Jesus and religious leaders

Jesus Confronts the religious Leaders – Matt 21:42-46

                Jesus has been in conversation with the chief leaders of the temple.  He has given them, parables and truth on whose authority He speaks on behalf.  He closes off this discussion with a last groups of facts and truth.

1.       The stone the builders rejected is the cornerstone.   The Lord did this and it is wonderful in our eyes.

2.       The Kingdom will be taken away from the Pharisees and given to those who will produce fruit.  Those who fall on this cornerstone will be crushed,

3.       The Pharisees knew that Jesus was talking about them and they were going to arrest Him but they were afraid of the crowds. 

4.       There is a reality and that is that we can be spiritually aware but miss the simplest of truths.  Let us not reject the cornerstone but embrace it.