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Each of us has a vision of how we would like our life to be. But sometimes that life can feel out of reach.
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1.
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What stops people from living the life they want?
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Since meeting the widow, Jesus has continued to transform the lives of those on the margins of society. As he has met their needs, he has
gained attention. He has also gained criticism from the religious leaders. We rejoin Jesus as he addresses a crowd.
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Luke 15:1-2
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<sup>1</sup> Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering round to hear Jesus. <sup>2</sup> But the Pharisees and the teachers of
the law muttered, ‘This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.’
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Tax collectors and sinners’ are outcasts, shunned as those who fail to meet society’s ethical and religious expectations. By contrast, the
‘Pharisees and teachers of the law’ are the religious elite, who tirelessly give themselves to God’s law and to ethical living.
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<h3>
2.
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What does Luke tell us about these two groups? What does this suggest about their motivation to come and listen to Jesus?
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Keep these groups in mind as we read on.
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Luke 15:11-12
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<p>
<sup>11</sup> Jesus continued: ‘There was a man who had two sons. <sup>12</sup> The younger one said to his father, “Father, give me my
share of the estate.” So he divided his property between them.
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The son would ordinarily have received his inheritance after the father’s death. To meet the son’s demand, it would have cost the father
financially. It would also have cost him socially. As neighbours looked on, the father would have been left humiliated.
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3.
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What do you think the younger son’s request reveals about how he views his father?
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4.
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How do you imagine the father is left feeling after his son’s request?
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Luke 15:13-19
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<sup>13</sup> ‘Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth
in wild living. <sup>14</sup> After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need.
<sup>15</sup> So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. <sup>16</sup> He
longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.
</p>
<p>
<sup>17</sup> ‘When he came to his senses, he said, “How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to
death! <sup>18</sup> I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
<sup>19</sup> I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired servants.”
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The younger son seeks freedom away from his father, but ends up trapped, ashamed, and hungry. Sitting amongst the pigs, he has hit an
all-time low. And it’s there that the son re-evaluates his decisions and decides to return home.
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5.
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<p>
What mistakes do you think the son can now see he has made?
</p>
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6.
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As the younger son plans to return home, how does he hope to repair his relationship with his father?
</p>
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Luke 15:20-24
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<sup>20</sup> So he got up and went to his father.
</p>
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‘But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms round
him and kissed him.
</p>
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<sup>21</sup> ‘The son said to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.”
</p>
<p>
<sup>22</sup> ‘But the father said to his servants, “Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and sandals on
his feet. <sup>23</sup> Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. 24 For this son of mine was dead and is
alive again; he was lost and is found.” So they began to celebrate.
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7.
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Imagine the son as he spots his father’s house in the distance. What do you think the son’s appearance is like? What do you think he is
feeling?
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8.
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How do the son’s expectations of his father contrast with what actually happens? What does this tell us about how the father views his son?
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The father is so overjoyed that he throws a lavish party. All his actions communicate to his son, and to those watching, that he is
forgiven and welcome at the family table.
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Luke 15:25-32
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<sup>25</sup> ‘Meanwhile, the elder son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. <sup>26</sup> So he
called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. <sup>27</sup> “Your brother has come,” he replied, “and your father has killed
the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.”
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<sup>28</sup> ‘The elder brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. <sup>29</sup> But he
answered his father, “Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young
goat so I could celebrate with my friends. <sup>30</sup> But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes
home, you kill the fattened calf for him!”
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<sup>31</sup> ‘“My son,” the father said, “you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. <sup>32</sup> But we had to celebrate
and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.”’
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Jesus now draws our attention to the older son.
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9.
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Why do you think the older brother responds as he does? Do you think his response is reasonable?
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10.
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Read verse 29. What does this reveal about how the older son views his relationship with his father? What does he fail to see?
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The younger son shamed the father by running away. Now the older son shames him by refusing to come in and join the party. Given how they
have treated their father, neither son is worthy of a seat at the banquet.
</p>
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At the beginning of the story, the rebellious younger son is more obviously lost. Yet as the story closes, it is the older son who is in
greater danger of being alienated from his father. He is lost.
</p>
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But in his compassion, the father goes out to both sons. He wants them at his banquet.
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11.
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Jesus is saying that this father represents God. How does the father compare with what you imagine God to be like?
