Chapter VIII: 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.