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Friday, 22 May 2026   And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, Matthew 20:3   “And having exited about the third hour, he saw others having stood in the market, inactive.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus continued the parable of the workers in the vineyard, noting that the housemaster agreed to hire laborers for a denarius and then sent them into th...

Thursday, 21 May 2026   Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. Matthew 20:2   “Having also harmonized with the toilers from ‘denarius, the day,’ he sent them into the ‘vineyard, his’.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus began the parable of the laborers in the vineyard. He continues that now, saying, “And having harmonized with the toilers.”...

Wednesday, 20 May 2026   “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Matthew 20:1   “Like, for, it is the ‘kingdom, the heavens’: man, housemaster, who he exited concurrently early to hire toilers into ‘vineyard, his’.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Chapter 19 concluded with Jesus’ words concerning many who are first will be l...

 Exploring the Connection Between Matthew 19, the Book of Psalms, and Isaiah 19 For Bible in Ten – By DH – 19th May 2026 Yesterday we completed Matthew 19.   Nineteen according to E W Bullinger is “a combination of 10 and 9, and would denote the perfection of Divine order connected with judgment.” During our episodes through Matthew 19,  we already learned how “..the words of Chapter 19 span all t...

Tuesday, 19 May 2026   A summary of Matthew Chapter 19.   Chapter 17 revealed that there is a future for Israel in God’s redemptive plans. Chapter 18, above all, showed that childlike faith is required to enter into the kingdom. The final parable, that of the wicked servant, was a clear indicator that the law is set aside but that Israel rejected Christ’s fulfillment of it and, instead, went to re...

Monday, 18 May 2026   But many who are first will be last, and the last first. Matthew 19:30   “Many, also, they will be: first, last, and last, first.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus spoke of priorities, noting that those who have left houses, family, etc., for His name’s sake would receive a hundredfold along with eternal life. Having said that, He finishes the chapter, saying, “Many, also,...

Sunday, 17 May 2026   And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. Matthew 19:29   “And all, whoever he left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields because of My name, a hundredfold he will receive, and life perpetua...

Saturday, 16 May 2026   So Jesus said to them, “Assuredly I say to you, that in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of His glory, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matthew 19:28   “And Jesus, He said to them, ‘Amen! I say to you that you, the ‘having followed Me’, in the rebirth, when He shall sit, the Son of Man, up...

Friday, 15 May 2026   Then Peter answered and said to Him, “See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?” Matthew 19:27   “Then answering, Peter, he said to Him, ‘You behold! We, we left all, and we followed You! What hence it will be to us?’” (CG).   In the previous verse, Jesus assured the disciples that even if salvation is impossible with men, with God, all things are...

Thursday, 14 May 2026   But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26   “Having gazed, also, Jesus, He said to them, ‘With men, this – impossible, it is. With, also, God – all possible, it is.’” (CG).   In the previous verse, the disciples were floored at Jesus’ words about the chances of the rich entering the kingdom...

Wednesday, 13 May 2026   When His disciples heard it, they were greatly astonished, saying, “Who then can be saved?” Matthew 19:25   “Having heard, now, the ‘disciples, His’, they were outstruck, exceedingly, saying, ‘Who then, he can be saved?’” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples about the difficulty of being saved, it being easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle...

Tuesday, 12 May 2026   And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”  Matthew 19:24   “Again, now, I say to you, easier, it is: camel through ‘aperture, needle’ to traverse, if rich entered into the ‘kingdom, the God’.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus noted the impracticability of a rich man to enter the kin...

Monday, 11 May 2026   Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Matthew 19:23   “And Jesus, He said to the ‘disciples, His’, ‘Amen! I say to you that wealthy, impracticably, he will enter into the ‘kingdom, the heavens’.’” (CG)   In the previous verse, the rich young ruler went away sorrowful because he had great poss...

Sunday, 10 May 2026   But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matthew 19:22   “And having heard, the young man, the word, he departed – grieving, for he was ‘having possessions, many’.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus said to the young ruler, “If you desire to be complete, you go, you sell your ‘the possessings,’ and you give these to ‘po...

Saturday, 9 May 2026   Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” Matthew 19:21   “He said to him, Jesus, ‘If you desire to be complete, you go, you sell your ‘the possessings,’ and you give these to ‘poor’, and you will have treasure in heaven. And you, hither! You follow Me.’” (CG)   In t...

Friday, 8 May 2026   The young man said to Him, “All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?” Matthew 19:20   “He says to Him, the youth, ‘All these I guarded from my youth. What yet, I lack?’” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus finished His list of things to do in order to merit perpetual life. His answer was in response to the ruler’s question about what he needed to do to...

Thursday, 7 May 2026   ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’” Matthew 19:19   “You honor the father of you and the mother, and you will love the ‘near you’ as yourself.” (CG)   In the previous verse, and in response to the question about how to enter perpetual life, Jesus began listing a series of commands that were intended to make this come about....

Wednesday, 6 May 2026   He said to Him, “Which ones?” Jesus said, “‘You shall not murder,’ ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ ‘You shall not steal,’ ‘You shall not bear false witness,’ Matthew 19:18   “He says to Him, ‘Which-such?’ And Jesus, He said, ‘Not you will murder, not you will commit adultery, not you will steal, not you will false-witness.’” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus noted that O...

Tuesday, 5 May 2026   So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.” Matthew 19:17   “And He said to him, ‘Why, to Me, you say, “Good?” None ‘good’, if not One – the God! And if you desire to enter ‘the life’, you guard the commandments!’” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus was asked by one who came to...

Monday, 4 May 2026   Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” Matthew 19:16   “And you behold! One having approached Him, he said, ‘Good Teacher, what ‘good’ I should do that I may have ‘life perpetual’?’” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus laid His hands on the little children and then departed. Next, it says, “And you behold!...

Sunday, 3 May 2026   And He laid His hands on them and departed from there. Matthew 19:15   “And having laid the hands on them, He went thence.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus told the disciples they should not prohibit the little children from coming to Him because it is those like them to whom belong the kingdom of the heavens. Matthew next records, “And having laid the hands on them, He we...

Saturday, 2 May 2026   But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 19:14   “And Jesus, He said, ‘You permit the children, and not you estop them to come to Me, for such, it is, the kingdom of the heavens.’” (CG)   In the previous verse, little children were brought to Jesus that He might put His hands on them and pray....

Friday, 1 May 2026   Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them. Matthew 19:13   “And they brought to Him children that He might upon-set the hands on them, and He might pray. And the disciples, they admonished them.” (CG)   In the previous verse, Jesus finished His words about eunuchs. They were the exception to those expe...

Thursday, 30 April 2026   For there are eunuchs who were born thus from their mother’s womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake. He who is able to accept it, let him accept it.” Matthew 19:12   Note: You can listen to today’s commentary courtesy of our friends at the “Bible in Ten” podcast. (Cl...

Wednesday, 29 April 2026   But He said to them, “All cannot accept this saying, but only those to whom it has been given: Matthew 19:11    “And He said to them, ‘Not all, they contain this word, but whom it has been given.’” (CG)   In the previous verse, the disciples responded to Jesus’ words about marriage and divorce, saying that because of what He said, it is better not to marry. Having heard...