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Matthew 6:1 ESV   "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.       Matthew 6:5 ESV   5 "And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have...

Jonah 12/31/23   Jonah 1:1-3 NIV   1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 "Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me." 3 But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the Lo...

Advent - Love   "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His So...

Advent Hope   John 8:12 NASB   12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."         Jeremiah 25:8-11 ESV   8 "Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words, 9 behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar...

Matthew week 31   Matthew 6:1 ESV   "Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.       Matthew 5:16 ESV   16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.       John 5:41-44 ESV   41 I do not rec...

Matthew week 30             Matthew 5:3 ESV   Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.       Matthew 5:4 ESV   Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.       Matthew 5:5 ESV   Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.       Matthew 5:6 ESV   Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.       Matth...

Matthew week 29   Ephesians 5:1 ESV   Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.       Matthew 5:38 ESV   38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.'       Exodus 21:24 ESV   24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.       Leviticus 24:20 ESV   20 fracture for fracture, eye for...

Matthew week 28   Matthew 5:33-37 ESV   33 "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' 34 But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 And do not take an o...

Matthew week 27   Matthew 5:31-32 ESV   31 "It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery.       Deuteronomy 24:1 KJV   When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it c...

Matthew week 26   1 Corinthians 6:7-8 NASB   7 Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather suffer the wrong? Why not rather be defrauded? 8 On the contrary, you yourselves do wrong and defraud. And this to your brothers and sisters!       Matthew 5:27 ESV   27 "You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit adultery.'       Matthe...

Matthew week 25   Matthew 5:20 ESV   20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.       Matthew 5:21 ESV   21 "You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.'       Genesis 9:6 ESV   6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man,   by man shall his blo...

Matthew Week 24 Righteousness From the heart Updated:  5 days ago       "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them."   Ephesians 2:10 NASB1995       "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled...

Matthew week 23   Matthew 5:13 ESV   13 "You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.       Matthew 5:14-16 ESV   14 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on...

Matthew week 21 Updated:  Sep 17   Matthew 5:9 ESV   9 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.       Genesis 6:5 ESV   5 The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.       1 Corinthians 14:33a ESV   33 For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.       Romans 15:33 ESV...

Matthew week 20   Matthew 5:8 ESV   8 "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God                 1 Samuel 16:7 NIV   7 But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."       Matthew 15:11-12, 17-20 ESV   11 it...

Matthew week 19   Matthew 3:7-9 ESV   7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.  ...

Matthew week 18   Matthew 5:1-5 ESV   Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.   2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:   3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.   4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.   5 "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.       Matthew 5...

Matthew week 17   Matthew 5:3 ESV   3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.       Matthew 5:10 ESV   10 "Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.       Matthew 5:5 ESV   5 "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.                 1 Peter 2:23 NIV   23 When they hurled their insults at him, he d...

Matthew week 16 Updated:  Aug 12   Matthew 5:3 ESV   3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.       Mark 2:17 ESV   17 And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."       Matthew 5:4 ESV   4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.  ...

Matthew week 15                                               Matthew 11:21, 23 ESV   21 "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.       23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had bee...

Matthew week 14 Updated:  Jul 29   Matthew 4:19 ESV   19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."       Matthew 4:23-25 ESV   23 And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. 24 So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all t...

Matthew week 13   Matthew 4:18-22 ESV   18 While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. 19 And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." 20 Immediately they left their nets and followed him. 21 And going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son...