Now Joshua was old and advanced in years, and YHVH said to him, You are old and advanced in years, and there remains yet very much land to possess.
Joshua 13:1

The mission of the Kingdom is no one person's work. We all do our part and we live and die and pass the task on to the next in line. This is how it's supposed to work.

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WORD FOR TODAY “the perfect and imperfect must become one”: Isa 7:14 "Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel.

WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 17:5 He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished.

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PART 11 B

THE METAMORPHOSIS

After six days Yeshua took Kefa, Ya'akov and Yochanan. He led them up into a high mountain to pray alone. {The high mountain close to Caesarea-Philippi is called Hermon.} Kefa and the two brothers went sound asleep. Suddenly they awoke and saw Yeshua change His image by way of metamorphosis. His garments started flashing and burning like a phosphorus flame, becoming tremendously white like snow, as no cloth maker on earth could whiten them, because they glowed with light. His face became as bright as the sun. Then there appeared in the glory two men, Eliyahu and Moshe. They talked with Yeshua about his coming death to be accomplished at Yerushalayim. As Eliyahu and Moshe were departing from Yeshua, Kefa spoke up, "Rabbi Yeshua! Adonai! It is good for us to be here. Allow us to make three Succot [temporary dwellings/tabernacles], one for you and one for Moshe and one for Eliyahu." He was frightened and did not know what he was saying. There was a cloud engulfing them and a voice came out of the cloud and said, "This is my beloved Son, my Chosen One, in whom I am well pleased! Listen to Him!" Then the disciples fell on their faces and were even more frightened. Yeshua came and touched them and said, "Get up and do not be afraid." Then looking around, they saw no one there except Yeshua and themselves.

ELIYAHU AND MOSHIACH

As they came down from the mountain, Yeshua charged them that they should not tell anyone about the things they had seen, until the Son of man was raised from the dead. They kept secret what they had seen, just as Yeshua requested. However, they questioned one-another what the rising from the dead meant. So they asked Yeshua, "Why do some of the Soferim say that Eliyahu must come first, before the resurrection?" Yeshua said, "Eliyahu does come before the resurrection and will restore everything. But isn't it also written that first the Son of man, the Moshiach, must suffer many things and have nothing? I tell you that Eliyahu has already come and they have done to him whatever they desired, as it is written about him."

DEAF AND SPEECHLESS BOY

The next day Yeshua had came down the mountain to His disciples. A great throng surrounded them and some of the Soferim were questioning them. When all the people beheld Yeshua, they were greatly in awe of Him and ran to greet Him. Yeshua asked these Soferim, "What question are you debating?" A man in the crowd answered, "Rabbi, I have brought you my son, who has an unclean spirit which withholds speech. Adonai, have mercy on him! For he is an epileptic and suffers much. Because whenever the spirit takes hold of him, it cries out as it rips through him and throws him down, so that he foams from the mouth and grates his teeth and he has been severely bruised. I brought him to your disciples so that they could cast it out, but they couldn't." Then Yeshua said to him, "Oh untrusting and perverse generation, how much longer will you have Me here? How long will I put up with you? Bring your son to Me." They brought him to Yeshua and when he saw Yeshua, the unclean spirit ripped through him and he fell on the ground, rolling around and foaming at the mouth. Yeshua asked his father, "How long ago did this come into him?" "When he was a child." he said. "Often it has thrown him into the fire and into the waters to destroy him, but if You can do anything, have compassion on us and help us." Yeshua said to him, "If you can trust. All things are possible to the one who trusts." Then the father of the child cried out with tears and said, "Adonai, I do trust. Please help my lack of trust." When Yeshua saw the people running up to watch, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You speechless and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and enter no more into him." The spirit screamed and ripped through him again and came out of him. He laid there like a dead person and many said that he was dead. But Yeshua took him by the hand and pulled him up and gave him back to his father. Everyone was awestruck at the majesty of Elohim. When Yeshua was back in the house His disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast out the unclean spirit?" "This type of thing will not come out except through prayer and fasting," He answered. "And because of your small amount of trust. Amen! I tell you, if you have trust like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Leave here and go over there' and it will go from here and nothing will be impossible to you."

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS SUFFERING

They departed from there and passed through the Galil and He did not want anyone to know it. As they went, while all His disciples were excited about the things He did, Yeshua was teaching them, "The Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men and they will kill him. But when he is killed, he will rise after the third day." They were very sorrowful at this, yet they did not fully understand what He was saying and they were afraid to ask him.

COIN FROM THE FISH

They came again to K'far-Nachum. Then those who collected the contribution for the Mikdash came to Kefa and said, "Doesn't your Rabbi pay the Mikdash tax?" Kefa said, "Yes." When Kefa came into the house, Yeshua stopped him, "What do you think, Shimon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect tribute and customs? From their own children or from strangers?" "From strangers," Kefa answered.
Yeshua said, "Then the children are not obligated. Never-the-less, we should not offend them. Go to the lake and cast a hook. Take the first fish that comes up. When you open its mouth you will find a coin. Take it and give it to them for you and Me."

LIKE LITTLE CHILDREN

Then Yeshua asked the disciples, "What was it that you discussed among yourselves on the way here?"
But they did not reply. On the way they had discussed among themselves who of them should be the greatest. Yeshua knew what they were reasoning in their heart, so He sat down and called the twelve, "If any man desires to be first, that person will be the last of all and the servant of all. Now, who among you is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" Yeshua took a small child and set him in the middle of them and then He stood him by His side and wrapped His arms around him. He said, "Amen! Unless you do t'shuvah and become as little children, you will never even get into the Kingdom of Heaven! Whoever will humble himself as this little child, that person is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever accepts one such child in My Name, accepts Me. Whoever accepts Me, accepts not just Me, but also Him who sent
Me. For the one who is least among you all is the one who is great." Yochanan said, "Rabbi, we saw a person casting out deceiving spirits using your name, but He was not following us, so we stopped him from doing it, because he did not follow us." Yeshua said, "Do not stop him, for there is no one who will do a miracle using My Name, who can easily speak wrongly about Me. For the one who is not against us is on our side. For whoever will give you a cup of water to drink using My Name, because you belong to Moshiach, Amen! I tell you, he will not lose his reward. And whoever causes one of these little ones who trust in Me to be discouraged, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be thrown into the lake. Trouble is coming to the world because of the opportunities to fall! For it is necessary for these opportunities to come, but trouble will be on that one who brings the opportunities! So if your hand causes you to fall, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands and go onto the trash heap, into the fire that never will be put out. Their worm does not die there and the fire never stops. And if your foot causes you to fall, cut it off also. It is better for you to enter into life crippled, than having two feet and to be cast onto the trash heap, into the fire that never will be put out. Their worm does not die there, yet the fire never ends. And even if your own eye causes you to fall, pull it out. It is better for you to enter into the Kingdom of Elohim with one eye, than to have two eyes and to be cast onto the fires of the trash heap, where their worm does not die and the fire is unstoppable. See to it you do not disdain one of these little ones. I tell you, in Heaven their messengers always behold the face of Avi. It is not the will of your Abba in Heaven for any one of these little ones to be destroyed.”

