In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew, andContinue reading “Luke 6: 12-19”
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Luke 6: 1-11
Luke 6: 1-11 (ESV) On a Sabbath, while he was going through the grainfields, his disciples plucked and ate some heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands. But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath?” And Jesus answered them, “Have you not readContinue reading “Luke 6: 1-11”
Galatians 4: 21-28….Allegorically speaking!
Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the freeContinue reading “Galatians 4: 21-28….Allegorically speaking!”
Luke 5: 33-39
Luke 5; 33-39 (ESV) And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.” And Jesus said to them, “Can you make wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroomContinue reading “Luke 5: 33-39”
Luke 5: 27-32
Luke 5: 27-32 (ESV) After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, sitting at the tax booth. And he said to him, “Follow me.” And leaving everything, he rose and followed him.And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors andContinue reading “Luke 5: 27-32”
Luke 5: 17-26
Luke 5: 17-26 (ESV) On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bedContinue reading “Luke 5: 17-26”
Luke 5: 12-16
Luke 5: 12-16 (ESV) While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.”Continue reading “Luke 5: 12-16”
Luke 5: 1-11
Luke 5: 1-11 (ESV) On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of theContinue reading “Luke 5: 1-11”
Prov 6: 1-19
Prov 6: 1-19 (ESV) My son, if you have put up security for your neighbour,have given your pledge for a stranger,if you are snared in the words of your mouth,caught in the words of your mouth,then do this, my son, and save yourself,for you have come into the hand of your neighbour:go, hasten, and pleadContinue reading “Prov 6: 1-19”
Prov 5: 15-23
Pro 5: 15-23 (ESV) Drink water from your own cistern,flowing water from your own well.Should your springs be scattered abroad,streams of water in the streets?Let them be for yourself alone,and not for strangers with you. Let your fountain be blessed,and rejoice in the wife of your youth,a lovely deer, a graceful doe.Let her breasts fillContinue reading “Prov 5: 15-23”
As I read it! 