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Calendar Day 294 · October 21
Returns on this date every year · Journey reflection 294

Welcome to Day 294 of our journey with Jesus. Today, we consider what Jesus calls us to question in our beliefs or lives. The main truth for today is this: Questions about Jesus can become a way to avoid the truth if we refuse to consider evidence honestly. Let’s begin.

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Episode 10 • Days 266–295 Question
The Road Toward Jerusalem.
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Jesus in Action

Mark 11:27–12:12

Step 4 of 5

  1. Day 291 Meet
  2. Day 292 Listen
  3. Day 293 Discover
  4. Day 294 Question You are here
  5. Day 295 Respond Coming next
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Current step: Question

Examine what Jesus calls us to question in our beliefs or lives.

Central truth · Question

Questions about Jesus can become a way to avoid the truth if we refuse to consider evidence honestly.

Marku 11:27-12:12 · OYCB
Lẹ́yìn èyí, wọ́n tún padà sí Jerusalẹmu. Bí Jesu ti ń rìn kiri ni tẹmpili, àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn olùkọ́ òfin pẹ̀lú àwọn àgbàgbà Júù wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀. Wọ́n béèrè lọ́wọ́ rẹ̀ pé, “Àṣẹ wo ni ó fi ń ṣe nǹkan yìí? Ta ni ó sì fún ọ ni àṣẹ yìí láti máa ṣe nǹkan wọ̀nyí?” Jesu dá wọn lóhùn pé, “Èmi yóò bi yín léèrè ọ̀rọ̀ kan, kí ẹ sì dá mi lóhùn, èmi yóò sọ fún yín àṣẹ tí èmi fi ń ṣe nǹkan wọ̀nyí.” Ìtẹ̀bọmi Johanu láti ọ̀run wa ni, tàbí láti ọ̀dọ̀ ènìyàn? “Ẹ dá mi lóhùn!” Wọ́n bá ara wọn jíròrò pé, “Bí a bá wí pé, ‘Láti ọ̀run wá ni,’ òun ó wí pé, ‘Nígbà tí ẹ mọ̀ bẹ́ẹ̀, èéṣe tí ẹ kò fi gbà à gbọ́?’ Ṣùgbọ́n bí a bá wí pé, àti ọ̀dọ̀ ènìyàn, wọ́n bẹ̀rù àwọn ènìyàn, nítorí pé gbogbo ènìyàn ló gbàgbọ́ pé wòlíì gidi ni Johanu.” Nítorí náà, wọ́n kọjú sí Jesu wọn sì dáhùn pé, “Àwa kò mọ̀.” Nígbà náà ni Jesu wí pé, “Níwọ́n ìgbà tí ẹ kò lè dáhùn ìbéèrè mi, Èmi náà kì yóò sọ fún yín àṣẹ tí mo fi ń ṣe nǹkan wọ̀nyí.” Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí Jesu pa àwọn olórí ẹ̀sìn lẹ́nu mọ́, ó bẹ̀rẹ̀ sí í fi òwe bá wọn sọ̀rọ̀ pé, “Ọkùnrin kan gbin ọgbà àjàrà kan. Ó ṣe ọgbà yìí ká, ó sì wá ibi ìfúntí wáìnì, ó sì kọ́ ilé ìṣọ́ sí i ó sì fi ṣe àgbàtọ́jú fún àwọn olùṣọ́gbà, ó sì lọ sí ìrìnàjò tí ó jìnnà. Lákokò ìkórè, ọkùnrin náà rán ọ̀kan nínú àwọn ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ rẹ̀ sí àwọn olùṣọ́gbà náà, kí ó gbà nínú èso ọgbà àjàrà náà lọ́wọ́ àwọn olùṣọ́gbà. Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn àgbẹ̀ wọ̀n-ọn-nì lu ìránṣẹ́ ọkùnrin náà, wọ́n sì rán an padà lọ́wọ́ òfo. Ó sì tún rán ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ mìíràn sí wọn. Bí àwọn àgbẹ̀ ti tún rí ọmọ ọ̀dọ̀ tí ó rán sí wọn; wọ́n lù ú. Àní, wọ́n tilẹ̀ dá ọgbẹ́ sí i lórí, wọn rán an lọ ni ìtìjú. Ó sì tún rán òmíràn, èyí n nì wọ́n sì pa, àti ọ̀pọ̀ mìíràn, wọ́n lu òmíràn wọ́n sì pa òmíràn. “Ìránṣẹ́ kan ṣoṣo ló kù tí Baba olóko kò ì tí ì rán níṣẹ́, èyí ni ọmọ òun tìkára rẹ̀. Níkẹyìn ó ran an sí àwọn olùṣọ́gbà náà, pẹ̀lú èrò pé, ‘Wọn yóò bu ọlá fún ọmọ òun.’ “Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn olùṣọ́gbà wọ̀n-ọn-nì wí fún ara wọn pé, ‘Èyí yìí ni àrólé. Ẹ wá, ẹ jẹ́ kí a pa á, ogún rẹ̀ yóò sì jẹ́ tiwa.’ Báyìí ni wọ́n mú ọmọ náà tí wọ́n pa á. Wọ́n sì wọ́ òkú rẹ̀ jáde kúrò nínú ọgbà àjàrà náà. “Kí ni olúwa ọgbà àjàrà yóò ṣe nígbà tí ó bá gbọ́ ohun tí ó ṣẹlẹ̀. Dájúdájú yóò pa àwọn ẹni ibi wọ̀nyí. Yóò sì gba àwọn olùtọ́jú mìíràn sínú oko rẹ̀. Tàbí ẹ̀yin kò ì tí ka ẹsẹ yìí nínú ìwé mímọ́: “ ‘Òkúta tí àwọn ọ̀mọ̀lé kọ̀sílẹ̀ òun náà ni ó di pàtàkì igun ilé. Èyí ni iṣẹ́ Olúwa ó sì jẹ́ ìyàlẹ́nu lójú tiwa’?” Àwọn olórí àlùfáà àti àwọn olùkọ́ òfin pẹ̀lú àwọn àgbàgbà fẹ́ mú Jesu lákokò náà. Nítorí tí wọ́n mọ̀ pé àwọn ló ń pòwe mọ́ nínú ọ̀rọ̀ rẹ̀. Àwọn ni alágbàtọ́jú búburú nínú ìtàn rẹ̀. Ṣùgbọ́n ẹ̀rù ń bà wọ́n láti fọwọ́ kàn án nítorí pé wọ́n bẹ̀rù ìhùwàsí ọ̀pọ̀ ènìyàn tó wà lọ́dọ̀ rẹ̀. Nítorí náà wọ́n fi í sílẹ̀ lọ.

