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Seven Woes and a Hen's Wings: A King Enters and the Temple Is Cleared | Matthew 21–23
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Today we read Matthew chapters 21 through 23, and the week that will end at the cross begins. Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkey, fulfilling Zechariah's prophecy, while crowds spread cloaks and shout Hosanna. Within hours He is in the temple overturning the tables of the money changers, quoting Isaiah—my house will be called a house of prayer—and Jeremiah—but you are making it a den of robbers. Then He curses a fig tree in full leaf but bearing nothing, a living parable about the appearance of fruitfulness without the substance.
The parables that follow are pointed and the…
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