WEEK TWENTY – SATURDAY – AUGUST 26, 2017 THE HYPOCRISY OF THE PHARISEES: (MT: 23:1-12)
Prayer: O Jesus, give me the heart of a servant. Imagination: (Picture Jesus instructing His disciples in humility.) Context: Jesus does not criticize the teaching of the scribes and Pharisees (although he alludes to moral rigorism). Instead, he attacks their practices of seeking honor and gaining title. This conflicts with …