Woes

“Jesus preaches one last time to the massive Passover crowd, and the religious leaders try to trap him in his words.”

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Scriptures

Matthew 25:14-18, Matthew 21:23-27, and 21 more

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John 14:1-31

00:22-06:06

Jesus tells his disciples about his departure and the coming of the Holy Spirit during a flash forward to the Last Supper.
1. 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2. 2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
5. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6. 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8. 8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9. 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10. 10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
12. 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13. 13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14. 14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15. 15 ¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.
16. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17. 17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18. 18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
19. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
20. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
21. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
22. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
23. 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
24. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
25. 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
26. 26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
27. 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28. 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
29. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
30. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
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Matthew 21:13

06:29-06:35

Jesus quotes Isaiah 56:7 and Jeremiah 7:11 while cleansing the temple marketplace.
1. And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
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Psalm 69:9

06:38-06:41

Jesus quotes 'Zeal for your house shall consume me' during the temple cleansing.
1. For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
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John 2:19

07:41-07:45

Jesus tells the religious leaders, 'Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.'
1. Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
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Matthew 21:9

08:16-08:24

The crowds chant 'Hosanna to the Son of David' as Jesus cleanses the temple.
1. And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
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Jeremiah 38:6

09:51-09:58

Shmuel references Jeremiah being lowered into a cistern as punishment for prophesying the temple's destruction.
1. Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
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Exodus 12:5

13:10-13:21

Market vendors discuss the requirement for Passover lambs to be without spot or blemish.
1. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
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Matthew 7:7

14:40-14:42

Jesus says 'Maybe he who seeks shall find' to Zee.
1. ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
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Matthew 25:14-18

25:46-26:25

Jesus begins the Parable of the Talents while speaking to the children and his disciples.
1. 14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
2. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.
3. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
4. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
5. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
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Matthew 21:23-27

27:32-28:56

Religious leaders question Jesus' authority, and he responds with a question about John the Baptist's baptism.
1. 23 ¶ And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?
2. 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
3. 25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
4. 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
5. 27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
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Matthew 21:33-41

29:08-31:52

Jesus tells the Parable of the Tenants to the religious leaders and the crowd.
1. 33 ¶ Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
2. 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
3. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
4. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
5. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
6. 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
7. 39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.
8. 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
9. 41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
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Psalm 118:22

32:00-32:06

Jesus quotes the scripture about the stone the builders rejected becoming the cornerstone.
1. The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
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Matthew 22:17-21

33:59-36:40

Jesus is questioned about paying taxes to Caesar and gives his 'Render unto Caesar' response.
1. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
2. 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites?
3. 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
4. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
5. 21 They say unto him, Cæsar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
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Matthew 25:18

37:38-37:46

Jesus continues the Parable of the Talents after being interrupted by the religious leaders.
1. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.
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Matthew 22:36-40

38:22-38:47

Jesus identifies the greatest commandment as loving God and the second as loving one's neighbor.
1. 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
2. 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
3. 38 This is the first and great commandment.
4. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
5. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
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Matthew 23:1-33

39:00-41:08

Jesus delivers a series of 'Woes' against the scribes and Pharisees in the temple courts.
1. 1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
2. 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat:
3. 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
4. 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
5. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
6. 6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
7. 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8. 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
9. 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
10. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
11. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
12. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
13. 13 ¶ But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
14. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
15. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
16. 16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
17. 17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18. 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
19. 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
20. 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
21. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
22. 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23. 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
24. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
25. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
26. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
27. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
28. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
30. 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
31. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
32. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
33. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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Matthew 23:37-39

41:45-42:15

Jesus laments over Jerusalem, saying he would have gathered her children as a hen gathers her brood.
1. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
2. 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
3. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
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Matthew 24:1-2

43:10-43:19

Jesus predicts that not one stone of the temple buildings will be left upon another.
1. 1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
2. 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
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Zechariah 14:4

45:13-45:20

Peter mentions Zechariah's prophecy that the Messiah would appear on the Mount of Olives at the end of the age.
1. ¶ And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
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Matthew 24:3-14

46:00-48:47

Jesus describes the signs of the end of the age and the coming of the Son of Man to his disciples on the Mount of Olives.
1. 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
2. 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
3. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
4. 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
5. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
6. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
7. 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
8. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
9. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
10. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
11. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
12. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
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Matthew 24:36

48:48-49:07

Jesus tells his disciples that no one knows the day or hour of the end except the Father.
1. ¶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
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Luke 19:41-42

51:41-52:08

Jesus weeps over Jerusalem and speaks of the things that make for peace.
1. 41 ¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
2. 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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Psalm 5:7-11

52:23-54:15

The lyrics of the closing song are taken from David's prayer in Psalm 5.
1. 7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
2. 8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
3. 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.
4. 10 Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
5. 11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

Woes

Scriptures

John 14:1-31

Matthew 21:13

Psalm 69:9

John 2:19

Matthew 21:9

Jeremiah 38:6

Exodus 12:5

Matthew 7:7

Matthew 25:14-18

Matthew 21:23-27

Matthew 21:33-41

Psalm 118:22

Matthew 22:17-21

Matthew 25:18

Matthew 22:36-40

Matthew 23:1-33

Matthew 23:37-39

Matthew 24:1-2

Zechariah 14:4

Matthew 24:3-14

Matthew 24:36

Luke 19:41-42

Psalm 5:7-11