DEALING WITH RELATIONSHIPS

"Every person will be salted with fire, just as every sacrifice is salted with salt. Salt is good, but if the salt loses its saltiness, with what will you season it? So, have salt in yourselves. In this way you will have shalom one with another." {In this way Yeshua showed the meaning of the Covenant of Salt written in the Torah.} "If your brother transgresses against you, go and discuss with him his fault, just you and him in private. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not listen to you, then take along one or two more, that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every word may be confirmed. If your brother will not listen to them, discuss it with the Miqra, but if he will not listen to the Miqra, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. Amen! I tell you again, whoever you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven and whoever you will set free on earth will be set free in Heaven. For, if two of you will agree on the earth in respect to anything that you ask, it will be done for you by Avi in Heaven. For where there are two or three who come together using My Name, I will be there among them."

FORGIVENESS

Kefa asked Yeshua, "Adonai, how often should I forgive my brother's sin against me? Seven times?" Yeshua said, "I do not say seven times, but seventy times seven. Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, which was settling accounts with his servants. When he began to settle the accounts, one servant was brought to him who owed him thousands of pounds of gold. But, since he had nothing to pay, the king commanded him to be sold and his wife and children and all that he had, so payment could be made. Then the servant fell down and worshiped him, saying, 'my adon, have patience with me and I will pay you everything I owe.' Then the adon of that servant was moved with compassion and freed him of the obligation and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow servants, who owed him a hundred coins. He took his fellow servant by the throat and demanded, 'Pay me what you owe me!' And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and implored him, 'Have patience with me and I will pay you all I owe.' But he would not wait, so he went and put his fellow servant in prison until he paid the debt. When his other fellow servants saw what was done, they were grieved and came and told their adon what had happened. Then his adon called him and said, 'Oh you evil servant, I forgave you all your debt because you implored me. Shouldn't you also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I have had pity on you?' His adon was angry and turned him over to the tormentors until he paid all that was owed to him. Avi in Heaven will do the same kind of thing to you, if you do not forgive your brother his transgressions from your heart."

PART 11 A

YESHUA UPHOLDS TORAH OVER TRADITION

Some of the P'rushim and Soferim came from Yerushalayim to see Yeshua. When they saw some of His disciples eating bread before washing their hands, they found fault. The P'rushim and some Yehudim {at that time} washed their hands often or would not eat, to keep the oral tradition which the Zakenim had handed down. When they came from the marketplace they would not eat until they wash. There are many other traditions which they had received and held to, such as washing cups and pots, brass vessels and tables {which were not commanded in the Torah of YHVH}. They asked Yeshua, "Why do your disciples not keep Halakhah according to the tradition handed down by the Zakenim, but rather eat bread before washing their hands?" Yeshua answered, "Yesha'yahu prophesied correctly about you two-faced people, as it is written, 'these people honour Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. For they worship Me in vain, because they teach the injunctions of men as if they were Torah.' Laying aside the commandment of Elohim, you hold to the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups and you do many other things like that. You completely reject the commandment of Elohim in order to keep your own tradition. For Moshe said, 'Honour your father and your mother' and, 'whoever curses his father or mother, let him die.' But you say, if a man says to his father or mother 'I have promised as korban (meaning a gift to Elohim) whatever I could have used to help you,' he shall be free from the responsibility. Then you do not allow him to do any more for his father or his mother. Through your handed down tradition, you are making the permanent Word of Elohim of no consequence. Many other things you do like that."

THE SOURCE OF DEFILEMENT

Yeshua called all the people to Him and said, "Everyone shema Me now and understand. There is nothing that is outside a person that by entering into him can make him unclean. Rather, it is those things which come out of a person which makes him unclean." {This lesson by Yeshua spoke about what went inside a person when hands were not washed, not about what was good for food.} Yeshua's disciples came and asked Him, "Do you know some of the P'rushim were offended after they heard you say this?" "Every plant which Avi in Heaven has not planted shall be uprooted," answered Yeshua. "Leave them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch. If anyone has ears to shema, let him understand." When Yeshua had entered the house and was away from the people, Kefa and the disciples asked Him, "Please explain this parable to us." Yeshua responded, "Are you also without understanding? Do you not perceive either? Whatever is outside and enters into a person cannot make him unclean, because it does not enter into his heart, but goes into his stomach and goes out into the latrine, cleansing the food. But, that which comes out of a man makes him unclean. For from within, out of the heart of mankind, proceeds evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual perversions, murders, thievery, greed, depravity, deceit, disobedience, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and make a person unclean." {By this Yeshua declared what made a person unclean within, but He was not making unclean animals right for consumption. For the eternal Word of Elohim had pronounced them unclean. To knowingly eat them is disobedience and disobedience is one thing He said that makes a person unclean.}

CRUMBS

Yeshua arose from there and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house and wanted to keep it secret, but He could not hide anywhere. A certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard about Him and came and fell at His feet. The woman was a Greek speaking Canaanite pagan, of Syro-phoenician nationality. She implored Yeshua to cast the deceiving spirit out of her daughter, saying, "O Adonai, son of David, my daughter is greatly tormented by a deceiving spirit." However, Yeshua did not answer her at all. Then His disciples begged Him, "Send her away, for now she cries to us." Yeshua said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Yisrael." Then she came again and worshiped Him saying, "Adonai, help me!" Yeshua said to her, "Let the children receive food first, for it is not correct to take the children's bread and throw it to the puppies." "Yes, Adonai," she answered. "Yet even the puppies under Adonai's table eat the crumbs the children drop." Yeshua said, "Oh woman, you have great trust. Because you have said this, go on now, the deceiving spirit has gone out of your daughter just as you wanted." Her daughter was healed that moment. When she came home she found her daughter sitting up in bed and the deceiving spirit had gone.

