{"id":4511,"date":"2024-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/reading-plan\/march-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T14:40:53","slug":"march-2","status":"publish","type":"reading-plan","link":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/reading-plan\/march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insight from Mark 12:18\u201344:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compare verses 38\u201340 and 41\u201344. In verses 38\u201340, we see the wicked, self-serving actions of the scribes. In verses 41\u201344, we see the glorious, people-serving actions of the Christ. By his actions, Jesus demonstrates that he is not like the scribes. In verse 39, we see the scribes looking for the best seats at feasts and in the synagogues. In verse 41, we see Jesus taking a humble seat across from the treasury where he can see God\u2019s people and he can commend their good deeds. In verse 40, we see the scribes stealing from the widows. In verses 42\u201344, we see Jesus praising the sacrifices made by a widow. Again, Mark is emphasizing Jesus\u2019 fitness to serve as the teacher of God\u2019s people. Jesus is the prophet Moses was speaking about (see Deuteronomy 18:15\u201319).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":""},"class_list":["post-4511","reading-plan","type-reading-plan","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan\/4511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-plan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reading-plan"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handstotheplow.org\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}