BIBLE IN TEN

Monday, 23 December 2024   Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:48   “Therefore, you, you shall be complete, just like your Father – the ‘in the heavens’ – He is complete” (CG).   The previous verse conveyed Jesus’ words concerning greeting others. Even the tax collectors greet their brethren. So what reward is there in doing such a thing? The reward...

Sunday, 22 December 2024   And if you greet your brethren only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? Matthew 5:47   “And if you embrace only your brothers, what extra do you do? And do not the taxmen, the ‘himself’ they do?” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus noted the pointless nature of expecting rewards when you love those who love you, noting that even tax c...

Saturday, 21 December 2024   For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? Matthew 5:46   “For if you love those loving you, what recompense do you have? And do not also the taxmen, the ‘himself’ they do?” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of the gracious nature of the Father, having the sun rise on the evil and the good and sending...

Friday, 20 December 2024   that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:45   “that you may be sons of your Father – the ‘in heavens.’ For He rises His sun upon evil and good, and He rains upon the righteous and unrighteous” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus continued His words concer...

Thursday, 19 December 2024   But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, Matthew 5:44   “And I, I say to you, you love your enemies, bless those cursing you, you do good to those hating you, and you pray for the ‘insulting you’ and ‘pursuing you’” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus cit...

Wednesday, 18 December 2024   “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ Matthew 5:43   “You heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor, and you shall hate your enemy.’” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of giving to all who ask of you and to not turn away those wanting to borrow. Now, He says, “You heard that it was said.”   Jesus wil...

Tuesday, 17 December 2024   Give to him who asks you, and from him who wants to borrow from you do not turn away. Matthew 5:42   “The ‘asking of you,’ you give. And the wishing from you to borrow, not you shall turn away” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus said that when one mobilizes you to go with him a mile, to make it two instead. Next, He says, “The ‘asking of you,’ you give.”   The meaning...

Monday, 16 December 2024   And whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Matthew 5:41   “And whoever, he shall mobilize you one mile, you go with him two” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that if someone sued for his tunic, he should send him his cloak, meaning his outer garment, as well. Now, He gives more of such direction, saying, “And whoever, he shall mobiliz...

Sunday, 15 December 2024   If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, let him have your cloak also. Matthew 5:40   “And the ‘determining to sue you’ and your tunic to take, you send him also the cloak” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples that when someone slaps one of them on the right cheek, he should turn the other to him also. He continues now in a similar line of...

Saturday, 14 December 2024   But I tell you not to resist an evil person. But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. Matthew 5:39   “And I, I say to you, not resist the evil. But whoever, you, he shall slap unto your right cheek, and you turn to him the other” (CG).   Jesus just cited the law concerning an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Again, as before, He now...

Friday, 13 December 2024   “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ Matthew 5:38   “You heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth’” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus noted that one’s Yes should be yes and his No should be no. Anything beyond that is out of evil. He now starts a new thought, saying, “You heard that it was said.”   He again tur...

Thursday, 12 December 2024   But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’ For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Matthew 5:37   “And let it be, your word, ‘Yes, yes.’ ‘No, no.’ And the surplus of these, it is out of evil” (CG).   The previous verse noted that Jesus said not to swear by our heads because we cannot make one hair white or black. Now, He tells His disciples how the...

Wednesday, 11 December 2024   Nor shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. Matthew 5:36   “Nor in your head shall you swear, for not you are able one hair - white or black - to make” (CG).   In the previous verses, Jesus told His disciples not to swear at all. He then said not to do so in heaven, nor in the earth, nor unto Jerusalem. Now, He finishes this imme...

Tuesday, 10 December 2024   nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Matthew 5:35   “nor in the earth, for it is a footstool of His feet, nor unto Jerusalem for it is a city of the great King” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus said, “And I, I say to you, not swear atall, either in the heaven, for it is God’s throne.” He continues this th...

Monday, 9 December 2024   But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; Matthew 5:34   “And I, I say to you, not swear atall, either in the heaven, for it is God’s throne” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus noted that in the law it says that one should not perjure and that oaths were to be performed. However, Jesus now says, “And I, I say to you, not swear ata...

Sunday, 8 December 2024   “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’ Matthew 5:33   “Again, you heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Not you shall perjure, and you shall render to the Lord your oaths’” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus spoke about divorce and the consequences of it. Now, He continues to ci...

Saturday, 7 December 2024   But I say to you that whoever divorces his wife for any reason except sexual immorality causes her to commit adultery; and whoever marries a woman who is divorced commits adultery. Matthew 5:32   “And I, I say, to you that whoever if he shall dismiss his wife, except a word of harlotry, he makes her commit adultery. And whoever if ‘her having been dismissed’ he shall ma...

Friday, 6 December 2024   “Furthermore it has been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ Matthew 5:31   “And it was said that whoever, if he shall dismiss his wife, he gives to her a divorcement” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of what to do when the right hand causes one to sin. He now turns to an issue all too common in the world and which He wi...

Thursday, 5 December 2024   And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. Matthew 5:30   “And if your right hand, it entraps you, it – it hew – and it cast from you. For it conduces you that one of your members, it should perish, and not all your body, it s...

Wednesday, 4 December 2024   If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. Matthew 5:29   And if your eye, the right, it entraps you, it – pluck it – and it cast from you. For it conduces you that one of your members, it should perish, and not all your body, i...

Tuesday, 3 December 2024   But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Matthew 5:28   “And I, I say to you, that everyone – the ‘seeing a woman to passion upon her’ – already he committed adultery with her in his heart” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus cited the seventh commandment, “Not you shall commit adultery.” Now, H...

Monday, 2 December 2024   “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ Matthew 5:27   “You heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Not you shall commit adultery’” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus spoke to the disciples about not getting out of prison until the last penny had been paid. This is the idea behind the law. When there is law, there is a possibl...

Sunday, 1 December 2024   Assuredly, I say to you, you will by no means get out of there till you have paid the last penny. Matthew 5:26   “Amen! I say to you, no, not you shall come out thence until if you should pay the last kodranten” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus spoke to the disciples about agreeing quickly with one’s adversary lest an appeal be made and they be cast into prison. With...

Saturday, 30 November 2024   Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. Matthew 5:25   “You be quickly well-minded to your opponent, while which you are on the way with him. Lest ever the opponent, he may deliver you to the judge, and the judge should deli...

Friday, 29 November 2024   leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:24   “You leave, there, your gift before the altar, and you depart. First, you reconcile to your brother, and then, having come, you present your gift” (CG).   The previous verse began a thought that continues in this verse. Jesus sta...