SALIVA USED TO HEAL SPEECH

Departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, Yeshua travelled through the ten city district of Syria and came back to the area of Lake Kinneret of the Galil. He went up into the hills and sat there and great crowds came to Him again. They brought along those who were crippled, blind, speechless, tormented and many others and put them down at Yeshua's feet and He healed them. When they saw Yeshua make the speechless to talk, the tormented to be free, the crippled to walk and the blind to see, the crowds were overwhelmed with amazement and they glorified the Elohim of Yisrael. They brought Him a person who was deaf and had a speech impediment and asked Him to put His hands on him. But, He took this person away from the crowd and put His fingers into his ears. Then He spit and touched his tongue with it. Looking up to Heaven, Yeshua sighed and said to him, "Hippatach!" (That is, "Be opened!") Instantly, his deaf ears were opened and his tongue was freed, so he spoke clearly. Yeshua instructed the people not to share this with anyone, but the more He told them to be silent, the more they broadcast what had happened. And, they said with astonishment, "He has done everything that is good. He makes the deaf hear and the speechless talk."

FOUR THOUSAND FED

In those days the crowd became very large and they had nothing to eat. So, Yeshua called His disciples and said, "I have compassion for this crowd of people, because they have been with me three days without anything to eat. And if I send them away fasting to their homes they will become exhausted on the way, for many of them live a distance away." His disciples said, "From what source can a person get enough bread for these people here in this deserted place?" Yeshua asked them "How many loaves do you have?" "Seven," they said. Yeshua ordered the people to sit down on the ground. He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to His disciples to distribute to all the people and they did. They also had a few small fish, so He gave the B'racha, blessing Elohim and instructed for the fish to be distributed also. They all ate until they were full. There were about four thousand people who ate. Afterward, seven baskets full of leftovers were collected. Then He sent them home.

ABOUT SIGN SEEKERS

Yeshua entered into a boat with His disciples and came into the area of Dalmanuta and Magadan. Some P'rushim and Tzaddikim came out and began to question Him. As a test, they asked Him to show them a sign from Heaven. Yeshua sighed deeply with His Ruach and said, "Why does this generation seek after a sign? Amen, I have told you, there will be no expected sign given to this generation. When it is evening you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' In the morning you say, 'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and gloomy.' Oh you two-faced, you can discern the appearance of the sky; but you can't discern the signs of the times? An evil and adulterous generation wants a sign, but no sign will be given to it, except the sign of the Prophet Yonah." {Yonah means a dove.}

THE DISCIPLES FORGET

He left them. Entering into the boat again, He departed to the other side of the lake. Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread along. They only had one loaf left in the boat. Yeshua began to instruct them, saying, "Be careful and beware of the yeast of the P'rushim and of the leaven of Herod in the Tzaddikim." {For the Tzaddikim were the false Kohanim and they were under Herod's influence.} So they reasoned among themselves, saying, "He says this because we have no bread." When Yeshua knew about it, He said to them, "Why do you reason that way simply because you do not have bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still callous? Can you not see, even though you have eyes? Can you not shema, even though you have ears? Have you also forgotten? When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect?" They answered, "Twelve." "And when the seven loaves were distributed among four thousand, how many baskets full of leftovers did you collect?" He asked. They said, "Seven." "Why don't you don't understand that I was not speaking about bread?" Yeshua repeated, "Beware of the yeast of the P'rushim and Tzaddikim." Then they understood that Yeshua did not warn them about yeast in bread, but rather about the teaching of the P'rushim and Tzaddikim.

SALIVA USED TO HEAL BLINDNESS

They came to Beit-Tzaida again. A blind man was brought to Yeshua for Him to touch Him. Yeshua took the blind man by the hand and led him all the way out of town. Then He put spit on his eyes and placed his hands on them and asked the man if he could see anything. The man looked up and said, "I see men that look like trees walking." Yeshua put His hands on his eyes again and made him look up and the man was restored fully and saw everyone clearly. Then He sent him away to his house, saying, "Do not go back into town or tell it to anyone in town."

KEFA CONFESSES MOSHIACH

Yeshua and His disciples left there to go into the towns of Caesarea Philippi {on the northern border of Yisrael.} On the way He asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" They answered, "Yochanan, the Immerser, but some also say Eliyahu and others say one of the prophets." He asked them, "Now whom do you say that I am?" Kefa answered, "You are the Moshiach of Elohim!" Yeshua said to him, "You are blessed Shimon, son of Yonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but rather Avi in Heaven, He has revealed it to you. And I tell you, you are Kefa [a modest stone]." Then Yeshua {pointing to Himself} said, "But it is upon this Tzur [Large Rock], that I will build my Miqra [Called Out] and the gates of sheol will not overpower them. And I will give all of you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. Whoever you will bind up on Earth will be bound in Heaven and whoever you will lose on Earth will be loosed in Heaven." {In this way Yeshua told them that His followers will do as He has done, binding up the broken-hearted and freeing the captives.} Then He commanded His disciples that they should not tell anyone that He was the Moshiach.

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS SUFFERING

Yeshua began to teach them that, "The Son of man must go to Yerushalayim and suffer many things and be rejected by Zakenim and chief Kohanim and Soferim and be killed and after three days rise from the dead." He spoke this openly, so Kefa took Yeshua aside and began to argue with Him, "Adonai, have mercy, this will never happen to you!" Yeshua turned away from him, looked at His disciples and then rebuked Kefa by saying, "You get behind me, Adversary! Because you do not have affection for the things that belong to Elohim, but only for the things of mankind." Then Yeshua called all the people to Him along with His disciples and He said, "Whoever will follow Me, let him disown himself and take up his execution stake and accompany Me. For whoever will protect his life will destroy it; but whoever will destroy his life for Me and My message will protect it. For what would it benefit a person if he gains the entire universe, yet loses his mind? What would a man give in exchange for his mind? Therefore, whoever will be ashamed of Me and of My Words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Abba with the holy messengers. Then He will do to everyone what he deserves, according to his actions. Amen! I tell you, some standing here will not taste death, until they see the Son of man as Elohim in His Kingdom with power."

