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Sunday, September 4, 2016
Saturday, September 3, 2016
Matthew 19 and 20
VI. Jesus' Ministry in Judea and Perea (chs. 19-20)
- Teaching concerning Divorce (19:1-12)
- Teaching concerning Little Children (19:13-15)
- The Rich Young Man (19:16-30)
- The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (20:1-16)
- Prediction of Jesus' Death (20:17-19)
- A Mother's Request (20:20-28)
- Restoration of Sight at Jericho (20:29-34)
Matthew 19
When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and
went down to the region of Judea east of the Jordan River.
2 Large crowds followed him there, and he
healed their sick.
3 Some Pharisees came and tried to trap
him with this question: “Should a man be allowed to divorce his wife for just
any reason?”
4 “Haven’t you read the Scriptures?” Jesus
replied. “They record that from the beginning ‘God made them male and female.’
”
5 And he said, “‘This explains why a man
leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united
into one.’
6 Since they are no longer two but one,
let no one split apart what God has joined together.”
7 “Then why did Moses say in the law that
a man could give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away?” they
asked.
8 Jesus replied, “Moses permitted divorce
only as a concession to your hard hearts, but it was not what God had
originally intended.
9 And I tell you this, whoever divorces
his wife and marries someone else commits adultery—unless his wife has been
unfaithful. ”
10 Jesus’ disciples then said to him, “If
this is the case, it is better not to marry!”
11 “Not everyone can accept this
statement,” Jesus said. “Only those whom God helps.
12 Some are born as eunuchs, some have been
made eunuchs by others, and some choose not to marry for the sake of the
Kingdom of Heaven. Let anyone accept this who can.”
13 One day some parents brought their
children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the
disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.
14 But Jesus said, “Let the children come
to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like
these children.”
15 And he placed his hands on their heads
and blessed them before he left.
16 Someone came to Jesus with this
question: “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”
17 “Why ask me about what is good?” Jesus
replied. “There is only One who is good. But to answer your question—if you
want to receive eternal life, keep the commandments.”
18 “Which ones?” the man asked. And Jesus
replied: “‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not
steal. You must not testify falsely.
19 Honor your father and mother. Love your
neighbor as yourself.’ ”
20 “I’ve obeyed all these commandments,”
the young man replied. “What else must I do?”
21 Jesus told him, “If you want to be
perfect, go and sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and
you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
22 But when the young man heard this, he
went away sad, for he had many possessions.
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “I
tell you the truth, it is very hard for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of
Heaven.
24 I’ll say it again—it is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the
Kingdom of God!”
25 The disciples were astounded. “Then who
in the world can be saved?” they asked.
26 Jesus looked at them intently and said,
“Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But with God everything is possible.”
27 Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up
everything to follow you. What will we get?”
28 Jesus replied, “I assure you that when
the world is made new and the Son of Man sits upon his glorious throne, you who
have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel.
29 And everyone who has given up houses or
brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake,
will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
30 But many who are the greatest now will
be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the
greatest then.
Matthew 20
1 “For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the
landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
2 He agreed to pay the normal daily wage
and sent them out to work.
3 “At nine o’clock in the morning he was
passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing
nothing.
4 So he hired them, telling them he would
pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.
5 So they went to work in the vineyard. At
noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.
6 “At five o’clock that afternoon he was
in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why
haven’t you been working today?’
7 “They replied, ‘Because no one hired
us.’ “The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my
vineyard.’
8 “That evening he told the foreman to
call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first.
9 When those hired at five o’clock were
paid, each received a full day’s wage.
10 When those hired first came to get their
pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s
wage.
11 When they received their pay, they
protested to the owner,
12 ‘Those people worked only one hour, and
yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the
scorching heat.’
13 “He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I
haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage?
14 Take your money and go. I wanted to pay
this last worker the same as you.
15 Is it against the law for me to do what
I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’
16 “So those who are last now will be first
then, and those who are first will be last.”
17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he
took the twelve disciples aside privately and told them what was going to
happen to him.
18 “Listen,” he said, “we’re going up to
Jerusalem, where the Son of Man will be betrayed to the leading priests and the
teachers of religious law. They will sentence him to die.
19 Then they will hand him over to the
Romans to be mocked, flogged with a whip, and crucified. But on the third day
he will be raised from the dead.”
20 Then the mother of James and John, the
sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus with her sons. She knelt respectfully to ask a
favor.
21 “What is your request?” he asked. She
replied, “In your Kingdom, please let my two sons sit in places of honor next
to you, one on your right and the other on your left.”
22 But Jesus answered by saying to them,
“You don’t know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup
of suffering I am about to drink?” “Oh yes,” they replied, “we are able!”