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Jesus speaks to a crowd of younger sons (rebellious tax collectors) and older sons (hard-working Pharisees).
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Both groups are lost. They both believe they will find real life away from God.
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We are invited to see ourselves in these two groups. Like the tax collectors we look for freedom away from God. Or like the Pharisees,
rather than simply accepting God’s love, we think we can earn it by our own work. Whatever form it takes, our resistance dishonours the God
we were made to know.
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Which of the two groups in the crowd do you relate to more?
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Jesus is making a bold statement. He says that apart from God, we can never know true life.
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Instead, we find true life and freedom when we ‘come to our senses’ and return home to God. And just like the Father, God will welcome us
back with compassion and celebration, however lost we might be.
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13.
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How does it make you feel knowing that God wants to welcome you in this way?
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‘Increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we accept only information, whether true or not, that fits our opinions, instead
of basing our opinions on the evidence that’s out there.’
</p><cite>Barack Obama during his farewell address</cite>
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Obama uses the word ‘bubble’ to refer to a situation that is isolated from reality, in which you only experience opinions you agree with,
or people who are similar to you.
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Do you see any evidence of this in people today? To what extent do you feel you live in a ‘bubble’?
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The Jews of Jesus’ day were fed up with life under Roman occupation and were looking for change. ‘No king but God!’ was the religious and
politically charged slogan on the streets. Someday soon, they believed, the promised Messiah – the saviour king – would come to bring
justice and deliverance for Israel.
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But everyone agreed that before that time came there would need to be spiritual reform. Religious laws, holy days and fasts must be
strictly observed. Before they could hope for God’s rescue they must prove to God, by their religious observances, that they were worthy of
it.
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<p>
In Mark’s next set of quick-fire snapshots, we meet the Pharisees – a highly respected religious group. Of all the Jewish groups, they are
the most committed to keeping the laws and the most earnest in their desire to see God’s kingdom come. How will they respond to Jesus? He
claims to be the very one they are waiting for, but, as will become clear, he doesn’t exactly fit their profile.
</p>
<p>
Will they be open to having their ideas challenged, or will they react in defence of their traditions?
</p>
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<sup>1</sup> A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. <sup>2</sup> They gathered in
such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. <sup>3</sup> Some men came,
bringing to him a paralysed man, carried by four of them. <sup>4</sup> Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they
made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. <sup>5</sup> When Jesus saw
their faith, he said to the paralysed man, ‘Son, your sins are forgiven.’
</p>
<p>
<sup>6</sup> Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, <sup>7</sup> ‘Why does this fellow talk like that?
He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?’
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<p>
<sup>8</sup> Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, ‘Why are you
thinking these things? <sup>9</sup> Which is easier: to say to this paralysed man, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up, take your
mat and walk”? <sup>10</sup> But I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.’ So he said to the man,
<sup>11</sup> ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.’ <sup>12</sup> He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them
all. This amazed everyone and they praised God, saying, ‘We have never seen anything like this!’
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The friends of the paralysed man took extreme measures to get him in front of Jesus! What does this say about their expectations of what
Jesus would do?
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2.
</h3>
<p>
Jesus’ first response wasn’t what they were expecting (verse 5). How might the paralysed man and his friends have reacted to what Jesus
said? How might Jesus’ words have challenged their understanding of what was most important?
</p>
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<p>
Mark doesn’t record the response of the paralysed man. Instead, he focuses on the reaction of the religious scholars who were present in
the crowd.
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<h3>
3.
</h3>
<p>
Blasphemy means making a mockery of God, and religious people see it as one of the worst sins. Why were the teachers of the law so offended
by Jesus’ words?
</p>
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<h3>
4.
</h3>
<p>
Consider Jesus’ question to the Pharisees (verse 9). How did Jesus demonstrate his authority to do what only God can do? What do you make
of this claim?
</p>
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<p>
The next controversy is over Jesus’ social circle. Tax officials worked for the Roman occupiers in taxing their fellow Jews. As a result
they were hated as traitors to their people and to God. Furthermore, they were well known for their corruption and greed.
</p>
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<h3 class="reference">
Mark 2:13-17
</h3>
<p>
<sup>13</sup> Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him, and he began to teach them. <sup>14</sup> As he walked
along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. ‘Follow me,’ Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.
