The unanswerable question and a pence
After all the failed attempt to trap or humiliate Jesus has failed He will ask some questions of His own, which significantly they dare not even try to answers, and then an additional side on Mark’s picture of the gift...
You are not far…!
A lawyer approaches Jesus after various antagonistic factions try their best to humiliate Jesus, but fail. He has seen how well he has dealt with these verbal traps, and asks his own question. His response to Jesus answers is that...
I would see again!
Blind beggars begin to cry out, and Jesus will stop a large festive crowd, and ask simply what do you want? The answers is obvious, but there is also a lesson in what do we want, really?
Do you know what you ask?
James and John seek the places of greatest honor in what they see as the coming Kingdom, but it is a lesson in humility and understanding just what is discipleship.