23 Jesus told them, “You will indeed drink
from my bitter cup. But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my
left. My Father has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen.”
24 When the ten other disciples heard what
James and John had asked, they were indignant.
25 But Jesus called them together and said,
“You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and
officials flaunt their authority over those under them.
26 But among you it will be different.
Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,
27 and whoever wants to be first among you
must become your slave.
28 For even the Son of Man came not to be
served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
29 As Jesus and the disciples left the town
of Jericho, a large crowd followed behind.
30 Two blind men were sitting beside the
road. When they heard that Jesus was coming that way, they began shouting,
“Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
31 “Be quiet!” the crowd yelled at them.
But they only shouted louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
32 When Jesus heard them, he stopped and
called, “What do you want me to do for you?”
33 “Lord,” they said, “we want to see!”
34 Jesus felt sorry for them and touched
their eyes. Instantly they could see! Then they followed him.
Friday, September 2, 2016
Matthew 17:22 to 18:35
Jesus' Last Ministry in Galilee (17:22 -- 18:35)
- Prediction of Jesus' Death (17:22-23)
- Temple Tax (17:24-27)
- Discourse on Life in the Kingdom (ch. 18)
Matthew 17
22 After they gathered again in Galilee,
Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his
enemies.
23 He will be killed, but on the third day
he will be raised from the dead.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
24 On their arrival in Capernaum, the
collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher
pay the Temple tax?”
25 “Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he
went into the house. But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him,
“What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they
have conquered? ”
26 “They tax the people they have
conquered,” Peter replied. “Well, then,” Jesus said, “the citizens are free!
27 However, we don’t want to offend them,
so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish
you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for
both of us.”
Matthew 18
1 About that time the disciples came to
Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
2 Jesus called a little child to him and
put the child among them.
3 Then he said, “I tell you the truth,
unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never
get into the Kingdom of Heaven.
4 So anyone who becomes as humble as this
little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
5 “And anyone who welcomes a little child
like this on my behalf is welcoming me.
6 But if you cause one of these little
ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to have a
large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
7 “What sorrow awaits the world, because
it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the
person who does the tempting.
8 So if your hand or foot causes you to
sin, cut it off and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only
one hand or one foot than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your
hands and feet.
9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge
it out and throw it away. It’s better to enter eternal life with only one eye
than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.
10 “Beware that you don’t look down on any
of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels are always in
the presence of my heavenly Father.
11
12 “If a man has a hundred sheep and one of
them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on
the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
13 And if he finds it, I tell you the
truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t
wander away!
14 In the same way, it is not my heavenly
Father’s will that even one of these little ones should perish.
15 “If another believer sins against you,
go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and
confesses it, you have won that person back.
16 But if you are unsuccessful, take one or
two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be
confirmed by two or three witnesses.
17 If the person still refuses to listen,
take your case to the church. Then if he or she won’t accept the church’s
decision, treat that person as a pagan or a corrupt tax collector.
18 “I tell you the truth, whatever you
forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth
will be permitted in heaven.
19 “I also tell you this: If two of you
agree here on earth concerning anything you ask, my Father in heaven will do it
for you.
20 For where two or three gather together
as my followers, I am there among them.”
21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord,
how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”
22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied,
“but seventy times seven!
23 “Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be
compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants
who had borrowed money from him.
24 In the process, one of his debtors was
brought in who owed him millions of dollars.
25 He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered
that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to
pay the debt.
26 “But the man fell down before his master
and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’
27 Then his master was filled with pity for
him, and he released him and forgave his debt.
28 “But when the man left the king, he went
to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the
throat and demanded instant payment.
29 “His fellow servant fell down before him
and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he
pleaded.
30 But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had
the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full.
31 “When some of the other servants saw
this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that
had happened.
32 Then the king called in the man he had
forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt
because you pleaded with me.
33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow
servant, just as I had mercy on you?’
34 Then the angry king sent the man to
prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt.
35 “That’s what my heavenly Father will do
to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Matthew 15:29 to 17:20
Jesus' Withdrawals from Galilee (14:13 -- 17:20)
- To the Eastern Shore of the Sea of Galilee (14:13 -- 15:20)
- To Phoenicia (15:21-28)
- To the Decapolis (15:29 -- 16:12)
- To Caesarea Philippi (16:13 -- 17:20)
Matthew 15
29 Jesus returned to the Sea of Galilee and
climbed a hill and sat down.
30 A vast crowd brought to him people who
were lame, blind, crippled, those who couldn’t speak, and many others. They
laid them before Jesus, and he healed them all.
31 The crowd was amazed! Those who hadn’t
been able to speak were talking, the crippled were made well, the lame were
walking, and the blind could see again! And they praised the God of Israel.
