whom God set forth as an expiation, through faith, by his blood, to prove his righteousness because of the forgiveness of sins previously committed, Romans 3:25 NABRE Paul is writing about the righteousness of God. It is something that we cannot obtain on our own, it must be passed onto…
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Luke 14:3 – October 30, 2020
Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, “Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?” Luke 14:3 NABRE Jesus is having dinner at the house of a Pharisee, a scholar of the law and part of a…
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Behold, your house will be abandoned. [But] I tell you, you will not see me until [the time comes when] you say, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.” Luke 13:31 NABRE Jesus is aware that Herod is trying to kill Him, it is not clear…
View More Luke 13:31 – October 29, 2020Luke 6:12 – October 28, 2020
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…
View More Luke 6:12 – October 28, 2020Luke 13:20-21 – October 27, 2020
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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