The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 50. 51. 52. … 149. 150. Chapter 51 1 1 For the leader. A psalm of David, 2 when Nathan the prophet came to him after his affair with Bathsheba. 3 Have mercy on me, God, in your goodness; in your abundant compassion blot out my offense. 4 Wash away all my guilt; from my sin cleanse me. 5 For I know my offense; my sin is… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 51
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Psalms – Chapter 147
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 146. 147. 148. 149. 150. Chapter 147 1 Hallelujah! 1 How good to celebrate our God in song; how sweet to give fitting praise. 2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, gathers the dispersed of Israel, 3 Heals the brokenhearted, binds up their wounds, 4 Numbers all the stars, calls each of them by name. 5 Great is our Lord, vast in power, with wisdom beyond measure. 6 The LORD sustains the poor, but casts the wicked to the ground. 7 Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; with the lyre celebrate our God, 8 2 Who covers the heavens with clouds, provides rain for the earth, makes grass sprout on the mountains, 9 Who gives animals their food and ravens what they cry for. 10 3 God takes no delight in… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 147
Deuteronomy – Chapter 4
The Bible – Old Testament Deuteronomy Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. Chapter 4 1 “Now, Israel, hear the statutes and decrees which I am teaching… Continue reading Deuteronomy – Chapter 4
Hebrews – Chapter 4
The Bible – New Testament Hebrews Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Chapter 4 1 Therefore, let us be on our guard while the promise of entering into his rest remains, that none of you seem to have failed. 2 For in fact we have received the… Continue reading Hebrews – Chapter 4
The Bible – New Testament
Saint Mark
Index
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Chapter 1
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1 2 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ (the Son of God).
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As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: 3 “Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way.
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A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.'”
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John (the) Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
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People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.
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John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. 4 He fed on locusts and wild honey.
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And this is what he proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
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5 I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit.”
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It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
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On coming up out of the water he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit, like a dove, descending upon him. 6
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And a voice came from the heavens, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
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7 At once the Spirit drove him out into the desert,
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and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.
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After John had been arrested, 8 Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the gospel of God:
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“This is the time of fulfillment. The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
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9 As he passed by the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea; they were fishermen.
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Jesus said to them, “Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
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Then they abandoned their nets and followed him.
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He walked along a little farther and saw James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They too were in a boat mending their nets.
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Then he called them. So they left their father Zebedee in the boat along with the hired men and followed him.
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10 Then they came to Capernaum, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
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The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
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11 In their synagogue was a man with an unclean spirit;
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12 he cried out, “What have you to do with us, 13 Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!”
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Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!”
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The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.
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All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
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His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.
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On leaving the synagogue he entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
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Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her.
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He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
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When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were ill or possessed by demons.
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The whole town was gathered at the door.
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He cured many who were sick with various diseases, and he drove out many demons, not permitting them to speak because they knew him.
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Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.
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Simon and those who were with him pursued him
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and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.”
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He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come.”
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So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.
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A leper 14 came to him (and kneeling down) begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.”
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Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.”
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The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
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Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
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Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.”
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The man went away and began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. He remained outside in deserted places, and people kept coming to him from everywhere.
1 [1-13] The prologue of the Gospel according to Mark begins with the title (⇒ Mark 1:1) followed by three events preparatory to Jesus’ preaching: (1) the appearance in the Judean wilderness of John, baptizer, preacher of repentance, and precursor of Jesus (⇒ Mark 1:2-8); (2) the baptism of Jesus, at which a voice from heaven acknowledges Jesus to be God’s Son, and the holy Spirit descends on him (⇒ Mark 1:9-11); (3) the temptation of Jesus by Satan (⇒ Mark 1:12-13).
2 [1] The gospel of Jesus Christ [the Son of God]: the “good news” of salvation in and through Jesus, crucified and risen, acknowledged by the Christian community as Messiah (⇒ Mark 8:29; ⇒ 14:61-62) and Son of God (⇒ Mark 1:11; ⇒ 9:7; ⇒ 15:39), although some important manuscripts here omit the Son of God.
