6 And Jesus said to them, ``Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." 7 They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, `` He said that because we did not bring any ...
1 Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. 2 This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And everyone ...
In the autumn of 2009, after I’d turned 50 and spent 22 years in pastoral ministry, I felt burnt out, disoriented, and lonely. My marriage was imploding. I knew I needed to leave ministry, but I was ...
26 While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, ``Take, eat; this is My body." 27 And when He had taken a cup and given ...
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, 4 they said to Him, ``Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very ...
14 You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able ...
1 Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. 2 The LORD was ...
9 ``Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? 10 ``Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? 11 ``If you then, being evil, know ...
4 Make me know Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. 5 Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day. 6 Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and ...
1 ``Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. 2 ``But he who enters by the door is a shepherd ...
13 For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 2 Samuel 15-17 2 Samuel 15 1 Now it came about after ...