One of the multitude said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?” Luke 12:13-14 WEB These verses from Luke’s gospel precede Jesus’ parable of the rich fool. In the parable, Jesus addresses the...
If therefore there is any exhortation in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender mercies and compassion, make my joy full by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind; doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but...
Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene went early, while it was still dark, to the tomb, and saw the stone taken away from the (empty) tomb. John 20:1 WEB On the Sunday following the Friday of Jesus’ death on the cross, John’s gospel account describes Jesus’ followers finding the empty...
Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let’s hold tightly to our confession. Hebrews 4:14 WEB Under the law of Moses practiced by faithful Jews, the high priest intercedes between man and God. In the Christian faith, we have Jesus as intercessor...
It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions. Joel 2:28 WEB The prophet Joel is known as one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament. In chapter two...
This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham: Matthew 1:1 NIV Matthew begins his gospel with the genealogy of Jesus. He does this to establish the historicity of Jesus as the Messiah, the promised Savior. Matthew’s listing of the ancestral lineage of Christ was...
