The Pharisees and Scribes in Jerusalem disliked Jesus because Jesus opposed their Old Law and sought to bring the New Covenant. Criticizing the disciples for not washing their hands, the Pharisees defended doing this by invoking the tradition of the elders.
Departing from Galilee, Jesus expanded his preaching to Tyre, Sidon, and Phoenicia. Despite being a Gentile, a Sidonian woman’s daughter was healed because of her faith. This showed that Jesus came for all people, not only Israelites. Additionally, 4,000 people were fed in these lands. Jesus instructed to honor your parents before the temple and warned of the doctrine of the Pharisees. Predicting his own death, Jesus would voluntarily give Himself up to be crucified. Simon became the “Rock of the Church” and was renamed Peter.
The conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees was tradition vs. ethics. In order to show the disciples that Jesus was the Son of God, Jesus performed the Transfiguration. Jesus taught his disciples the principles of service: it is better to be physically maimed than ethically rebellious. Legal under New Testament law, Jesus taught that divorce and remarriage were considered adultery. Unlike the thinking of the time, wealth was a barrier to enter into God’s kingdom but in Christianity, poverty for Jesus’ sake will bring riches in heaven.
The Chief Priests and Pharisees became angrier at Jesus for his actions and were enraged after Jesus drove out the moneychangers from the temple. They challenged Jesus asking Him by what authority he does these things Jesus then answered by questioning what authority John the Baptist had, knowing they were scared to discredit John because of his popularity among the people. Attempting to trap Jesus, the Pharisees asked if it was lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, Jesus responded by saying, “give unto Caesar what is Caesars.”
Thinking of Jesus as a political leader and savior of the Jewish people from Roman occupation, the people in Jerusalem welcomed Him triumphantly. Jesus was sent to earth to bring the New Covenant and suffer for the sins of all peoples. Prophesying regarding the temple Jesus foretold that not one stone would be left when it was destroyed, this was fulfilled in 70 AD when Jerusalem was sacked. Since this would happen in the lifetime of some of the listeners, Jesus told them to leave the city before it was surrounded.
Jesus knew He was to be betrayed at the Passover, when He turned wine and bread into His body and blood for the remission of sins. Jesus was delivered to Roman Governor Pontius Pilate for His trial, where Jesus confirmed that He was the son of God to Pilate. Despite not wanting to convict an innocent man, Pilate would free Barabbas instead of Jesus due to the uproar of the chief priests and their subversives in the crowd. Being scourged and then crucified, Jesus fulfilled his own prophecies and others before (like Ezekiel and Isaiah) when He resurrected on the third day.