Mark 12:13-27 – December 14, 2018

TRAPS SET FOR JESUS

Read Mark 12:13-27

1. Who sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap Jesus in v. 13? (Look back at Mark 11:27-28)
   1. Why did they want to trap Jesus?
2. How did begin their trap for Jesus? What question did they ask?
   1. Did Jesus fall for their trap? Why or why not? (v. 15-17)
   2. How did they respond to his answer?
3. Who asked him the next question in v. 18?
   1. What does Mark tell us about Sadducees?
4. What question did they ask him in v. 19-23?
5. Why does Jesus say the Sadducees are wrong? (look at v. 24)

1. What does it look like to "render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's?
2. What does it look like "[render to] God the things that are God's?"
   1. How does Jesus' teaching in Mark 12:13-17 influence how we live as citizens of kingdom yet also residents of Dubai?
3. What does this passage tell us of the wisdom and authority of Jesus?
4. What encouragement and hope does Mark 12:18-27 provide for us in regards to resurrection from the dead?