32 Then Jesus called his disciples and told
them, “I feel sorry for these people. They have been here with me for three
days, and they have nothing left to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry,
or they will faint along the way.”
33 The disciples replied, “Where would we
get enough food here in the wilderness for such a huge crowd?”
34 Jesus asked, “How much bread do you
have?” They replied, “Seven loaves, and a few small fish.”
35 So Jesus told all the people to sit down
on the ground.
36 Then he took the seven loaves and the
fish, thanked God for them, and broke them into pieces. He gave them to the
disciples, who distributed the food to the crowd.
37 They all ate as much as they wanted.
Afterward, the disciples picked up seven large baskets of leftover food.
38 There were 4,000 men who were fed that
day, in addition to all the women and children.
39 Then Jesus sent the people home, and he
got into a boat and crossed over to the region of Magadan.
Matthew 16
1 One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came
to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to
prove his authority.
2 He replied, “You know the saying, ‘Red
sky at night means fair weather tomorrow;
3 red sky in the morning means foul
weather all day.’ You know how to interpret the weather signs in the sky, but
you don’t know how to interpret the signs of the times!
4 Only an evil, adulterous generation
would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign
of the prophet Jonah. ” Then Jesus left them and went away.
5 Later, after they crossed to the other
side of the lake, the disciples discovered they had forgotten to bring any
bread.
6 “Watch out!” Jesus warned them. “Beware
of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 At this they began to argue with each
other because they hadn’t brought any bread.
8 Jesus knew what they were saying, so he
said, “You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about
having no bread?
9 Don’t you understand even yet? Don’t you
remember the 5,000 I fed with five loaves, and the baskets of leftovers you
picked up?
10 Or the 4,000 I fed with seven loaves,
and the large baskets of leftovers you picked up?
11 Why can’t you understand that I’m not
talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and
Sadducees.’”
12 Then at last they understood that he
wasn’t speaking about the yeast in bread, but about the deceptive teaching of
the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 When Jesus came to the region of
Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of
Man is?”
14 “Well,” they replied, “some say John the
Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other
prophets.”
15 Then he asked them, “But who do you say
I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the
Messiah, the Son of the living God.”
17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon
son of John, because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not
learn this from any human being.
18 Now I say to you that you are Peter
(which means ‘rock’), and upon this rock I will build my church, and all the
powers of hell will not conquer it.
19 And I will give you the keys of the
Kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you forbid on earth will be forbidden in heaven,
and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.”
20 Then he sternly warned the disciples not
to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
21 From then on Jesus began to tell his
disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he
would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading
priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the
third day he would be raised from the dead.
22 But Peter took him aside and began to
reprimand him for saying such things. “Heaven forbid, Lord,” he said. “This
will never happen to you!”
23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, “Get
away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things
merely from a human point of view, not from God’s.”
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If
any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take
up your cross, and follow me.
25 If you try to hang on to your life, you
will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
26 And what do you benefit if you gain the
whole world but lose your own soul? Is anything worth more than your soul?
27 For the Son of Man will come with his
angels in the glory of his Father and will judge all people according to their
deeds.
28 And I tell you the truth, some standing
here right now will not die before they see the Son of Man coming in his
Kingdom.”
Matthew 17
1 Six days later Jesus took Peter and the
two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.
2 As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance
was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as
white as light.
3 Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and
began talking with Jesus.
4 Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it’s wonderful
for us to be here! If you want, I’ll make three shelters as memorials —one for
you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 But even as he spoke, a bright cloud
overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved
Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
6 The disciples were terrified and fell
face down on the ground.
7 Then Jesus came over and touched them.
“Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.”
8 And when they looked up, Moses and
Elijah were gone, and they saw only Jesus.
9 As they went back down the mountain,
Jesus commanded them, “Don’t tell anyone what you have seen until the Son of
Man has been raised from the dead.”
10 Then his disciples asked him, “Why do
the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah
comes? ”
11 Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed coming
first to get everything ready.
12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come,
but he wasn’t recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they
will also make the Son of Man suffer.”
13 Then the disciples realized he was talking
about John the Baptist.
14 At the foot of the mountain, a large
crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said,
15 “Lord, have mercy on my son. He has
seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.
16 So I brought him to your disciples, but
they couldn’t heal him.”
17 Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt
people! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the
boy here to me.”
18 Then Jesus rebuked the demon in the boy,
and it left him. From that moment the boy was well.
19 Afterward the disciples asked Jesus
privately, “Why couldn’t we cast out that demon?”
20 “You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus
told them. “I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard
seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would
move. Nothing would be impossible. ”
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