And he said to them, “You justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts; for what is of human esteem is an abomination in the sight of God.” Luke 16:15 NABRE Jesus is teaching about focusing on the true God, we cannot love God and serve…
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You fools! Did not the maker of the outside also make the inside? Luke 11:40 NABRE Jesus is invited to dine at the home of a Pharisee, who is amazed that Jesus does not observe the prescribed washing before the meal. Before the meal Jews had a custom of ritual…
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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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He answered, “Knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been granted to you; but to the rest, they are made known through parables so that ‘they may look but not see, and hear but not understand.’” Luke 8:10 NABRE Jesus has shared a parable with a large…
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A clean heart create for me, God; renew within me a steadfast spirit. Do not drive me from before your face, nor take from me your holy spirit. Psalms 51:12-13 NABRE This psalm is a plea to be purified and for a heart to be made clean. The psalm begins…
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