Sin 1 Jesus said to his disciples, “Things that make people fall into sin are bound to happen, but how terrible for the one who makes them happen! 2 It would be better for him if a large millstone were tied around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than for him to […]
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Mark 9
1 And he went on to say, “I tell you, there are some here who will not die until they have seen the Kingdom of God come with power.” The Transfiguration 2 Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain, where they were alone. As […]
Matthew 14
The Death of John the Baptist 1 At that time Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard about Jesus. 2 “He is really John the Baptist, who has come back to life,” he told his officials. “That is why he has this power to perform miracles.” 3 For Herod had earlier ordered John’s arrest, and he […]
Matthew 15
The Teaching of the Ancestors 1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and asked him, 2 “Why is it that your disciples disobey the teaching handed down by our ancestors? They don’t wash their hands in the proper way before they eat!” 3 Jesus answered, “And why do […]
Nehemiah 8
Ezra Reads the Law to the People 1 By the seventh month the people of Israel were all settled in their towns. On the first day of that month they all assembled in Jerusalem, in the square just inside the Water Gate. They asked Ezra, the priest and scholar of the Law which the Lord […]