Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; John 12:12-19;
Matthew 21:12-17; Mark 11:12-19; Luke 19:45-48;
Matthew 21:18-22; Mark 11:20-26
As He was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of His disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, rebuke Your disciples.” He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out.”
Luke 19:37-40
Let’s not be the Pharisees. Let’s recognize our King and not leave it to the stones to do all the praising!
See also:
- May 2 (2021) / John 12:1-19
- May 3 (2021) / Matt. 21:1-11, Mark 11:1-11
- May 4 (2021) / Luke 19:28-44
- May 5 (2021) / Matt. 21:12-17, Mark 11:12-19, Luke 19:45-48
- September 3 (2019) / Matt. 21:18-22
- September 4 (2019) / Mark 11:20-26
One more thing…
With today’s readings we enter into Holy Week, the last week of Jesus’ earthly life. We’ve spent about three weeks reading about Jesus’ first 33 years, particularly His three years of ministry. Now we’ll spend about two weeks focused on this last week of His life. Perhaps we already know the story, maybe even very well. Or maybe we don’t know it (or Him) well enough…