PART 10 B

YESHUA WALKS ON WATER

Immediately, Yeshua constrained His disciples to get into the ship and go to the other side ahead of Him to Beit-Tzaida, while He sent away the people and departed up a mountain to pray. When night arrived the ship was in the middle of the lake and Yeshua was alone on the land. He saw them having trouble rowing because the wind was against them. About the fourth watch of the night Yeshua came out to them walking on the lake and began to pass them by. They all saw him walking on the water and thought it was a ghost, so they screamed. "Be cheerful and do not be afraid." He said. "It is I!" As He went to them into the ship the wind stopped and they were overwhelmingly amazed and confused. They did not consider the distribution of the loaves because their heart was hardened.

PEOPLE TOUCH THE TZITZIT

When they reached the other side of Lake Kinneret, they docked on the shore. As they were coming out of the ship, the people recognized Yeshua and immediately ran throughout the whole region around there. They began to carry around the beds of those who were sick to the places they heard Yeshua was. Whatever villages, cities or countryside He entered; they laid the sick in the streets and begged Him to allow them to touch at least the Tzitzit of His Tallit. Then, all who touched Him were healed completely.

BREAD OF LIFE CONTROVERSY

The day after that, the people who stood on the other side of the lake saw that there was no other boat there except the one which His disciples entered. But Yeshua did not go with his disciples into the boat, so His disciples had left without Him. Then they also took boats (for other boats from Tiberias had arrived) and came to K'far-Nachum looking for Yeshua. When they found Him on the other side of the lake, they inquired of Him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?” Yeshua responded, "Amen, amen! I tell you, you do not seek me because you saw the miracles, but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures into eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. Abba Elohim has certified Him.” “What should we do, so we can also do the works of Elohim?" they asked. "This is the work of Elohim, that you trust Him who He has sent," Yeshua answered. They said, "What sign do You show then, so we can see and trust You? What work do You do? Our fathers ate manna in the desert, as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" "Amen, amen!" Yeshua declared. "I tell you, Moshe did not give you that bread from heaven, but Avi gives you the remembrance bread from Heaven. For the Bread of Elohim is He who comes down from Heaven and gives life to the world." They said, "Adonai, from now on give us this bread." "I am the Bread of life. The one who comes to me will never hunger and the one who trusts in me will never thirst," Yeshua instructed. "But I told you that you have seen Me, yet you do not trust. All who Abba gives to Me will come to Me and the one who comes to Me I will never refuse. For I came down from Heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is Abba's will, the One who has sent Me, that I will not lose anyone He has given to Me, but will raise him up again at the last day. This is also the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and trusts in Him, may have eternal life and I will raise them up at the last day." Some leaders of the Yehudim murmured at Him, because He said, "I am the Bread who came down from Heaven." They said, "Is this not Yeshua, the son of Yosef, whose father and mother we know? Why does he say then that he came down from Heaven?" Yeshua said to them, "Do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to Me unless Abba who has sent me draws him and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, 'And they shall be all taught by Elohim. Therefore, everyone who has heard and has learned of Abba comes to me. No one has seen Abba, except He who is of Elohim. He has seen Abba. Amen, amen! I tell you, the one who trusts in me has eternal life. I am that Bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness but are now dead. I am the Bread who comes down from Heaven which a man can eat and not die. I am the living Bread which came down from Heaven. If any man consumes this Bread he will live forever. And the Bread which I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." Those leaders of Yehudim fumed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us flesh to eat?" Then Yeshua said to them, "Amen, amen! I tell you, unless you consume the flesh of the Son of man and partake of His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever consumes my flesh and partakes of my blood has eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed and My blood is libation indeed. He who consumes My flesh and partakes of My blood dwells in Me and I in him. As the living Abba has sent Me and I live by Abba, so the one who consumes Me, even he shall live by Me. This is that bread which came down from heaven {Yeshua pointed to Himself}. It is not the same as your fathers did in eating the manna and are now dead. The one who consumes this bread will live forever." Yeshua said these things while teaching in the synagogue of K'far-Nachum. Many of his disciples, when they had heard it said, "This is a hard saying; who can shema it?” When Yeshua knew in Himself that His disciples murmured at it, He said to them, "Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of man ascend up to where he was before? It is the Ruach {HaKodesh} who gives life. The flesh adds nothing. The words which I speak to you are the Ruach {HaKodesh} and life. But there are some of you who do not trust." For Yeshua knew from the beginning who they were who did not trust and who would betray Him. So He said, "I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is given to him by Avi." From that time many of His disciples departed and walked no longer with Him. Then Yeshua said to the twelve, "Will you go away also?" Shimon Kefa answered, "Adonai, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life. We trust and are sure that You are the Moshiach, the Son of the living Elohim.” Yeshua answered them, "Didn't I choose all twelve of you, yet one of you is a deceiving spirit?" He spoke concerning Yehudah Kir'yot son of Shimon, because it was he who would betray Yeshua, as one of the twelve.

PART 10 A

SECOND REJECTION AT NATZARET

Yeshua left there and came into His own area again and His disciples followed Him. When the
Shabbat arrived He began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard Him that day were astonished, saying, "Where did this person get these ideas? What wisdom is this which has been given to him and how are such mighty deeds produced through his hands? Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Miryam, the brother of Ya'akov, Yosef, Yehudah and Shimon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" So they were offended with Him. Yeshua told them, "A prophet is not without honour, except in his own country and among his own relatives and in his own house." Therefore He could not do a mighty work, except that He laid His hands upon a few sick people and healed them. He was amazed because of their lack of trust. He continued from there to travel and teach all around in the cities, villages and synagogues. He proclaimed the good news of the Kingdom while healing all kinds of diseases and sicknesses. When He saw the crowds He was moved with compassion on them because they were tired and were scattered all over like sheep which have no shepherd.

