try very hard to enter through the narrow door. I tell you, many will try to enter and will not be able to. The owner of the house will get up and close the door. Then you will stand outside knocking and begging. You will say, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you. And I don’t know where you come from.’

“Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you. You taught in our streets.’

“But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you. And I don’t know where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil!’

“You will sob and grind your teeth when you see those who are in God’s kingdom. You will see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob1 and all the prophets there. But you yourselves will be thrown out.

“People will come from east and west and north and south. They will take their places at the feast in God’s kingdom. But those who think they belong to the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness. There they will sob and grind their teeth. Then the last will be first. And the first will be last.”

At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus. They said to him, “Leave this place. Go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.”

He replied, “Go and tell that fox, ‘I will drive out demons. I will heal people today and tomorrow. And on the third day I will reach my goal.’ In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day. Certainly no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!

“Jerusalem! Jerusalem! You kill the prophets and throw stones in order to kill those who are sent to you. Many times I have wanted to gather your people together. I have wanted to be like a hen who gathers her chicks under her wings. But you would not let me!

“Look, your house is left empty. I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”2

One Sabbath day, Jesus went to eat in the house of a well-known Pharisee. While he was there, he was being carefully watched. In front of him was a man whose body was badly swollen.

Jesus turned to the Pharisees and the authorities on the law. He asked them, “Is it breaking the Law to heal on the Sabbath?”

But they remained silent.

So Jesus took hold of the man and healed him. Then he sent him away.

He asked them another question. He said, “Suppose one of you has a son or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day. Wouldn’t you pull him out right away?” And they had nothing to say.

Jesus noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table.

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