The Big Picture
Remember how Jesus’s disciples were upset that children were coming to Jesus? They thought Jesus was too busy, too important, and too powerful to waste his precious time with children. They misunderstood the King and his kingdom, so Jesus corrected them. The disciples weren’t the only ones who misunderstood the King and his kingdom. They weren’t the only ones Jesus needed to correct. There was also another group. But this second group was trickier and meaner than the disciples. They didn’t like Jesus; they wanted him dead. Sometimes they’d ask him questions to get him into trouble. In today’s lesson, they ask him one of those trick questions. But Jesus isn’t tricked. Instead, he uses their question to correct their wrong views about his kingdom.
