The greatest among you must be your servant. Matthew 23:11 NABRE Jesus is teaching about the scribes and Pharisees, who tell the people what to observe but never practice what they preach. Jesus says they make demands, laying heavy burdens on the people and loving places of honor but not…
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Mark 12:14 – June 1, 2021
They came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are a truthful man and that you are not concerned with anyone’s opinion. You do not regard a person’s status but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay the census tax…
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For who is greater: the one seated at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one seated at table? I am among you as the one who serves. Luke 22:27 NABRE Jesus is having a Passover meal with His disciples and speaks about being betrayed by someone…
View More Luke 22:27 – October 14, 2020John 3:13 – September 14, 2019
No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. John 3:13 NABRE Jesus is speaking to Nicodemus who is a leading Jewish Pharisee. He comes from a prominent family and is referred to as a ruler of the Jews.…
View More John 3:13 – September 14, 2019Deuteronomy 31:6 – April 25, 2019
Be strong and steadfast; have no fear or dread of them, for it is the LORD, your God, who marches with you; he will never fail you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 NABRE This chapter of the book of Deuteronomy has Moses giving a sort of farewell speech. The people…
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