Journey to Wholeness
… Read the rest“Then to what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like? They are like children who sit in the marketplace and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
… Read the restThen Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
… Read the restThey returned once more to Jerusalem. As he was walking in the temple area, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders approached him and said to him, “By what authority are you doing these things?
… Read the restThen some of the scribes and Pharisees said to him, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”He
… Read the restJesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
… Read the restNow when the Pharisees with some scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, they observed that some of his disciples ate their meals with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. (For
… Read the restThe scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.”
… Read the restOnce again he went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post.
Black sheep exist in every society. By dining with tax collectors and sinners, Jesus made them precious and lovable in God’s eyes.… Read the rest
The word for cummin (or cumin), the seeds of a plant used for seasoning (Greek kuminon), is of Semitic origin (kammon).… Read the rest