Interrupted Teaching   Luke 13:10-21

This post explains what Jesus meant after His interrupted teaching.

‘Interrupted Teaching’ as a post discusses hypocrisy and the size of the kingdom.

As Jesus journeyed, He taught in the synagogues, often on the Sabbath. Once, He observed a women bent over, Luke 13:12-13.

“When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you… freed from your disability.” And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she…made straight, and she glorified God.”

Everyone should rejoice after this wonderful miracle. Not so. The unhappy ruler of the synagogue told the people to come on some day besides the Sabbath for healing. Note, by his statement, this ruler acknowledged Jesus’ power to heal.

Jesus calls him a hypocrite because the Jews watered their animals on the Sabbath and did not consider it sinful. Jesus pointed this out and said that the woman was superior to an animal and  should have been released from Satan’ binding. This lesser to greater comparison shows the woman of more value than the animals.

This brought happiness, Luke 13:17. “As he said these things, all his adversaries were put to shame, and all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.”

Then, Jesus used this occasion and good feeling by the people to add a comparison, Luke 13:18-19.

“… the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It…like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden, and it grew and became a tree, and the birds of the air made nests in its branches…

… like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was l all leavened.”

 Possibly, His audience had a false expectation about the future kingdom of God and expected it to form a Jewish army and defeat the Romans. Not so.

1) It would start small like a tiny seed and grow to a large tree that would provide shelter and comfort for people.

2) It would grow silently like leaven and spread everywhere.

So, what did we learn?

1.Jesus branded hypocrisy accurately.

2.The kingdom will begin small, grow large, and quietly affect everyone.

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