Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile. Mark 7:15 NABRE The Jews had many rules around ritual purity, feeling in order to be approached by the Sacred, they must be pure. Feeling that purity is affected…
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But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts. John 16:6 NABRE Jesus has told His disciples He is their friend, He has told them they will be hated because of Him and He has told them they will be expelled from their community because of the work…
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This I command you: love one another. John 15:17 NABRE Jesus has shared the love and communion He has with His Father. He declares His disciples friends, He has told them everything He has heard from the Father. The few people in the world who know the Father are Jesus’…
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If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? John 3:12 NABRE Jesus speaking to a ruler of the Jews, Nicodemus, compares His telling of earthly things, what humanity is able to understand and heavenly things,…
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Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God. Hebrews 3:12 NABRE The letter to the Hebrews includes verses from Psalm Ninety-Five, concluding; “Therefore I swore in my anger: They shall never enter my rest.” (Verse 11) God…
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