Luke 11:53 ¶ As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, Luke 11:54 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say. Luke 12:1 ¶ In the meantime, when so many thousands of the […]
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Criticism and Burdens
Luke 11:44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without knowing it.” Luke 11:45 ¶ One of the lawyers answered him, “Teacher, in saying these things you insult us also.” Luke 11:46 And he said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load people with burdens hard to […]
Blessed by Hearing and Doing
Luke 11:27 As he said these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts at which you nursed!” Luke 11:28 But he said, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:29 When the […]
Knowing Jesus and then Knowing Him More
When these stories were told, they were retold and retold and commented upon and retold. That is why the Gospel of Luke is a little different than the Gospel of Matthew. Contrary to the Middle-Eastern teaching method of memorization, the Gospels were told by individuals from their perspective before they were codified into the memorized […]
Think About The Fruit Then Act Accordingly
For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of […]
Resting in and Trusting in Christ as the Path to Peace
That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring—not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, as it is written, “I have made […]