4.8 • 33.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap. |
0:07.0 | Today Jesus covers a lot of ground with the Pharisees that may seem familiar. |
0:16.7 | It's possible that Matthew has collected all Jesus sayings to the Pharisees and put them |
0:20.8 | all in one convenient filing cabinet labeled chapter 23, but it's also possible |
0:25.3 | that Jesus is just giving them a big once and for all summary of everything he's been communicating |
0:29.5 | to them over the past few years. His words to them are full of woe, seven woe's to be exact. They are, |
0:35.9 | number one, Woe to those who don't enter the kingdom and who by their lies prevent others |
0:40.8 | from entering to. Number two, |
0:43.0 | Woe to those who make converts to false religions, |
0:45.0 | taking them from one lie to another. |
0:47.5 | Number three, |
0:48.5 | Woe to the blind guides who value the symbol over the source |
0:52.0 | and the creation over the Creator. |
0:54.0 | Number four, woe to those who neglect the weightier things, who tithe religiously while oppressing others. |
1:00.0 | Number five, woe to those who try to look righteous while they're greedy and selfish. |
1:05.0 | Number six, woe to those who work hard to seem perfect on the outside when they're full of sin and death. |
1:12.0 | And number seven, woe to those who repeat the sins of their fathers, |
1:15.2 | killing the prophets. There are a few things worth pointing out in these woes. |
1:19.6 | First, I think it's interesting that in verse three Jesus tells the crowds to follow the |
1:23.6 | commands of the scribes and the Pharisees but not their actions. He doesn't |
1:27.9 | wholesale condemn their practices, they're teaching the Hebrew scriptures after all, |
1:31.7 | so as long as they interpret the books of Moses |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Tara-Leigh Cobble, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Tara-Leigh Cobble and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.