“What will you give me to turn Him over to you?” They offered him 30 pieces of silver.” Matthew 26:15 (The Voice)
Green With Envy
Egos green with envy,
They plotted out their plan.
To rid themselves completely
Of this popular Man.
Jealously quickly mounted
And hatred grew and grew,
As He stole all the attention
From their privileged few.
Intending to cleverly trap Him
They questioned His every word.
But defeated, they soon departed
Amazed by what they’d heard.
Secretly gathered in the palace
A betrayal had begun.
Those egos green with envy,
Would crucify God’s own Son.
“And so the chief priests and the Pharisees, the teachers and the elders, knew that when Jesus told these stories He was speaking about them. Not believing, they looked for a way to arrest Him-a stealthy way, though. They were afraid to make too bold a move against Him because all the people believed He was a prophet.” Matthew 21:45-46 (The Voice)
“Jesus knew these men were out to trap Him. ‘You hypocrites! Why do you show up here with such a transparent trick? Bring me a coin you would use to pay tax.’ Someone handed Him a denarius. Jesus fingered the coin. ‘Of whom is this a portrait, and who owns this inscription?’ ‘Caesar.’ Well then, render to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.’ And those who had come hoping to trick Jesus were confounded and amazed. And they left Him and went away.” Matthew 22:18-22 (The Voice)
“And almost as He spoke, the chief priests were getting together with the elders at the home of the high priest, Caiaphas. They schemed and mused about how they could trick Jesus, sneak around and capture Him, and then kill Him.” Matthew 26:3-4 (The Voice)
The prompt at http://www.fiveminutefriday.com today is “Green”. All day I thought I’d be writing about the green daffodil leaves poking through the ground and renewal or refreshing. And all day nothing came. I’d pretty much decided I wouldn’t be writing this week when out of nowhere “Green With Envy” came to my mind along with those self-righteous (can’t we all be) Pharisees and in just a little longer than five minutes I was done. I never know when I begin where I’ll end up. Today is a good example! I just have to hold on and go where the Spirit leads me. Thank you for going along with me! You’re presence here is always a blessing!
I was surprised that more people didn’t associate green with envy as it was the first thing that came to mind for me. It’s always fun to see where these prompts take us!
I agree! And normally, I don’t end up where I thought I would. Spring was really what I was planning to write about. The Holy Spirit had other plans! Thank you for taking time to comment Lesley! It means a lot to me!
I also thought of jealousy, the green eyed monster after having initially thought of spring and growth. Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem with us. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Great minds think alike right? Haha, we’ll go with that! Thank you, Jolene for taking your time to stop in and comment. It means a lot to me! Hope you enjoy your weekend too!
Great take on the color. I love that you wrote a poem!
Thanks Cheryl! Old second grade teacher here. My brain kinda works in rhyme!🤪 I appreciate you stopping in and taking time to comment!