Amos answered Amaziah, “I am not a prophet, nor do I belong to a company of prophets. I am a herdsman and a dresser of sycamores,” Amos 7:14 NABRE Amos has an altercation with Amaziah, the priest of the sanctuary of Bethel and a supporter of the king. Amaziah sees…
View More Amos 7:14 – June 30, 2022
But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold. Matthew 13:23 NABRE Jesus has shared several parables with those listening, including His disciples. Almost one third of Jesus’ teaching comes…
View More Matthew 13:23 – July 23, 2021
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…
View More Mark 1:22 – January 12, 2021
Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will act. Psalms 37:5 NABRE Psalm 37 reflects on the power and apparent success that evildoers manage to have. Set against doing good everything seems to work out well for them. It deals with an apparent contradiction by showing…
View More Psalms 37:5 – February 19, 2019