but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:2 NABRE Jesus has gained a reputation as a friend of tax collectors and sinners. A Jew would keep their distance from both groups as to be sure they are not influenced…
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I shall get up and go to my father and I shall say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. Luke 15:18 NABRE Jesus tells three parables about things lost; a lost sheep, a lost coin and a lost son. In the case of the lost…
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For his sake I have accepted the loss of all things and I consider them so much rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, Philippians 3:8-9 NABRE Paul is a faithful Jew, a Pharisee, a religious leader in the temple. With the formation of something called…
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Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. Isaiah 55:6 NABRE This verse is included in chapter fifty-five and it is all sweet poetry. At the time, it was written as an invitation to those exiled in Babylon to return to Jerusalem. But…
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