SHALIACHIM SENT OUT

He instructed His disciples "Do not forget that the harvest is abundant, but the labourers in it are few. You should pray then that the Adonai of the harvest will send labourers out into His harvest." Yeshua called to His twelve disciples, He gave them authority to remove unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of sicknesses and diseases. Yeshua sent out the twelve and commanded them, "Do not travel the road of the Gentiles or enter any city of Shomron. Rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Yisrael. As you travel preach, declaring that the Kingdom of Heaven is near. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers and raise the dead, cast out deceiving spirits. As freely as you have received, freely share. Prepare no gold or silver or brass in your purses. Don't take a bag of food on your journey or two coats or shoes or even walking canes. Because the labourer is worthy of his food. Into whatever city or town you enter inquire there who in it is trustworthy and stay there until you depart. When you enter a house greet it honourably. If the house is trustworthy let your shalom rest upon it, but if it is not trustworthy let your shalom return to you. If they will not receive you or hear your words shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or city. Amen! I tell you it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Amora [Gomorrah] in the Day of Judgment than for that city. Watch carefully! I send you out like sheep among wolves. So, you need to be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves. Beware of people, for they will turn you over to the councils and they will beat you in their assemblies. You will be brought before governors and kings for my sake as a testimony against them and the Gentiles. When they turn you over do not consider how or what you will speak. What you are to say will be given to you at that time. For it is not yourself who will speak, but it is Ruach HaKodesh of your Abba who speaks in you. Then brother will turn over brother to death and a father will turn over his child and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. You will be hated by all people for my Name's sake, but the one who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in this city, hurry to another. Amen! I tell you, you will not have travelled to all the cities of Israel until the Son of man arrives {behind you}. The disciple is not above his rabbi, nor the servant above his master. It is adequate that the disciple be like his rabbi and the servant like his master. If they have called the ruler of the house Ba'al-Zebul how much more {defamed will be} those of his household? Do not fear them though! For there is nothing covered, that will not be revealed. Nothing is hidden that will not be known. What I tell you in darkness, speak it in the light. Whatever you hear in your ear, proclaim it on the housetops. Don't be afraid of those who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul. Rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in sheol. Aren't two sparrows sold for small change? Yet one of them will not fall on the ground without your Abba's permission. The very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear because you are more valuable than many sparrows. Whoever will confess Me in front of people, I will confess him also in front of Avi who is in Heaven. But whoever will deny Me before men, I will also deny him in front of Avi who is in Heaven. Don't suppose that I came to bring shalom on earth. I did not come to bring shalom, but instead a sword. For I have come to set a man at variance against his father and the daughter against her mother and the daughter in law against her mother-in-law. A man's enemies will be those of his own household. The one who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, also and the one who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. The one who does not take his execution-stake and follow after me is not worthy of me. The one who finds his life will lose it, but the one who loses his life for my sake will find it. The one who receives you receives Me and the one who receives Me receives the One who sent Me. The one who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward and the one who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. Whoever gives a cup of cold drink to one of these little ones, simply in the name of a disciple, Amen! I tell you, he will never lose his reward." When Yeshua had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He left again to teach and to preach in their cities.

DEATH OF YOCHANAN

When King Herod heard about Yeshua (for His Name was broadcast everywhere) he said, "Yochanan the Immerser has risen from the dead and therefore mighty acts are demonstrated in him." Others said, "It is Eliyahu." Still others said, "It is a prophet or as one of the prophets." However, Herod said, "It is Yochanan, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead." For Herod himself had sent and arrested Yochanan and bound him in prison because of Herodiah's influence, who was his brother Philip's wife.
Herod had married her, so Yochanan had said to Herod, "It is not permitted in Torah for you to have your brother's wife." Because of this Herodiah had argued against him and would have killed him, but she couldn't because Herod respected Yochanan, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man. He had observed Yochanan and when he heard him, he responded with certain deeds and heard him gladly. A convenient day came. Herod on his birthday made a supper to his leaders, high captains and chiefs of Galilee. The daughter of Herodiah came in and danced and it pleased Herod and those who sat there with him. So the king swore an oath to the young woman, "Ask me for whatever you want, up to half of my kingdom and I will give it to you." She went to her mother and asked, "What should I request?" "The head of Yochanan the Immerser," Herodiah replied. Immediately she came back hurriedly to the king and said, "I want you to give me the head of Yochanan the Immerser on a plate." Then the king was full of sorrow that he had sworn the oath, but because of those who sat with him he would not deny her request. Momentarily the king sent an executioner and commanded Yochanan's head be brought. He went and beheaded him in the prison and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the young woman. The young woman took it to her mother. When Yochanan's disciples heard about it they came and carried out his corpse and put it in a tomb.

SHALIACHIM RETURN

The Shaliachim gathered themselves around Yeshua and reported all the things they accomplished and taught. "All of you come with Me into a desert place and rest for awhile," Yeshua said. For many were coming and going, so that they had no leisure, not even to eat. They departed to a desert place privately by ship. The people saw them departing and since many knew Yeshua they ran toward Him from all the cities and out-paced them, eventually catching up to Him.

FIVE THOUSAND FED

When Yeshua came out of the ship, He saw many people and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd, so He began to teach them many things. It was close to time for the holy Feast of Pesach. When the day was now almost over His disciples came to Him and said, "This is a desert place and it is getting late. Send them away so they can go into the area around here and into the villages to buy themselves some bread, because they have nothing to eat." Yeshua instructed them, "You give them something to eat." "Are we to go and buy two hundred pounds of bread for them to eat?" they asked, incredulously. Yeshua asked Philip, "Philip, where can we buy bread to feed all these people?" He asked this to test him, because He already had planned what He would do. "Not even two hundred pounds of bread is enough for everyone to have a little bit," answered Philip. Then Yeshua instructed the disciples, "Find out how much food is already here and report back to me." Andrew, Shimon Kefa's brother, reported to Yeshua, "There is a boy here with five matzahs and two small fish. But how can that feed such a crowd?” Yeshua commanded them to make all the people sit down by groups on the green grass. They sat down in ranks, by hundreds and by fifties. When He had received the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to the heavens and gave the blessing {"Baruch Ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha'olam ha'motzi lechem min ha'aretz} and then broke the matzah and distributed them to His disciples to serve to the groups. Yeshua divided the two fish among them all. Everyone ate and was filled. They gathered twelve baskets full of leftovers including the fish. There were about five thousand men who ate from the loaves.

