28  And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which...

18  And Sadducees [who only took the Pentateuch as their authority and not Isaiah and Daniel which the Pharisees used for their theology...

13  And they sent to him some of the Pharisees [those who tolerated Roman rule for their own advantages but would prefer them gone] and...

1   And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard  [a major and long-term investment] and put a fence around it...

[Jesus is teaching in the Court of the Gentiles, which he has just cleaned out, but we learn nothing of his teaching but of his deepening...

20  As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.  21  And Peter remembered and said to...

15  And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple [the Court of the Gentiles]  and began to drive out those who sold and those...

12  On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. 13  And seeing in the distance a fig tree   [the fig tree and the...