The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so asContinue reading “Luke 20: 19-26…A trap set…”
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Luke 20: 1-18 Accusations fly…..
One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came up and said to him, “Tell us by what authority you do these things, or who it is that gave you this authority.” He answered them, “I also will askContinue reading “Luke 20: 1-18 Accusations fly…..”
Luke 19:41-47…. On reaching the city.
And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around youContinue reading “Luke 19:41-47…. On reaching the city.”
Luke 19: 28-40… Palm Sunday
As we come to Easter I want to look at what is called the ‘Passion week’. I cannot look at Luke’s passages on this ‘Passion week’ in just the five days of that week, so I am starting early, trusting that I will get to the Easter story on the correct day. And when heContinue reading “Luke 19: 28-40… Palm Sunday”
Proverbs 16; 18-33
Whoever gives thought to the word will discover good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. What does the word ‘word’ refer to here? Sometimes we are left with more than one possible meaning to a piece of what we read in the Bible. Does it mean word in a general sense? AsContinue reading “Proverbs 16; 18-33”
Proverbs 16: 1-17
I’ve marked the couplets about which I have written with an asterisk in the full passage below. If you have time to look at and ponder them all, so much the better All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the spirit. Even when we as humanContinue reading “Proverbs 16: 1-17”
Proverbs 15: 15-33
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a fattened ox and hatred with it. There are so many people dying daily around the word from starvation that even a meal of herbs would sound tempting. Anything to drive away the pangs of hunger. But that, although worth thinking about, isn’t the pointContinue reading “Proverbs 15: 15-33”
Proverbs 15: 1-14 …. A selection
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good. Watching a detective story on TV, I am amazed at how much can be learned by them replaying the camera records taken along the way their suspects have travelled. We don’t like the thought of people spying onContinue reading “Proverbs 15: 1-14 …. A selection”
Proverbs 14: 13-35 A selection
Because the remainder of the book of proverbs, until chapter 30, is endless couplets, worth reading and thinking about, but too many for me to consider here, one by one, I am going to pick out several of them from each chapter and make comments. This of course does not mean that the others areContinue reading “Proverbs 14: 13-35 A selection”
Proverbs 14: 1-12…. A call to think.
The wisest of women builds her house,but folly with her own hands tears it down.2. Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD,but he who is devious in his ways despises him.3. By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back,but the lips of the wise will preserve them.4. Where there are noContinue reading “Proverbs 14: 1-12…. A call to think.”
As I read it! 