PART 9 B

DECEIVING SPIRITS OF GADARA

They came safely over to the east side of Lake Kinneret into the area of the Gadara. When Yeshua came out of the boat, there immediately met Him a man possessed with deceiving spirits who had come out of the tombs. The man lived among the tombstones and no one could keep him bound, not even with chains. He had been tied up often with foot shackles and chains, but he simply broke them off into pieces. So, he could not be tamed. Unceasingly, night and day, he was in the mountains and among the graves, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones. But when the man saw Yeshua from a distance, he ran to Him and worshiped Him. Then the man howled with a loud voice. "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" Yeshua commanded. "What have I to do with You Yeshua, Son of Ha'Elyon Elohim? I sincerely request You by Elohim, that You do not torment me," he retorted. Yeshua asked him, "What are you called?" The answer came back, "My name is Legion, because we are many. Please do not send us out into the empty expanse." Near to the hills a large herd of swine was feeding and all the deceiving spirits began to beg Yeshua, "Send us into the hogs, so we can enter into them." Yeshua gave them permission and instantly the unclean spirits went out of the man and entered into the herd of hogs. Suddenly, the entire herd ran and plunged down a cliff into the lake. About two thousand hogs were drowned in the lake. {Pork is unclean and not proper to eat for food, therefore the unclean spirits were allowed to go into the hogs.} Those responsible for feeding the hogs ran away and reported in the town and around the region what had happened. Because of this the people went out to see what was going on. They came to Yeshua and saw the one who was possessed with deceiving spirits called Legion, sitting fully clothed and sober at Yeshua's feet. Those who saw the deliverance told the people what had happened to the man who was possessed with the deceiving spirits. They also told what happened to the hogs. So, the people were afraid and began to beg Yeshua to depart from their boundary. Yeshua returned to the boat and the man who had been possessed with the deceiving spirits pleaded to go with Yeshua. Yet, Yeshua did not allow him, but instead commanded him, "Go home to your friends and tell them what wonderful things YHVH Elohim has done for you, because there was compassion for you." Then the man departed and began to preach in the ten city region of Syria what wonderful things Yeshua had done for him and all the people were amazed.

HEALING WITH THE TALIT

When Yeshua crossed over to the other side of Lake Kinneret again, many people gathered to Him once again near the sea shore. And while He spoke one of the rulers of the synagogue, Yairyah by name, came to Yeshua and when Yairyah saw Him he fell at His feet. "My little daughter is at death's door," he said. "I beg you please, come to my house and lay your hands on her, then she will be healed and live." It was the man's only child and she was twelve. Yeshua went with him and many people followed and were crowding Him. A woman was there who had an issue of blood for twelve years and she had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all the money she had on them and was no better because of it, but rather she became more seriously ill. When she had heard about Yeshua, she came into the crowd from behind Him and touched the Tzitzit of His Tallit. {Tzitzit is the border fringe of the Tallit, the Jewish prayer shawl. The Tallit is the arba-kanfot [four-cornered] garment which Torah commands to be worn by all Israel.} For she said to herself, "If I can touch His Tallit, I will be healed."
Immediately, upon touching His Tallit the flow of her blood stopped and she felt in her body that she was no longer being hurt by the disease. Then Yeshua, knowing instantly that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and inquired, "Who touched my Tallit?" When all denied it, Kefa and the disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, you see the people crowding around you. Why do you ask who touched you?" Yet Yeshua continued to look around to find the one who had done this. Then the woman, with fear and trembling and knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him. She told Him in front of everyone the truth of why she had touched Him and that she was now healed. He said to her, "daughter, be happy! Your trust has healed you! Go in shalom and remain healed from the hurting." While Yeshua was still speaking there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain person's which said to Yairyah, "Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Rabbi any further?" As soon as Yeshua heard those words He said to Yairyah, "Do not be afraid, just continue to trust." Yeshua did not allow anyone to follow Him to Yairyah' house, except for Kefa and the two brothers, Ya'akov and Yochanan. Coming into the house of Yairyah, He saw the upset and those who wept and wailed loudly. After coming in He said to them, "Why all this fussing and weeping? The girl is not dead. She is only sleeping." The mourners, with mockery, laughed at Him. But when He had ultimately put them all out, He took the father and mother of the girl and the disciples that were with Him and entered the room where she was lying. Then He took her hand and said to her, "Yaladah, Talita cumi." The interpretation is, "Young girl, arise to my Tallit." {Tallit is Hebrew for lamb or fresh thing, as well as the traditional Jewish name for the arba kanfot, the four-cornered garment with fringes/Tzitzit commanded to be worn in the Torah.} Her spirit returned to her and she arose immediately and walked. Those watching were awestruck. Yeshua strictly instructed them to tell no one and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.

TWO BLIND MEN AND A SPEECHLESS MAN

When Yeshua departed from there two blind men followed Him and cried out, "Oh, son of David, have mercy toward us." When He came into the house the blind men came to Him, so Yeshua asked them, "Do you trust that I am able to cure you?" They said "Yes, Adonai." Then He touched their eyes and said, "Then let it happen to you according to your trust." Their eyes were opened and Yeshua strictly instructed them, saying, "Make sure that no one knows about this." However, after they departed they reported what He had done for them throughout the whole region. As Yeshua and His disciples left the house, someone brought to Him a speechless man possessed with a deceiving spirit. When the deceiving spirit was cast out, the speechless man spoke and the crowds were excited, saying, "This has never been seen before in Yisrael." But some of the P'rushim said, "He removes deceiving spirits through the prince of the deceiving spirits."

