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Matthew Week 142   Matthew 26:14-16 ESV   14 Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, "What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?" And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. 16 And from that moment he sought an opportunity to betray him.       Exodus 21:16 ESV   16 "Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of h...

Matthew Week 141   Matthew 26:1-5 ESV   When Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 "You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be delivered up to be crucified."   3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, 4 and plotted together in order to arrest Jesus by st...

Matthew Week 140 Matthew 25:31-32 ESV   31 "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.     Ezekiel 34:17 ESV   17 "As for you, my flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep...

Matthew Week 139   Matthew 25:14-30 ESV   14 "For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the...

Matthew Week 138   Matthew 24:36 ESV   36 "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.     Ephesians 6:15 ESV   15 and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.       2 Timothy 4:2 ESV   2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete pati...

Matthew Week 137   Matthew 24:23-25 ESV   23 Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you beforehand.       Matthew 24:26-28 ESV   26 So, if they say to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,...

Matthew Week 136 Mark 13:1 ESV   And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, "Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!"       Luke 21:5a ESV   5 And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings…       Colossians 3:1-4 NASB95   Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things abo...

Matthew Week 135 Matthew 24:36 ESV   36 "But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only.       John 2:19-21 ESV   19 Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 20 The Jews then said, "It has taken forty-six years to build this temple and will you raise it up in three days?" 21 But he was speaking...

Matthew Week 133   Matthew 23:25-28 ESV   25 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26 You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.   27 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, whi...

Matthew Week 132   Matthew 23:23-24 ESV   23 "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24 You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!       Deuteronomy 14:22-23 ESV   22 "You shall tithe...

Matthew Week 131   Matthew 23:16-22 ESV   16 "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17 You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? 18 And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that...

Resurrection 2026   Acts 1:3 NIV   3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.       Acts 2:22-24 NIV   22 "Fellow Israelites, listen to this: Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you throu...

Palm Sunday 2026   Exodus 12:3-7, 12-13 ESV   3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household. 4 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the...

Matthew Week 130       Matthew 23:15 ESV   15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.       Judges 19:22 NASB 95   While they were celebrating, behold, the men of the city, certain worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door...

Matthew Week 129     Matthew 23:9-12 ESV   9 And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. 10 Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.11 The greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.       1 Timothy 2:5-7 NASB   5 For there is one God, and one me...

Matthew Week 127   Matthew 23:1-2 ESV   Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, 2 "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,         Exodus 18:13 ESV   13 The next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening.       Matthew 23:3-4 ESV   3 so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but d...

Matthew Week 126   Matthew 22:34-35 ESV   34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.       Matthew 22:36-38 ESV   36 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" 37 And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all you...

Matthew Week 125   Romans 13:1 ESV   Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.       1 Peter 2:13-15 NASB   13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, 14 or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and t...

Matthew 124   Matthew 22:41 ESV   41 They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."       Matthew 21:43 ESV   43 Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.       Ephesians 1:3-6 NASB   3 Blessed be the God and Father of...

Matthew 22:1 ESV   And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,       Jeremiah 6:10a ESV   To whom shall I speak and give warning,   that they may hear?   Behold, their ears are uncircumcised,   they cannot listen;       Isaiah 56:7b ESV for my house shall be called a house of prayer   for all peoples."       Jeremiah 7:9-11 ESV   9 Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, mak...

Matthew 21:33-40 Isaiah 5:1-4 Psalm 118:22 Isaiah 8:13-15 Acts 4:11-12 Deuteronomy 8:11-14,17-18

Matthew 120   Matthew 21:18-22 ESV   18 In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. 19 And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you again!" And the fig tree withered at once.   20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, "How did the fig tree wither at once?" 21 And J...