And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.”

The great temple with its foundation platform, built by King Herod over a period of 46 years, was constructed of chiselled stones quarried from local rock, many being of vast size up to 25 tonnes, even up to hundreds of tonnes in weight.

Yet, not more than 40 years later, following a Jewish rebellion, the buildings were burned by the Romans and the building blocks toppled, just as Yeshu foretold.

After that the Jewish Sangha ( dge-‘dun) with its system of temple, priests and sacrifices came to an end.

And in his teaching he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the market-places and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honour at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretence make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”

And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. And he called his disciples to him and said to them, “Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on.”

Yeshu both warns of the pride of the scribes who pretend to be religious yet, like Chief Todong, love to receive honour from men; and he also warns of the scribes’ greed for presents because, like the Gomchen (sgom-chen) Ratna, they shamelessly steal from simple, helpless people. These people will be judged severely.

But it was the simple widow, quietly giving honour to God with her tiny but costly gift, whom Yeshu commended.

And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared,

       ‘The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.’

“David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly.

Yeshu now builds firmly on the teaching of the geshes (dge-bshes), and shows that Mashiga must not only be a human descendant of King David; he is also more than just human. He is both God and man.