Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone!’” Mark 12:29 NABRE A scribe addresses Jesus and sincerely asks which is the first of all commandments. A scribe is a person who is trained in the craft of copying manuscripts and is usually…
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Luke 14:11 – October 30, 2021
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Luke 14:11 NABRE Jesus notices people choose their place at table based on honor, taking the better seats. But Jesus warns it is not good to take the best place as the host…
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Then he said to them, “Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern, would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?” Luke 14:5 NABRE Jesus is dining with one of the lead Pharisees, the third time Jesus has dinner with a Pharisee and it…
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When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named apostles: Luke 6:13 NABRE Luke tells the events of Jesus calling disciples to be apostles. Jesus has disciples, we can read the story of their calling, for example Simon Peter becoming…
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And people will come from the east and the west and from the north and the south and will recline at table in the kingdom of God. Luke 13:29 NABRE Jesus is journeying towards Jerusalem with many people following and one asks if many will be saved. Jesus is asked…
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