And when Jesus saw that [he] answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions. Mark 12:34 NABRE A scribe, a person well versed in the law, asks Jesus what is the first…
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Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Matthew 5:18 NABRE Jesus speaks of the law and prophets, saying He has come to fulfill them.…
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The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes. Mark 1:22 NABRE Jesus takes His ministry to Capernaum, a small town on the north east shore of the Sea of Galilee, a sort of home base for Jesus and…
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And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us. 1 John 3:23 NABRE John speaks of a commandment, which is to believe and to love. Belief is dependent on faith, and it is faith…
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The way we may be sure that we know him is to keep his commandments. 1 John 2:3 NABRE John offers an implied question, how do we know God and are we united with Him. John answers this implied question; we may be sure that we know Him keeping His…
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