</p>
<p>
<sup>15</sup> While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for
there were many who followed him. <sup>16</sup> When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax
collectors, they asked his disciples: ‘Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?’
</p>
<p>
<sup>17</sup> On hearing this, Jesus said to them, ‘It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. I have not come to call
the righteous, but sinners.’
</p>
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5.
</h3>
<p>
In that society, sharing a meal was of deep social significance. Every religious Jew knew who they were allowed to eat with and who they
weren’t. What point was Jesus making by eating with Levi and his friends (verse 17)?
</p>
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6.
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Why do you think it mattered to the Pharisees who Jesus was friends with?
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7.
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Jesus’ reply had a strong hint of sarcasm. How was he challenging the Pharisees’ attitudes?
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The next dispute arises because Jesus and his friends are not fasting like other groups. People fasted to show they were sorry for their
sin, in the hope that God would forgive them and restore his favour. Jesus’ response is at first puzzling and then shocking in its
implications…
</p>
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Mark 2:18-22
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<p>
<sup>18</sup> Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, ‘How is it that John’s disciples and
the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?’
</p>
<p>
<sup>19</sup> Jesus answered, ‘How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with
them. <sup>20</sup> But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.
</p>
<p>
<sup>21</sup> ‘No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the
tear worse. <sup>22</sup> And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the
wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.’
</p>
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<p>
One of the most daring images used in the Jewish Bible to describe God’s relationship with his people was that of a loving husband
separated from an unfaithful wife. Despite their repeated betrayals, God had promised to one day forgive his people and restore the
relationship forever:
</p>
<p>
‘“In that day,” declares the Lord, “you will call me ‘My Husband’ … I will betroth you to me forever”’ (Hosea 2:16 and 19).
</p>
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8.
</h3>
<p>
Considering this background, what might Jesus be claiming about himself in verse 19?
</p>
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9.
</h3>
<p>
Jesus follows this with two images highlighting the mistake of trying to make new things fit in with old worn-out structures (verses
21–22). What point could Jesus be making to his religious critics?
</p>
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<p>
The next issue is the Sabbath. This was a Jewish holy day, which involved complete rest from work. This day of rest each week was meant to
be a foretaste of a future time when hardship, suffering and sadness would end and the world would experience true rest forever.
</p>
<p>
For the Pharisees, however, the Sabbath had become, like fasting, yet another way of proving themselves to God. In the story before this
(Mark 2:23–28) Jesus had boldly claimed to be ‘Lord of the Sabbath’. Was he the one who would at last bring true rest to a hurting world?
</p>
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Mark 3:1-6
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<sup>1</sup> Another time Jesus went into the synagogue, and a man with a shrivelled hand was there. <sup>2</sup> Some of them were looking
for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. <sup>3</sup> Jesus said to the man
with the shrivelled hand, ‘Stand up in front of everyone.’
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<sup>4</sup> Then Jesus asked them, ‘Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?’ But they remained
silent.
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<sup>5</sup> He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, ‘Stretch out your hand.’
He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. <sup>6</sup> Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians
how they might kill Jesus.
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10.
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Jesus is reluctant to be known as a miracle worker (see study A), yet this healing is both very public and deliberately controversial. What
reasons might Jesus have had for healing on the Sabbath?
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11.
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The Pharisees refuse to answer Jesus’ question (verse 4). How does Jesus respond to their silence?
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Jesus’ challenge to the Pharisees results in their making plans with the political authorities (the Herodians) to see Jesus destroyed.
Jesus was saving a life; they were plotting to kill.
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12.
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How would you summarise what Jesus is claiming about himself through these snapshots? Why do you think it was so hard for the Pharisees to
accept?
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<strong>What does this mean for us?</strong>
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Jesus was exploding the categories and expectations of his day. By forgiving sins and welcoming those seen as unholy, Jesus was doing what
only God had the right to do. By replacing fasts with feasting and using the Sabbath for healing, Jesus was refocusing humanity’s hopes for
a better world upon himself. The Pharisees could see what was at stake. It just couldn’t be true. Jesus had to be silenced.
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13.
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What do you think is the difference between honest doubt about new ideas and a stubborn reluctance to change one’s beliefs?
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14.
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How would Jesus challenge your own beliefs and priorities, if what he claimed were true?
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