Study Desk

The cowboy who ignores this Calf and falls over it will be broken, but the cowboy the Calf steps on will be crushed."

They wanted a reason to throw him in jail, but they were afraid because the people thought he was sent from God.

He sent some of his cowboys to the other ranches to invite them to the BBQ, but no one came.

"But nobody came and they all ignored the invitation. They were too busy for the big rancher. One went and worked his new colt, and another went ropin'.

"Then he said to his cowboys, 'The wedding BBQ is ready, but no cowboys wanted to come.

"But when the big rancher came out of the house, he saw a guy standin' over to one side and he wasn't wearin' a hat.

"Many will be invited, but only a few will come."

'I'm the Boss of Abraham, the first ramrod of my outfit, and of all his sons.' My Dad isn't the Boss of the dead, but of those who are alive!"

Y'all need to do what they say, but don't act like they act. They sure as heck don't practice what they preach.

"But y'all cowboys who ride for me don't need fancy titles. Y'all have only one Boss and you are all brothers.

"You blind trail guides have a day of reckonin' comin' to you too! You tell folks, 'If you give your word by the church building, it don't mean nothin'; but if you give your word by the gold in the church, you are obligated to keep it.'

"You hypocritical preachers and lawyers of the Code are going to come to a terrible reckonin'. Y'all give a tenth of everything from tobacco to toilet paper, but you forget about the important part of the Code: mercy, justice, and faith. You should give a tenth of everything, but don't forget the more important matters.

You blind trail guides will pick a piece of dirt out of your coffee, but then eat a mud pie.

"You hypocritical preachers and lawyers of the Code are going to come to a terrible reckonin'. You'll wash the dirt off the outside of your coffee cup, but leave the inside full of greed and perversion.

"You hypocritical preachers and lawyers of the Code are going to come to a terrible reckonin'. You are like pretty cedar caskets. You look good on the outside, but on the inside, you are full of rotting flesh and worms.

That's the way y'all appear to people. You look good on the outside, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and rebellion.

But you are proof that you are the sons of those posse riders.

I will send my cowboys and wise foremen and experts in the code of Moses to you. But y'all will string 'em up or nail 'em to a cross or whip 'em away from your meetings or run 'em out of town.

"Oh my town of Jerusalem! You have killed all those I sent to take care of you. I want so bad to take all your children and comfort them like a momma hen comforts her chicks, but you have shunned me.

"You will hear about wars and battles, but don't fret, this isn't the end. These things must happen, but it ain't the end.