“The Lamb Is Prepared For the Sacrifice” Matthew 26:1-13 “The Lamb Is Prepared For the Sacrifice”

Vs. 1-5 "You know that after two days is the Passover, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."

Please Turn In Your Bibles Exodus 12:1–20 Please Turn In Your Bibles

Daniel 7:13–14 “I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.

“And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed.

Matthew 16:21 17:22–23 20:18–19

Daniel 9:26 “And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself…”

Isaiah 53:6-7 “All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”

Please Turn In Your Bibles Revelation 5:6-9 Please Turn In Your Bibles

Revelation 5:9 “And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation...”

Vs. 6-7 And when Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to Him having an alabaster flask of very costly fragrant oil, and she poured it on His head as He sat at the table.

“Meanwhile, Jesus was in Bethany at the home of Simon, a man who had previously had leprosy.” NLT

John 12:1-7 “Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair.”

Luke 10:38-42 “Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.”

Matthew Henry “Where there is true love in the heart to Jesus Christ, nothing will be thought too good, no, nor good enough, to bestow upon him.”

Matthew 16:26 “For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”

William Barclay “A gift is never really a gift when we can easily afford it; a gift truly becomes a gift only when there is sacrifice behind it, and when we give far more than we can afford.”

Please Turn In Your Bibles Luke 7:36–50 Please Turn In Your Bibles

Vs. 8-9 “The disciples were indignant when they saw this. What a waste! they said. It could have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor.” NLT

John 12:4-6 “But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected…He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.”

Matthew 6:24 “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.” NLT

Vs. 10-12 “But Jesus, aware of this, replied, why criticize this woman for doing such a good thing to me?”

“Trouble” “trouble, to beat, cut” “It is so hard for some people to allow others liberty for their own personalities to express themselves. It is easy to raise objections to what we do not like and do not understand.” Robertson

Deuteronomy 15:11 “For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’” NASB

Matthew Henry “It is a great trouble to good people to have their good works censured and misconstrued; and it is a thing that Jesus Christ takes very ill.”

Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven.”

Vs. 13 "Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her."

Revelation 5:12 "...Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!"