Remember that at 7:30 tonight there's a great worship opportunity at St. Ambrose to hear the story of Jesus arrest and execution. It's a great way to get into the story of Jesus' last week. We'll have another great opportunity to enter the story as we celebrate a potluck supper on Thursday at 6 and continue with worship remembering Jesus' last night with his disciples.
We see the conflict brewing between Jesus and the religious leaders in our passage tonight. The leaders want to trip Jesus up so they can arrest him. Jesus is honest and clever, as we see.
God bless,
Sam
Luke 20:20-26
20So they watched him and sent spies who
pretended to be honest, in order to trap him by what he said, so as to hand him
over to the jurisdiction and authority of the governor. 21So they
asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and
you show deference to no one, but teach the way of God in accordance with
truth. 22Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?” 23But
he perceived their craftiness and said to them, 24“Show me a
denarius. Whose head and whose title does it bear?” They said, “The emperor’s.”
25He said to them, “Then give to the emperor the things that are the
emperor’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” 26And they were
not able in the presence of the people to trap him by what he said; and being
amazed by his answer, they became silent.
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