Object: Thirty pieces of silver [new coins from the bank]

Today we are going to talk about being a different kind of crowd from any crowd you have ever imagined. Remember you have been part of a crowd that loved Jesus and part of a crowd that feared Jesus, but today you are going to be a very different kind of crowd. You may not like yourselves very much today but it is a part of our story and we should learn a lot about people by being this pretend crowd.

The first crowd that you pretended to be welcomed Jesus to Jerusalem with love and they called him the King. The second crowd felt a little different because Jesus threw the robbers and cheaters out of the temple. But since then Jesus has gone back to the Temple with his disciples to teach them and care for them. The disciples had beco…