This morning, I started Matthew 23, and the first few verses stuck out to me like a sore thumb. In the previous chapter, the scribes, Pharisees, and Sadducees had taken turns asking questions to Jesus that were meant to stump him. These questions were asked with ill-intent: not to learn, but to boost their own pride. Time after time, Jesus answers their questions to the fullest, or he even asks them a question to invalidate the question that they asked. They are all going back and forth, playing a game of wit. The religious folks had one problem: they had knowledge, and no wisdom, but they were up against the author of wisdom.
In Matthew 23:2-4, Jesus says, “The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but they do not practice. They tie…
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