Day 298 of the podcast, reading Luke 19-20 NET, read along at:

https://netbible.org/bible/Luke+19-20/

This is day 298 of our journey.

As Jesus was making his way through Jericho on his journey to Jerusalem, he encountered a man named Zacchaeus.  Zacchaeus was a Jewish man serving as a tax collector for the Romans (making him an outcast in Jewish society).  Despite this fact, Jesus went and had dinner with Zacchaeus and his friends (who were also viewed as traitors and sinners).  When the crowds complained, Jesus made it clear that his mission is to seek and save the lost.  Jesus then continues his trip into Jerusalem and the crowds rejoice at his coming.  In the midst of celebration, Jesus mourns as he knows what will happen to Jerusalem in the years to come.  Once in Jerusalem, Jesus is approached by the religious leaders with many questions to try to trap him in his words, but Jesus answers wisely.

Join me in Luke 19-20 and rejoice that Jesus came for sinners!

Key verses:

Luke 19:10

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”  

Luke 20:26

Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent.  

All Scriptures are from the NET.