Woes against the Pharisees, uttered at a Pharisee's table--Luke xi. 37-54.
Warnings against the spirit of pharisaism--Luke xii. 1-59.
Comment on the slaughter of Galileans by Pilate--Luke xiii. 1-9.
Discourse on counting the cost of discipleship--Luke xiv. 25-35.
Discourse on the coming of the kingdom--Luke xvii. 20-37.
Parable of the Unjust Judge--Luke xviii. 1-8.
Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican--Luke xviii. 9-14.
V
The Journey through Perea to Jerusalem
The fourth gospel says that after the visit to Jerusalem at the feast of Dedication Jesus withdrew beyond Jordan to the place where John at the first was baptizing (x. 40). Matthew and Mark also say that at the close of the ministry in Galilee Jesus departed and came into the borders of Judea and beyond Jordan, and that in this new region the multitudes again flocked to him, and he resumed his ministry of teaching (Matt. xix. 1f.; Mark x. 1). What he did and taught at this time is not shown at all by John, and only in scant fashion by the other two. They tell of a discussion with the Pharisees concerning divorce (Mark x. 2-12); of the welcome extended by Jesus to certain little children (Mark x. 13-16); of the disappointment of a rich young ruler, who wished to learn from Jesus the way of life, but loved better his great possessions (Mark x. 17-31); of a further manifestation of the unlovely spirit of rivalry among the disciples in the request of James and John for the best places in the kingdom (Mark x. 35-45),--a request following in the records directly after another prediction by Jesus of his death and resurrection (Mark x. 32-34). Then, after a visit to Jericho (Luke xviii. 35 to xix. 28), these records come into coincidence with John in the account of the Messianic entry into Jerusalem just before the last Passover.