Why do you think that Jesus accepted the invitation, and went and had a meal with the Pharisee? What does this show us about the heart of God?

Why is the Pharisee so astonished that Jesus didn’t wash before dinner?

What are the six woes that Jesus communicates? What behaviors and heart conditions are are they intended to confront (respectively)?

What are some ways that we run the risk of falling into external, behavioral modification, while neglecting internal matters of the heart?

Jesus rebukes the Pharisees for loving the approval and praise of other people, and for living for it more than for the glory of God. Is this a tendency that you can relate to? Why or why not? How can we work to overcome this tendency?

What does Jesus mean when he says that the lawyers load people with heavy burdens, and that they don’t lift a finger to help them?

How does this passage serve to confront us? How is it calling us to repent? What can we, as Christians today, be doing differently to better obey this passage?

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