3 [2-3] Although Mark attributes the prophecy to Isaiah, the text is a combination of ⇒ Malachi 3:1; ⇒ Isaiah 40:3; ⇒ Exodus 23:20; cf ⇒ Matthew 11:10; ⇒ Luke 7:27. John’s ministry is seen as God’s prelude to the saving mission of his Son. The way of the Lord: this prophecy of Deutero-Isaiah concerning the end of the Babylonian exile is here applied to the coming of Jesus; John the Baptist is to prepare the way for him.
4 [6] Clothed in camel’s hair . . . waist: the Baptist’s garb recalls that of Elijah in ⇒ 2 Kings 1:8. Jesus speaks of the Baptist as Elijah who has already come (⇒ Mark 9:11-13; ⇒ Matthew 17:10-12; cf ⇒ Malachi 3:23-24; ⇒ Luke 1:17).
5 [8-9] Through the life-giving baptism with the holy Spirit (⇒ Mark 1:8), Jesus will create a new people of God. But first he identifies himself with the people of Israel in submitting to John’s baptism of repentance and in bearing on their behalf the burden of God’s decisive judgment (⇒ Mark 1:9; cf ⇒ Mark 1:4). As in the desert of Sinai, so here in the wilderness of Judea, Israel’s sonship with God is to be renewed.
6 [10-11] He saw the heavens . . . and the Spirit . . . upon him: indicating divine intervention in fulfillment of promise. Here the descent of the Spirit on Jesus is meant, anointing him for his ministry; cf ⇒ Isaiah 11:2; ⇒ 42:1; ⇒ 61:1; ⇒ 63:9. A voice . . . with you I am well pleased: God’s acknowledgment of Jesus as his unique Son, the object of his love. His approval of Jesus is the assurance that Jesus will fulfill his messianic mission of salvation.
7 [12-13] The same Spirit who descended on Jesus in his baptism now drives him into the desert for forty days. The result is radical confrontation and temptation by Satan who attempts to frustrate the work of God. The presence of wild beasts may indicate the horror and danger of the desert regarded as the abode of demons or may reflect the paradise motif of harmony among all creatures; cf ⇒ Isaiah 11:6-9. The presence of ministering angels to sustain Jesus recalls the angel who guided the Israelites in the desert in the first Exodus (⇒ Exodus 14:19; ⇒ 23:20) and the angel who supplied nourishment to Elijah in the wilderness (⇒ 1 Kings 19:5-7). The combined forces of good and evil were present to Jesus in the desert. His sustained obedience brings forth the new Israel of God there where Israel’s rebellion had brought death and alienation.
8 [14-15] After John had been arrested: in the plan of God, Jesus was not to proclaim the good news of salvation prior to the termination of the Baptist’s active mission. Galilee: in the Marcan account, scene of the major part of Jesus’ public ministry before his arrest and condemnation. The gospel of God: not only the good news from God but about God at work in Jesus Christ. This is the time of fulfillment: i.e., of God’s promises. The kingdom of God . . . repent: see the note on ⇒ Matthew 3:2.
9 [16-20] These verses narrate the call of the first Disciples. See the notes on ⇒ Matthew 4:18-22 and ⇒ Matthew 4:20.
10 [21-45] The account of a single day’s ministry of Jesus on a sabbath in and outside the synagogue of Capernaum (⇒ Mark 1:21-31) combines teaching and miracles of exorcism and healing. Mention is not made of the content of the teaching but of the effect of astonishment and alarm on the people. Jesus’ teaching with authority, making an absolute claim on the hearer, was in the best tradition of the ancient prophets, not of the scribes. The narrative continues with events that evening (⇒ Mark 1:32-34; see the notes on ⇒ Matthew 8:14-17) and the next day (⇒ Mark 1:35-39). The cleansing in ⇒ Mark 1:40-45 stands as an isolated story.