PART 9 A

PARABLE OF THE SOWER

That same day Yeshua went out of the house and sat by the lake shore. Great crowds gathered around Him, so He went into a boat and sat down while the whole multitude stood on the shore. He taught them many things using parables. He began by saying, "Shema! [Hear!] A sower went out to sow and when he sowed, some seeds fell on the walk way, so the birds came and ate the seed. Some seed fell among stones, where there was not much soil. They sprang up quickly, because there was no depth to the soil. While the sun was up, they were burnt and because their root could not find moisture they withered away. And some seed fell among thorns. When the thorns came up they choked them, so no fruit was produced. But other seed sank into good soil and produced fruit; some a hundred times, some sixty time and some thirty times. Whoever has ears to Shema, let him understand it." Then His disciples came and asked Him in private, "Why do you speak to them using parables?" "Because, it is given to you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given," answered Yeshua. "But to those who are outside the Kingdom, all things are taught in parables. For whoever has, more shall be given to him and he will have abundance, but whoever does not have, he will also lose what he has. Therefore, I speak to them using parables. Though they see, they do not really see, and though they hear, they do not really shema, because they do not understand. In them is the fulfilment of the prophecy of Yesha'yahu, which says, 'By hearing you shall hear and shall not understand; and by seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive.' For this population's heart has become grossly weighed down, and their ears of understanding are too dull to shema and they have closed their eyes, in case they might be able to see with their eyes and shema with their ears and should understand with their heart and should do t'shuvah, so that I can forgive them and cure them. However, blessed are your eyes because they see and your ears because they shema. Amen! I tell you, many prophets and righteous people have desired to see those things which you now are seeing, but they did not see them. They wanted to shema those things which you now shema, but they did not understand them. Do you not understand this parable? If not, how will you understand any parable? So then, shema the explanation and understand the parable of the sower. When people hear the Word of the Kingdom, but do not grasp it, the evil-one comes and snatches away the Word that was sown in their heart. The Deceiver does this so they will not trust and be saved. This is what happened to those who received the seed on the walk way. But those who received the seed in a stony place, they shema the Word and joyously receives it immediately. Yet, they do not have any root within, so it endures only a short time. For when they are tested with tribulation or persecution because of the Word, they feel trapped and stumble away. Others received seed among thorns. These have heard the Word, but the cares of this world, along with the deceitful security of riches and lust for pleasure, choke the Word. So they produce no fully ripened fruit. But those who received seed into good ground, they shema the Word and comprehend it. They hold on to it within a beautiful and good heart, so that it bears fruit through cheerful endurance. Some produce thirty times, some sixty times and some a hundred times." Yeshua continued to teach the crowds, "No man lights a lamp and then covers it with a basket or puts it under a bed. Rather, it is put on a stand so those who enter may see the light! So, there is nothing hidden, except for the purpose of eventually being brightly revealed. There is nothing kept a secret, except for the purpose of becoming known at the proper time. If anyone has ears to shema, let him understand. But, listen carefully to what you hear, for it is measured to you in proportion to the measure you have given out. You who shema will be given even more. Because he who has heard is given more and he who does not shema will have what he has heard taken from him."

PARABLES OF THE KINGDOM

Yeshua taught another parable to them, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while he slept a hateful one came and sowed false grain among the wheat and went his way. Then when the blade had sprung up and produced fruit, the false grain also appeared. So the servants of the head of the house came to him and said, 'Adonai, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this false grain come from?' 'A hateful one has done this,' he replied. The servants asked, 'Do you wish for us to go now and pull out the false grain?' But he said, 'No, because pulling out the false grain at this time may prematurely pull up the wheat with them. Let both grow together for now until the harvest. When it is time for the harvest I will tell the reapers to gather together the false grain first and bind them in bundles to burn them, then gather the wheat into my barn.'" Yeshua said, "The Kingdom of Elohim is like when a man sows seed into the soil. At night he goes to sleep and awakes every morning. Eventually the seed springs up and grows, but he does not know how this happens. For the earth produces the fruit automatically. First the blade, then the stalk, after that the full kernel on the stalk. Then when the fruit is ready to surrender itself, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is standing tall." Another parable Yeshua shared with them was, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. Indeed, this seed is the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the largest among the herbs and becomes a tree. It is so large that the birds of the sky come to nest in the branches of it. The Kingdom of Heaven is like a woman who took some yeast and concealed it in three measures of meal until all of it was leavened." Yeshua spoke to the crowds only in parables about all these things. In this way the message was provided just as the prophet said, "I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak things which have been kept secret from the foundation of creation." Then Yeshua sent the crowds away and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and requested of Him, "Explain to us the parable of the false grain sown in the field." Yeshua told them, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of man. The field is the world. The good seed are the Children of the Kingdom, but the false grain is the children of the evil one. The hateful one who sewed them is the deceiver. The harvest is the end of the age and the reapers are the messengers of Heaven. Just as the false grain is gathered and burned in the fire, so will it happen at the end of this age. The Son of man will send out his heavenly messengers and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause a trap and those who transgress the Torah. The heavenly messengers will throw the transgressors into a furnace of fire, where there will be wailing and teeth grating. Then those who are righteous will radiate brightness like the sun in the Kingdom of their Abba. Whoever has ears to shema, let him understand. The Kingdom of Heaven is also like a treasure which was buried in a field and when a man happened to find it, he buried it there again. Then delighted, he goes and sells everything he owns to buy that field. The Kingdom of Heaven is also like a merchant man, seeking to buy quality pearls. When he found one extremely valuable pearl, he went and sold all the others he had and bought it. The Kingdom of Heaven is like a net thrown into the sea which caught fish of every kind. When it was full, the fishermen drew it to shore, sat down and separated the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away. So it will be at the end of the age. Messengers will come from the separated place and separate the evil ones from among the righteous ones. They will throw them into the furnace of fire and there shall be wailing and teeth grating. Have you understood all these things?" Yeshua asked His followers. "Yes, Adonai," they answered. He replied, "Then you should know that everyone who learns Torah and also is instructed in the Kingdom of Heaven as you have been, is like a man that is head of a house and produces out of his treasure things old and new." When Yeshua had finished these parables, He departed from there.

