This week's stories from the road bring us almost within sight of Jerusalem. This is the last teaching that Jesus gives the disciples before they enter the city and the final struggle leading to the Passion (the suffering and death of Jesus) begins.
- Read
Matthew 20:17-28 and review the two previous times Jesus has predicted his
death and resurrection (Matthew 16:21-23 & 17:22-23). Jesus puts great
emphasis on his coming death and resurrection in his teaching. What does
this emphasis say about how the cross should shape how we live as
Christians (both individually and together)?
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What does
this specific scene say about the nature of leadership in the church?
- Read
Matthew 20:29-34. In the Bible blindness and sight are often used as
metaphors for understanding. What do you think the symbolic meaning of
this story is here (right after all this teaching of the disciples and just
before Jesus arrives in Jerusalem)?
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