23:13-39
Jesus was not a “soft touch”, and so told the teachers of the Law and the Pharisees the truth about themselves. They were hypocrites. They were (as are we) meant to be people who brought people into the kingdom of God, but instead they kept people out. They would not enter themselves.
They put great effort into keeping people out, even travelling far afield. Far from saving people, they made them worse off.
They claimed to be guides, but were in fact blind guides, having no idea where they were going. They introduced all sorts of rules, but the rules were nonsense. They strained “out a gnat but swallowed a camel”. I.e. They focused on minute details but completely missed the big picture. They cleaned the outside, without paying attention to the inside, i.e. the heart of man.They venerated the prophets of old but were about to kill the Messiah.
Jesus was angry, but also cared for Jerusalem. Indeed He was angry because they were just bringing more misery upon themselves and others.
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