11 [23] An unclean spirit: so called because of the spirit’s resistance to the holiness of God. The spirit knows and fears the power of Jesus to destroy his influence; cf ⇒ Mark 1:32, ⇒ 34; ⇒ 3:11; ⇒ 6:13.
12 [24-25] The Holy One of God: not a confession but an attempt to ward off Jesus’ power, reflecting the notion that use of the precise name of an opposing spirit would guarantee mastery over him. Jesus silenced the cry of the unclean spirit and drove him out of the man.
13 [24] What have you to do with us?: see the note on ⇒ John 2:4.
14 [40] A leper: for the various forms of skin disease, see ⇒ Lev 13:1-50 and the note on ⇒ Lev 13:2-4. There are only two instances in the Old Testament in which God is shown to have cured a leper (⇒ Numbers 12:10-15; ⇒ 2 Kings 5:1-14). The law of Moses provided for the ritual purification of a leper. In curing the leper, Jesus assumes that the priests will reinstate the cured man into the religious community. See also the note on ⇒ Luke 5:14.
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Saint Mark
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10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
Psalms – Chapter 26
The Bible – Old Testament Psalms Index Int. 1. 2. 3. … 25. 26. 27. … 149. 150. Chapter 26 1 Of David. 1 Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered. 2 Test me, LORD, and try me; search my heart and mind. 3 Your love is before my eyes; I walk guided by your faithfulness. 4 I do not sit with deceivers, nor with hypocrites do I mingle. 5 I hate the company of evildoers; with the wicked I do not sit. 6 2 I will wash my hands in innocence and walk round your altar, LORD, 7… Continue reading Psalms – Chapter 26
The Bible – New Testament
Saint Matthew
Index
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
Chapter 7
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1 2 “Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
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For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
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Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?
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How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’ while the wooden beam is in your eye?
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You hypocrite, 3 remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.
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“Do not give what is holy to dogs, 4 or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.
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“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
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For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
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Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asks for a loaf of bread, 5
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or a snake when he asks for a fish?
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If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask him.
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6 “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.
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7 8 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who enter through it are many.
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How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to life. And those who find it are few.
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9 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves.
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By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
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Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit.
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Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
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So by their fruits you will know them.
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“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, 10 but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
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Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
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Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. 11 Depart from me, you evildoers.’
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12 “Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
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The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
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And everyone who listens to these words of mine but does not act on them will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
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The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
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13 When Jesus finished these words, the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
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14 for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
1 [1-12] In ⇒ Matthew 7:1 Matthew returns to the basic traditional material of the sermon (⇒ Luke 6:37-38, ⇒ 41-42). The governing thought is the correspondence between conduct toward one’s fellows and God’s conduct toward the one so acting.
2 [1] This is not a prohibition against recognizing the faults of others, which would be hardly compatible with ⇒ Matthew 7:5, 6 but against passing judgment in a spirit of arrogance, forgetful of one’s own faults.
3 [5] Hypocrite: the designation previously given to the scribes and Pharisees is here given to the Christian disciple who is concerned with the faults of another and ignores his own more serious offenses.
4 [6] Dogs and swine were Jewish terms of contempt for Gentiles. This saying may originally have derived from a Jewish Christian community opposed to preaching the gospel (what is holy, pearls) to Gentiles. In the light of ⇒ Matthew 28:19 that can hardly be Matthew’s meaning. He may have taken the saying as applying to a Christian dealing with an obstinately impenitent fellow Christian (⇒ Matthew 18:17).
5 [9-10] There is a resemblance between a stone and a round loaf of bread and between a serpent and the scaleless fish called barbut.
6 [12] See ⇒ Luke 6:31. This saying, known since the eighteenth century as the “Golden Rule,” is found in both positive and negative form in pagan and Jewish sources, both earlier and later than the gospel. This is the law and the prophets is an addition probably due to the evangelist.
