Judea

#Tour 4: Sends the Seventy (70) throughout Judea & their joyous return

Rejoice: Not that evil spirits obey you but that your names are written in heaven

10:1-24

A lawyer: What should I do to inherit eternal life?

Answer: Keep the law (or believe in Jesus) → Conviction of failure → Justification: But who is my neighbour? → Parable of the Good Samaritan

10:25-37

Bethany

Resting in the home of Martha & Mary

10:38-42

Judea

Disciples ask Jesus to teach them to pray

Parable of the Persistent Friend

11:1-13

Casting out a demon

(blasphemous charge repeated third time)

Teachings formerly spoken in Galilee

11:14-36

Dining with a Pharisee (a second time)

• Fault of eating w/o ceremonial washing • Condemns the Pharisees for their hypocrisy and the lawyers for their stringent and convoluted requirements on the people

11:37-54

More teachings to His disciples and the crowd

• So many that they were virtually stepping on one another • About hypocrisy, covetousness (The Rich Fool), watchfulness (The Faithful Servants) and His passion

12

Suffering = Sinners? → Universal need of repentance

Barren fig tree: Time was running out before God’s judgment would fall on the unrepentant

13:1-9

Judean synagogue

Heals a crippled woman on the Sabbath

Hypocrisy: Caring for an animal was more important than caring for an individual!

13:10-21

→ Jerusalem

“Are there just a few who are being saved?”

Answer: Strive to enter by the narrow door

13:22-30