YESHUA CALMS THE STORM

That same day in the evening, Yeshua directed the disciples, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So, they took Him in a large boat and there were also other smaller boats with Him. There arose a huge whirlwind on the lake. The waves beat against the boat and filled it up. Yeshua was in the stern of the boat, sound asleep on a pillow. So they woke Him and cried out, "Rabbi, don't you care that we are perishing? Save us, Adonai!" He got up and rebuked the wind and the waves and commanded the sea, "Hush! Be quiet!" And the wind stopped and there was a great shalom. Yeshua turned to them, "Why are you so timid? How can you not trust?" But they were terrified and said one to another, "Who, no doubt, is this? Even the wind and the sea obey him!"

PART 8 B

FIRST ANOINTING OF YESHUA'S FEET

So then, one of the P'rushim, who was called Shimon, asked Yeshua to eat with him. Yeshua went into the house of the P'rush and sat down for dinner. A woman in the town, who was a sinner, knew that Yeshua was having dinner in the house of the P'rush, so she brought an alabaster box of ointment and stood at Yeshua's feet behind Him crying. She knelt and began to wash His feet with her tears and wiped them off with the hair of her head. She kissed His feet and anointed them with the ointment. When Shimon, the P'rush who invited Yeshua saw it, he thought to himself, "If this man was a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, for she is a sinner." Yeshua knew Shimon's thoughts and said to him, "I have something to tell you." Shimon said, "Rabbi, please speak." Yeshua told this story: "There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. The one owed five hundred gold pieces and the other owed fifty. When neither of them could pay him, he forgave them both outright and released them from obligation. Tell me then, which one of them will appreciate the creditor the most?" "I suppose the one whom he forgave the most," Shimon answered. Yeshua said, "You have judged correctly." Then Yeshua turned to the woman and said to Shimon, "Do you really see this woman as she is? I entered into your house; you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss my feet since the time I came in. You did not anoint my head, but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. Therefore, I tell you, her sins which are many, are forgiven, because she has much love. However, the one who has only a small amount forgiven, appreciates it only a little." So Yeshua said to her, "Your sins are forgiven. Your trust has saved you. Go in shalom." Others that were at dinner with Him began to think, "Who is this who also forgives sins?" Afterward, Yeshua went throughout every city and village, telling and demonstrating the joyful report of the Kingdom of Elohim. The twelve He chose were with Him, along with certain women, who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities. There was Miryam of Magdala, out of whom He cast seven deceptive spirits, Yochanah the wife of Kuza (Herod's minister of finance) and Shoshanah and many others, who helped Yeshua's ministry with their own finances.

YESHUA ACCUSED OF DECEPTION

They went into a house and the multitude came together again, so that they could not even eat dinner. Then one possessed with a deceiving spirit, blind and speechless, was brought to Him. He healed him and the blind and speechless person spoke and could see. All the people were amazed and said, "Isn't this the promised son of David?" When Yeshua's friends heard it they went to stop Yeshua, for they said, "He is beside himself." {He is crazy, in other words.} And some P'rushim and Torah teachers who had come from Yerushalayim said, "He has an unclean spirit and by Ba'al-Zebul [lord of the flies], the prince of the deceptive spirits, he casts out deceptive spirits." {Or, "the lord of the flyers, the prince having power over false winds."} Yeshua called them over to Him and said, "How can the Adversary cast out the Adversary, for if a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will be destroyed? A house divided against itself is doomed to fall. If the Adversary rises up against himself, he is finished and will not continue. If I by the power of Ba'al-Zebul cast out deceiving spirits, by whom do your sons cast them out? They will judge you concerning this. For if I, directed by the Ruach of Elohim, cast out deceiving spirits, then the Kingdom of Elohim is here with you. No man can enter into a strong man's house to take his possessions, unless he first binds the strong man. For when the strong one is fully armed, he guards his own court and it is quiet on his property. But when a stronger one comes upon him and defeats him, the stronger one takes away the armour the weaker one had trusted in, then he will ransack his whole house and disperse the booty. The one who is not with me is against me. The one who does not gather with me disperses. Amen! I tell you, every sin will be forgiven the children of mankind, including the blasphemies which they will utter. Even what is spoken against the Son of man will be forgiven. But the one that blasphemes against Ruach HaKodesh of YHVH will never be forgiven and will be liable for eternal punishment. Either let the tree be good and its fruit good or else let the tree be corrupt and its fruit corrupt, because the tree is known by its fruit. There is no good tree which produces corrupt fruit and no corrupt tree produces good fruit. For people do not harvest figs from thorns, nor grapes from a thicket. Oh offspring of serpents, how can you who are evil speak good things? For the mouth will speak whatever fills the heart. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, but an evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. But I tell you, on judgment day every person will give an account of every idle word which he has spoken. For by your own words you will be justified or by your own words you will be condemned."

A SIGN SOUGHT

Then some Torah teachers and P'rushim demanded, "Rabbi, we desire to see a sign from you." "An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign," answered Yeshua. "There will be no sign given to it, except the sign of the Prophet Yonah. For the same as Yonah was exactly three days and three nights in the fish's stomach, so will the Son of man also be exactly three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. As Yonah was a sign to the people of Nineveh, so also the Son of man will be the only sign to this generation. The people of Nineveh will rise at the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, because the people of Nineveh did t'shuvah at the preaching of Yonah. Be aware! One greater than Yonah is here! The queen of the south will rise at the judgment with this generation and will condemn it, for she came from an extremity of the Earth to hear the wisdom of King Shlomo. Be aware! One greater than Shlomo is here! When an unclean spirit departs from a person, he walks through dry places, seeking rest and not finding any. Then he says, 'I will return to live in my house which I left.' When he returns he finds it unoccupied, orderly and neatly decorated. So he goes and gets seven other spirits more evil than himself and together they enter in and live there. The last state of that person becomes worse than the first state. It’s going to be the same for this evil generation." While Yeshua was talking to the people, His mother and His brothers stood outside waiting to speak with Him, because the crowd prevented them. Then someone told Yeshua, "Your mother and brothers are standing outside. They wish to speak with you." Yeshua said to the person, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?" Then pointing toward His disciples He said, "Look, here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever hears the Word of Elohim and then does the will of Avi in Heaven, that one is the same to me as my brother or sister or mother.”