PART XI: THE LAST PUBLIC MINISTRY IN JERUSALEM

SECTIONS 128-138 Sect. 128a: JESUS ARRIVES AT BETHANY NEAR JERUSALEM John 11:55-12:1, 9-11. Sect. 128b: HIS TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM AS THE MESSIAH Mark 11:1-11; Matt. 21:1-11, 14-17; Luke 19:29-44; John 12:12-19. Sect. 129: THE BARREN FIG TREE CURSED, AND THE SECOND CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE (COMP. SECT. 31) Mark 11:12-18; Matt. 21:18-19, 12-13; Luke 19:45-48. Sect. 130: THE DESIRE OF SOME GREEKS TO SEE JESUS PUZZLES THE DISCIPLES AND LEADS JESUS IN AGITATION OF SOUL TO INTERPRET LIFE AND DEATH AS SACRIFICE AND TO SHOW HOW BY BEING "LIFTED UP" HE WILL DRAW ALL MEN TO HIM John 12:20-50. Sect. 131: THE BARREN FIG TREE FOUND TO HAVE WITHERED Mark 11:19-25; Matt. 21:19-22; Luke 21:37-38. Sect. 132: THE RULERS (SANHEDRIN) FORMALLY CHALLENGE THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS AS AN ACCREDITED TEACHER (RABBI) Mark 11:27-12:12; Matt. 21:23-22:14; Luke 20:1-19. Sect. 133: THE PHARISEES AND THE HERODIANS TRY TO ENSNARE JESUS ABOUT PAYING TRIBUTE TO CAESAR Mark 12:13-17; Matt. 22:15-22; Luke 20:20-26. Sect. 134: THE SADDUCEES ASK HIM A PUZZLING QUESTION ABOUT THE RESURRECTION Mark 12:18-27; Matt. 22:23-33; Luke 20:27-40. Sect. 135: THE PHARISEES REJOICE OVER THE ROUT OF THE SADDUCEES AND A PHARISAIC LAWYER ASKS JESUS A LEGAL QUESTION Mark 12:28-34; Matt. 22:34-40. Sect. 136: JESUS, TO THE JOY OF THE MULTITUDE, SILENCES HIS ENEMIES BY THE PERTINENT QUESTION OF THE MESSIAH'S DESCENT FROM DAVID AND LORDSHIP OVER DAVID Mark 12:35-37; Matt. 22:41-46; Luke 20:41-44. Sect. 137: IN HIS LAST PUBLIC DISCOURSE, JESUS SOLEMNLY DENOUNCES THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES (COMP. SECT. 107) Mark 12:38-40; Matt. 23:1-39; Luke 20:45-47. Sect. 138: JESUS CLOSELY OBSERVES THE CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE TEMPLE, AND COMMENDS THE POOR WIDOW'S GIFT Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:1-4.