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a daughter-in-law against her motherin-law—
36 a man’ s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ a
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“ Any one who loves their fa ther or moth er more than me is not wor thy of me; any one who loves their son or daugh ter more than me is not wor thy of me. 38 Who ev er does not take up their cross and fol low me is not wor thy of me. 39 Whoev er finds their life will lose it, and who ev er los es their life for my sake will find it.
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“ Any one who wel comes you wel comes me, and any one who wel comes me wel comes the one who sent me. 41 Who ev er wel comes a proph et as a prophet will re ceive a proph et’ s re ward, and who ev er wel comes a righ teous per son as a righ teous per son will re ceive a righ teous per son’ s re ward. 42 And if any one gives even a cup of cold wa ter to one of these lit tle ones who is my dis ci ple, tru ly I tell you, that per son will cer tain ly not lose their re ward.”
Jesus and John the Baptist
11:2-19pp— Lk 7:18-35
Af ter Jesus had fin ished in struct ing his
11 twelve dis ci ples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Gal i lee. b
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When John, who was in pris on, heard about the deeds of the Mes si ah, he sent his dis ci ples
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Jesus re plied,“ Go back and re port to John what you hear and see: 5 The blind re ceive sight, the lame walk, those who have lep ro sy c are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is pro claimed to the poor. 6 Blessed is any one who does not stum ble on ac count of me.”
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As John’ s dis ci ples were leav ing, Jesus be gan to speak to the crowd about John:“ What did you go out into the wil der ness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 8 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear fine clothes are in kings’ pal ac es. 9 Then what did you go out to see? A proph et? Yes, I tell you, and more than a proph et. 10 This is the one about whom it is writ ten:
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Tru ly I tell you, among those born of wom en there has not ris en any one great er than John the Bap tist; yet who ev er is least in the king dom of heav en is great er than he. 12 From the days of John the Bap tist un til now, the king dom of heav en has been sub ject ed to vi o lence, e and vi o lent peo ple
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10:37 loves their father or mother more than me Devotion to family should not supersede allegiance to Jesus( compare Dt 33:9). 10:38 take up their cross and follow me Jesus’ words here foreshadow his death and call on his followers to identify themselves fully with him, to the point of being willing to die as he did. Crucifixion— a Roman form of capital punishment reserved for criminals, foreigners and slaves— was a particularly undesirable way to die. The condemned person had to carry his or her own cross( or in certain instances, just the crossbeam).
10:40 – 42 Jesus will reward those who receive his disciples joyfully.
10:42 one of these little ones Likely indicates low status( compare Mt 18:10,14).
11:1 – 19 Jesus continues his teaching and preaching ministry, and disciples of John the Baptist approach him with a question from the imprisoned John. Jesus uses this as an opportunity to affirm his messiahship and to praise John’ s life and ministry.
11:2 John Refers to John the Baptist, who had been imprisoned by Herod Antipas( see 14:1 – 12). 11:3 the one who is to come Refers to the Messiah( see 3:11). John knew who Jesus was, but he wants to be sure he is the Messiah( compare 3:7 – 12). 11:4 what you hear and see Jesus’ response in 11:5 – 6 underscores his fulfillment of prophetic expectations for the Messiah. His answer points to recent events from his ministry( e. g., 4:23 – 24; 5:3; 8:2; 9:18 – 33) while alluding to passages in Isaiah( Isa 8:14 – 15; 26:19; 29:18; 35:5 – 6; 42:18; 61:1; compare
Lk 4:17 – 21). See the table“ Jesus’ Fulfillment of OT Prophecy” on p. 1573. 11:5 those who have leprosy are cleansed There is no clear OT prophecy about lepers being cleansed( compare Mt 8:2; 10:8), but this probably alludes to the general prophecy of the oppressed being set free in Isa 61:1 – 2, quoted in Lk 4:18. 11:6 anyone who does not stumble on account of me Jesus likely is alluding to Isa 8:14 – 15. Compare Mt 11:20 – 24. 11:8 A man dressed in fine clothes Such clothing was more suitable for royalty than prophets in the wilderness. John’ s clothing was made of camel’ s hair( Mt 3:4). 11:9 more than a prophet As the forerunner of the Messiah, John was not merely a prophet. Compare note on 11:14. 11:10 I will send my messenger This citation is from Mal 3:1. John the Baptist played a critical role in salvation history by preparing the way for Jesus the Messiah( see Mt 3:3; Isa 40:3). 11:11 among those born of women Jesus indicates that John was the most important person who had lived until that point. The last part of the verse provides Jesus’ reason for this statement: The lowliest member of the kingdom of heaven— the most humble and Godserving— is greater than the greatest man who ever lived. Jesus is not making a moral distinction between his disciples and John; he is contrasting heavenly and earthly conceptions of greatness. 11:12 violent people have been raiding it The kingdom of heaven and its workers have suffered at the hands of violent people who try to prevent or usurp God’ s rule.