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Matthew 21:12-17 | Wonderful Things
Jesus has just ridden in to the city on a colt, as prophesied long ago. The people are calling on him to save, recognizing him as the potential Messiah. When he enters the temple, the place of worship and prayer of the Most High God, he finds them buying and selling, making a huge profit on the people coming to worship. Then Jesus goes to work to remove them from temple, and proceeds to heal the hurting.
12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,
“ ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”
17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
Matthew 21:12-17
The wonderful things that Jesus does show us that he truly is our Savior and Lord. Jesus offers no apology - only acceptance of the children’s praise of him as God. In cleansing the temple, removing the corruption, and healing the hurting, he shows himself worthy of our worship.
Discussion Questions
D&A (Discipleship & Accountability)
Break up into smaller groups for prayer.
Jesus has just ridden in to the city on a colt, as prophesied long ago. The people are calling on him to save, recognizing him as the potential Messiah. When he enters the temple, the place of worship and prayer of the Most High God, he finds them buying and selling, making a huge profit on the people coming to worship. Then Jesus goes to work to remove them from temple, and proceeds to heal the hurting.
12 And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. 13 He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it a den of robbers.”
14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them. 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant, 16 and they said to him, “Do you hear what these are saying?” And Jesus said to them, “Yes; have you never read,
“ ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise’?”
17 And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there.
Matthew 21:12-17
The wonderful things that Jesus does show us that he truly is our Savior and Lord. Jesus offers no apology - only acceptance of the children’s praise of him as God. In cleansing the temple, removing the corruption, and healing the hurting, he shows himself worthy of our worship.
Discussion Questions
- What actions does Jesus take after entering the temple?
- Why did Jesus react so strongly to what was taking place?
- In what ways do people turn worship into things God never intended?
- What does this passage reveal about what matters to Jesus in worship?
- How does Jesus’ care for the blind and lame challenge the way we think about who the church should prioritize?
- What can we do to ensure our church is a house of prayer?
D&A (Discipleship & Accountability)
Break up into smaller groups for prayer.
- How is your time with God?
- What are you praying for?
- What are you struggling with?
- Who are you praying for to know Jesus?
- What gospel conversations have you had this week with someone who doesn’t follow Jesus?