7 [13-28] The final section of the discourse is composed of a series of antitheses, contrasting two kinds of life within the Christian community, that of those who obey the words of Jesus and that of those who do not. Most of the sayings are from Q and are found also in Luke.
8 [13-14] The metaphor of the “two ways” was common in pagan philosophy and in the Old Testament. In Christian literature it is found also in the Didache (1-6) and the Epistle of Barnabas (18-20).
9 [15-20] Christian disciples who claimed to speak in the name of God are called prophets (⇒ Matthew 7:15) in ⇒ Matthew 10:41; ⇒ Matthew 23:34. They were presumably an important group within the church of Matthew. As in the case of the Old Testament prophets, there were both true and false ones, and for Matthew the difference could be recognized by the quality of their deeds, the fruits (⇒ Matthew 7:16). The mention of fruits leads to the comparison with trees, some producing good fruit, others bad.
10 [21-23] The attack on the false prophets is continued, but is broadened to include those disciples who perform works of healing and exorcism in the name of Jesus (Lord) but live evil lives. Entrance into the kingdom is only for those who do the will of the Father. On the day of judgment (on that day) the morally corrupt prophets and miracle workers will be rejected by Jesus.
11 [23] I never knew you: cf ⇒ Matthew 10:33. Depart from me, you evildoers: cf ⇒ Psalm 6:8.
12 [24-27] The conclusion of the discourse (cf ⇒ Luke 6:47-49). Here the relation is not between saying and doing as in ⇒ Matthew 7:15-23 but between hearing and doing, and the words of Jesus are applied to every Christian (everyone who listens).
13 [28-29] When Jesus finished these words: this or a similar formula is used by Matthew to conclude each of the five great discourses of Jesus (cf ⇒ Matthew 11:1; ⇒ 13:53; ⇒ 19:1; ⇒ 26:1).
14 [29] Not as their scribes: scribal instruction was a faithful handing down of the traditions of earlier teachers; Jesus’ teaching is based on his own authority. Their scribes: for the implications of their, see the note on ⇒ Matthew 4:23.
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12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.
Daniel – Chapter 3
The Bible – Old Testament Daniel Index Int. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Chapter 3 1 1 King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, which he set up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 2 He then ordered the satraps,… Continue reading Daniel – Chapter 3
The Bible – Old Testament
Psalms
Index
Int. 1. 2. 3. … 148. 149. 150.
Chapter 1
1
1 2 Happy those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked, Nor go the way of sinners, nor sit in company with scoffers.
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3 Rather, the law of the LORD is their joy; God’s law they study day and night.
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They are like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in season; Its leaves never wither; whatever they do prospers.
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4 But not the wicked! They are like chaff driven by the wind.
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Therefore the wicked will not survive judgment, nor will sinners in the assembly of the just.
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The LORD watches over the way of the just, but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.
1 [Psalm 1] A preface to the whole Book of Psalms, contrasting with striking similes the destiny of the good and the wicked. The psalm views life as activity, as choosing either the good or the bad. Each “way” brings its inevitable consequences. The wise through their good actions will experience rootedness and life, and the wicked, rootlessness and death.
2 [1] Those: literally, “the man.” That word is used here and in many of the Psalms as typical, and therefore is translated “they.” The way: a common biblical term for manner of living or moral conduct (⇒ Psalm 32:8; ⇒ 101:2, 6; ⇒ Proverb 2:20; ⇒ 1 Kings 8:36).
3 [2] The law of the LORD: either the Torah, the first five books of the Bible, or, more probably, divine teaching or instruction.
4 [4] The wicked: those who by their actions distance themselves from God’s life-giving presence.
Psalms
Index
Int. 1. 2. 3. … 148. 149. 150.
PSALM 51 (50) IN ARAMAIC (language of Jesus)
VÍA CRUCIS
VÍA CRUCIS Stations of the Cross
Saint Luke – Chapter 11
The Bible – New Testament Saint Luke Index 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Chapter 11 1 1 2 He was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray just as… Continue reading Saint Luke – Chapter 11
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