In those days he departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12 NABRE In a beautiful passage we read of Jesus going up a mountain to pray, to be with God. There is some similarity to Moses who would go up…
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Again he said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed [in] with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch of dough was leavened.” Luke 13:20-21 NABRE Jesus is in the synagogue speaking to the people about…
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When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated; and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him. Luke 13:17 NABRE This verse closes a small yet powerful passage written by Luke. A woman is unable to stand and in pain for eighteen years and Jesus…
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addressing one another [in] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and playing to the Lord in your hearts, giving thanks always and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. Ephesians 5:19-20 NABRE Paul is exhorting the community at Ephesus to not act…
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By no means! But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did! Luke 13:3 NABRE Jesus gets a question from some people in the crowd about Galileans who had gone up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifices but were killed by Pilate. This incident…
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