If one asked how the conduct of the unjust judge could serve as an illustration of what might be expected from God,

The last group of parables spoken during this part of Jesus’ ministry are connected by a leading thought, righteousness

There is a connection between the three parables here.

The three parables which follow may generally be designated as those ‘of warning.’

The period now leading up to his last entry into Jerusalem starts with the brief visit to Bethany to raise Lazarus from the dead.

It had been about two months since Jesus had left Jerusalem after the Feast of Tabernacles.

The record of Jesus’ last warning to the Pharisees and of their hateful response is followed by a summary of his teaching to the disciples

Jesus was invited by a Pharisee to the morning meal.

Jesus then travelled to Perea, where he mostly remained until a week before his last Passover in Jerusalem

As he left Jerusalem in sorrow. He ploughed on.

After the scene in the Temple just described we have, probably on the next day, the healing of the man born blind, at the Temple entrance, the chosen spot for those in need to gather.

It was no longer a secret that the leaders of Israel and Jerusalem were plotting the death of Jesus.

It was ‘the last, the great day of the Feast’ and Jesus was once more in the Temple.

‘It was Chol ha Moed, as the non-sacred part of the festive week.

There was an inquiry on the part of a ‘certain lawyer’ as to what he should do to inherit eternal life.

He had sent forth the Seventy on vital work.

Whether or not the Seventy actually returned to Jesus before the feast of Tabernacles, it is convenient to consider the result of their mission

A peculiarity in the instructions given to the Seventy seem verbal rather than real

Although we can’t be certain as to the order of events, it was on his progress southwards at this time that Jesus designated those Seventy

We now see Jesus travelling to Jerusalem