Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring him here to me.” Matthew 17:17 NABRE Jesus has sent His disciples out to heal the sick and expel demons, but we see in this story from…
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Mark 9:9 – August 6, 2021
As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead. Mark 9:9 NABRE Jesus takes several disciples up a high mountain where He is transfigured and greeted by Elijah,…
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He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.” Matthew 16:23 NABRE Matthew opens a new section where Jesus becomes more specific with His disciples about what will happen when they…
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He said in reply, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” Matthew 15:24 NABRE Jesus is traveling through an area that is predominantly gentile, people not of Hebrew descent. A woman who is recognizably gentile calls out to Jesus to heal her daughter. His…
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After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When it was evening he was there alone. Matthew 14:23 NABRE Jesus was tired and hoping to rest but a great crowd followed Him and He had to hear them, heal them and feed them. Afterward He…
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