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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? [...]
Read: Matthew 15 Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you realize you offended the Pharisees by what you just said?” Jesus replied, “Every plant not planted by my heavenly Father will be uprooted, so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind [...]
Ray Noah
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