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After seeing Jesus identify Himself within God’s rejected yet victorious purpose, today we confront the supposed neutrality of endless questioning.

Questions can be sincere, necessary, and courageous. Jesus Himself asks questions. The problem in this encounter is not inquiry but the refusal to answer honestly when the evidence threatens a preferred position.

They Calculate Instead of Answering.

The leaders ask about authority, yet when Jesus asks about John, they discuss what each possible answer will cost them. Their concern is not simply what is true.

I Do Not Know Can Become a Shelter.

Sometimes uncertainty is genuine. Here, Mark shows leaders choosing “We do not know” because a truthful answer would expose them. Agnosticism can become strategic when certainty feels inconvenient.

Understanding Does Not Guarantee Submission.

After the parable, they know Jesus has spoken against them. Increased clarity produces greater opposition rather than repentance.

Questions Have a Direction.

Serious investigation should remain open to being changed by what it discovers. Jesus confronts the use of questions as an endless defense against the authority one is supposedly examining.

Tomorrow, move from investigation to an honest response to the rejected cornerstone.

Consider this.

Which assumption does Jesus confront in you?

Examine your assumptions

Examine whether your questions are still seeking truth or have become a way to avoid a conclusion.

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In this Episode

The Road Toward Jerusalem.

Days 266–295 • Follow Jesus in action through five steps.

Mark 8:27–33 Days 266–270 • 5 Steps
  1. Day 266 Meet Coming soon
  2. Day 267 Listen Coming soon
  3. Day 268 Discover Coming soon
  4. Day 269 Question Coming soon
  5. Day 270 Respond Coming soon
Luke 9:51–62 Days 271–275 • 5 Steps
  1. Day 271 Meet
  2. Day 272 Listen
  3. Day 273 Discover
  4. Day 274 Question
  5. Day 275 Respond
Mark 10:17–31 Days 276–280 • 5 Steps
  1. Day 276 Meet
  2. Day 277 Listen
  3. Day 278 Discover
  4. Day 279 Question
  5. Day 280 Respond
Mark 10:35–45 Days 281–285 • 5 Steps
  1. Day 281 Meet
  2. Day 282 Listen
  3. Day 283 Discover
  4. Day 284 Question
  5. Day 285 Respond
Luke 19:28–44 Days 286–290 • 5 Steps
  1. Day 286 Meet
  2. Day 287 Listen
  3. Day 288 Discover
  4. Day 289 Question
  5. Day 290 Respond
Mark 11:27–12:12 Days 291–295 • 5 Steps
  1. Day 291 Meet
  2. Day 292 Listen
  3. Day 293 Discover
  4. Day 294 Question You are here
  5. Day 295 Respond Coming soon
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Matiu 7:12 · OYCB
Nítorí náà, nínú gbogbo ohunkóhun ti ẹ̀yin bá ń fẹ́ kí ènìyàn kí ó ṣe sí yín, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí ẹ̀yin kí ó ṣe sí wọn gẹ́gẹ́; nítorí èyí ni òfin àti àwọn wòlíì.

Biblica® ní oore ọ̀fẹ́ láti lo Bíbélì Mímọ́ ní Èdè Yorùbá Òde-Òní™ Ẹ̀tọ́ àdàkọ © 2009, 2017 Biblica, Inc. Biblica® Open Yoruba Contemporary Bible™ Copyright © 2009, 2017 by Biblica, Inc. ‪“Biblica” ni àmì ìdámọ̀ tí Biblica, Inc. fi sílẹ̀ ní United States Patent àti ní ilé iṣẹ́ tí wọ́n ti ń fúnni ní àmì ìdámọ̀. Gba àṣẹ kí o tó lòó. “Biblica” is a trademark registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc. Used with permission.

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