He said to them, “Today this scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.” Luke 4:21 NABRE Jesus visits the town where He grew up, and enters the Synagogue. It is common for someone to ask for the scriptural scrolls and read from them. Jesus is seen reading from the prophet…
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Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. Mark 7:15 NABRE The Jews had many rules around ritual purity, feeling in order to be approached by the Sacred, they must be pure. Feeling that purity is affected…
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For to everyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich; but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. Matthew 25:29 NABRE Jesus tells a parable representing the kingdom of heaven which is like a man who goes on a…
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But he said in reply, “Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.” Matthew 25:12 NABRE Jesus shares a parable that is like the kingdom of heaven which begins with ten virgins attending a wedding feast, five foolish and five wise. They bring oil lamps, the wise ones…
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Therefore, stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Matthew 24:42 NABRE Jesus has been prophesying about future events but now turns His attention to urging us to be prepared for them. Jesus asserts no one has knowledge of the day of His arrival,…
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