ON SUNDAY, the day after the anointing in Bethany, Jesus went on to Jerusalem. He was accompanied by cheering throngs who had heard of the resurrection of Lazarus, and His entry into the city was in the nature of a triumphal procession. That day He preached in the temple, received a delegation of Gentiles, and addressed a final exhortation to the people, a speech which was followed by the confirming voice of the Father, thundering from the heavens. After spending the night in Bethany, He returned to Jerusalem Monday morning and drove from the temple the vendors and money-changers who were turning the holy place into a business center. In the evening He again retired to Bethany.
On Tuesday He returned to Jerusalem, where His enemies beset Him with tests and challenges: the Scribes and priests brought up the question of His authority, the Pharisees proposed the enigma of the morality of Roman taxation, and the Sadducees probed His beliefs on the resurrected life. These questions occasioned several parables (the Vine-dressers, the Marriage Feast) and also a terrible denunciation of the Scribes and Pharisees. In the late afternoon He went with the disciples to Mount Olivet to spend the night in prayer. As they sat on the hillside, He warned them of the need for watchfulness both against the dangers of the imminent future and the final judgment of this world, punctuating His prophecies with the parables of the Fig Tree, the Wise and Foolish Virgins, and the Talents. On Wednesday, as the Council of the Jews met to discuss plans for seizing and executing Jesus, Judas presented himself and contracted to betray his Master to them.
The Triumphal Entry Into Jerusalem
Matthew 21:1-11 | Matthew 21:14-16 | Mark 11:1-11 | Luke 19:29-44 | John 12:12-19 | Zechariah 9:9-13
A Final Exhortation | John 12:20-36
Jesus Cleanses The Temple
Matthew 21:12-13 | Mark 11:15-19 | Luke 19:45-48 | John 2:12-25
Jesus Curses A Fig Tree
Matthew 21:17-22 | Mark 11:11-14 | Mark 11:19-26
Pharisee & Publican
Luke 18:14 | 1 Kings 2:8 | Proverbs 11:2 | Proverbs 16:19 | Matthew 5:3 | Matthew 11:29 | Matthew 18:4 | Matthew 23:11 | Philippians 2:3 | James 1:9-10
The Authority of Jesus
Matthew 21:23-27 | Mark 11:27-33 | Luke 20:1-8
Three Parables
Matthew 21:28-22:14 | Mark 12:1-2 | Luke 20:9-19
Further Questions of Christ’s Enemies
Matthew 22:15-40 | Mark 12:13-34 | Luke 20:20-39
Jesus Rebukes The Scribes and Pharisees
Matthew 22:41-23:49 | Mark 12:35-40 | Luke 20:40-47
The Widow’s Mite: Christ’s Ministry
Mark 12:41-44 | Luke 21:1-4 | John 12:38-50
Watch and Pray
Matthew 10:17-24 | Matthew 24:1-4 | Mark 13:1-9 | Luke 21:5-36
Parables of Vigilance
Matthew 25:1-30 Luke 19:11-27
The Last Judgment | Matthew 25:31-46
The Council and The Betrayal
Matthew 26:1-5 | Matthew 26:14-16 | Matthew 27:3-10 | Mark 14:1-2 | Mark 14:10-11 | Luke 21:37-38 | Luke 22:1-6 | Zechariah 11:10-17
Information from The Life of Christ “Our Lord’s Life with Lesson in His Own Words for Our Life Today” The Catholic Press, Inc. 1959 © 1954 edited by Reverend John P. O’Connell, MASTD and Jex Martin, following mainly A Chronological Harmony of the Gospels by Stephen J Hartdegen OFM NIHIL OBSTAT John A McMahon; IMPRIMATUR Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago August 1, 1953. Print.