TSK · Hebrews 12:3

However, fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble.

“A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master.

But when the Pharisees heard this they said,“He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!”

But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts,“Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet.

Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary,“Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves,“Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things,

Healing Again on the Sabbath Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely.

More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

Responding to Jewish Leaders Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him.

So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”

Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him,“We are not blind too, are we?”

The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death.

The World’s Hatred“If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?“My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.