At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’” Matthew 4:10 NABRE After His Baptism Jesus wanders in the desert for forty days and nights, using it as a time of prayer and fasting.…
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Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Matthew 5:4 NABRE Jesus is teaching his disciples, in the Sermon on the Mount. This blessing is for mourning. It seems strange that Jesus would mention mourning in the context of the other blessings. These teachings from Jesus are ways…
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Whoever has ears ought to hear. Matthew 11:15 NABRE Jesus addresses a crowd about John the Baptist; asking if they are going off to see John, who did they go to see in the desert, did they go to see someone dressed in fine linen, did they go to see…
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And the king will say to them in reply, “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of these least brothers of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:40 NABRE Matthew is sharing Jesus’ teaching about judgement at the return of the Son of Man. The scene is…
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Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few. Matthew 7:13-14 NABRE Matthew…
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