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Read: Matthew 22 When the crowds heard him, they were astounded at his teaching. (Matthew 22:33, NLT) Like the old E.F. Hutton commercial, when Jesus spoke, people listened. They were often left with the same reaction that Matthew 22:22 & 33 recorded: They were mesmerized. There was just something about [...]
Read: Matthew 21 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work in the vineyard today.’ The son answered, ‘No, I won’t go,’ but later he changed his mind and went anyway. Then the father told the other [...]
Read: Matthew 20 Jesus said, “So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last.” (Matthew 20:16, NLT) On its face, the Parable of the Vineyard in Matthew 20:1-16 has to be one of the most unfair stories in the Bible. Come [...]
Read: Matthew 19 Then Peter said to him, “We’ve given up everything to follow you. What will we get?” (Matthew 19:27, NLT) Most of us think about it, few of us ever express it. I am talking about rewards. For some reason, in the church world we think it is [...]
Read: Matthew 18 The disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, [...]
Read: Matthew 16-17 One day the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, demanding that he show them a miraculous sign from heaven to prove his authority. He replied, “…Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign…” (Matthew 16:1 & 4, NLT) A sign? They want another sign? [...]
Ray Noah
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