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Matthew 4:23-25: Ministering to a Great Multitude |
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He went
around all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing
every disease and illness among the people.
His fame
spread to all of Syria, and they brought to him all
who were sick with various diseases and racked with
pain, those who were possessed, lunatics, and
paralytics, and he cured them. And great crowds from
Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea, and from
beyond the Jordan followed him. |
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Luke 6:17-19:
Ministering to a Great Multitude |
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And he
came down with them and stood on a stretch of level
ground. A great crowd of his disciples and a large
number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem and
the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon came to
hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and even
those who were tormented by unclean spirits were
cured. Everyone
in the crowd sought to touch him because power came
forth from him and healed them all. |
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Mark 3:7-12:
The Mercy of Jesus |
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Jesus
withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large
number of people (followed) from Galilee and from
Judea. Hearing
what he was doing, a large number of people came to
him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the
Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.
He told
his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of
the crowd, so that they would not crush him. He had
cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases
were pressing upon him to touch him.
And
whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down
before him and shout, "You
are the Son of God." He
warned them sternly not to make him known. |
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Matthew 12:33-37:
A Tree and Its Fruits |
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"Either declare the tree good and its fruit is good,
or declare the tree rotten and its fruit is rotten,
for a tree is known by its fruit. You
brood of vipers, how can you say good things when
you are evil? For from the fullness of the heart the
mouth speaks.
A
good person brings forth good out of a store of
goodness, but an evil person brings forth evil out
of a store of evil. I
tell you, on the day of judgment people will render
an account for every careless word they speak. By
your words you will be acquitted, and by your words
you will be condemned."
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Luke 6:43-45:
A Tree Known by Its Fruit |
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"A
good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a
rotten tree bear good fruit. For
every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do
not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather
grapes from brambles.
A
good person out of the store of goodness in his
heart produces good, but an evil person out of a
store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness
of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Matthew 5:1-12: The Sermon on the Mount and the The
Beatitudes |
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When he
saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he
had sat down, his disciples came to him.
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
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Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be
comforted.
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Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the
land.
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Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for
righteousness, for they will be satisfied.
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Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown
mercy.
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Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see
God.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called
children of God.
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Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of
righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute
you and utter every kind of evil against you
(falsely) because of me.
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Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great
in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who
were before you.
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Luke 6:20-26:
Sermon on the Plain |
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raising his eyes toward his disciples he said: |
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"Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of
God is yours.
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Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be
satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for
you will laugh.
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Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they
exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as
evil on account of the Son of Man.
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Rejoice and leap for joy on that day! Behold, your
reward will be great in heaven. For their ancestors
treated the prophets in the same way.
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But
woe to you who are rich, for you have received your
consolation.
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But
woe to you who are filled now, for you will be
hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will
grieve and weep.
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Woe to
you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors
treated the false prophets in this way.
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Matthew
5:13-16:
The Similes of Salt and light |
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"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses
its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no
longer good for anything but to be thrown out and
trampled underfoot.
You
are the light of the world. A city set on a mountain
cannot be hidden. Nor do
they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel
basket; it is set on a lampstand, where it gives
light to all in the house.
Just
so, your light must shine before others, that they
may see your good deeds and glorify your heavenly
Father.
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Matthew
5:17-20:
Teaching About the Law |
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"Do
not think that I have come to abolish the law or the
prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen,
I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not
the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law, until all things have taken
place.
Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these
commandments and teaches others to do so will be
called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever
obeys and teaches these commandments will be called
greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
I tell
you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the
scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
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Matthew
5:21-26:
Teaching About Anger |
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"You
have heard that it was said to your ancestors, 'You
shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable to
judgment.' But I
say to you, whoever is angry with his brother will
be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his
brother, 'Raqa,' will be answerable to the
Sanhedrin, and whoever says, 'You fool,' will be
liable to fiery Gehenna.
Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and
there recall that your brother has anything against
you,
leave your gift there at the altar, go first and be
reconciled with your brother, and then come and
offer your gift.
Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way
to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand
you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you
over to the guard, and you will be thrown into
prison.
Amen,
I say to you, you will not be released until you
have paid the last penny. |
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Matthew
5:27-30:
Teaching About Adultery |
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"You
have heard that it was said, 'You shall not commit
adultery.' But I
say to you, everyone who looks at a woman with lust
has already committed adultery with her in his
heart.
If
your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and
throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of
your members than to have your whole body thrown
into Gehenna.
And
if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and
throw it away. It is better for you to lose one of
your members than to have your whole body go into
Gehenna. |
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Matthew
5:31-32:
Teaching About Divorce |
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"It
was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give
her a bill of divorce.' But
I say to you, whoever divorces his wife (unless the
marriage is unlawful) causes her to commit adultery,
and whoever marries a divorced woman commits
adultery.
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Matthew
5:33-37:
Teaching About Oaths |
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"Again you have heard that it was said to your
ancestors, 'Do not take a false oath, but make good
to the Lord all that you vow.' But
I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven,
for it is God's throne; nor
by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by
Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
Do
not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single
hair white or black. Let
your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and your 'No' mean 'No.'
Anything more is from the evil one.
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Matthew
5:38-42:
Teaching About Retaliation |
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"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth.' But
I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is
evil. When someone strikes you on (your) right
cheek, turn the other one to him as well.
If
anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic,
hand him your cloak as well.
Should anyone press you into service for one mile,
go with him for two miles.
Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn
your back on one who wants to borrow.
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Matthew
5:43-48:
Love of Enemies |
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"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love
your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I
say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those
who persecute you, that
you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he
makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and
causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
For if
you love those who love you, what recompense will
you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual
about that? Do not the pagans do the same?
So be
perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.
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Luke 6:27-36:
Love of Enemies |
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"But
to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to
those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who
mistreat you.
To
the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the
other one as well, and from the person who takes
your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic.
Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one
who takes what is yours do not demand it back.
Do
to others as you would have them do to you.
For
if you love those who love you, what credit is that
to you? Even sinners love those who love them.
And
if you do good to those who do good to you, what
credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same.
If
you lend money to those from whom you expect
repayment, what credit (is) that to you? Even
sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same
amount.
But
rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and
lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will
be great and you will be children of the Most High,
for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the
wicked.
Be
merciful, just as (also) your Father is merciful.
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Matthew
6:1-4:
Teaching About Almsgiving |
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"(But)
take care not to perform righteous deeds in order
that people may see them; otherwise, you will have
no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before
you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in
the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say
to you, they have received their reward.
But
when you give alms, do not let your left hand know
what your right is doing, so
that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father
who sees in secret will repay you. |
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Matthew
6:5-8:
Teaching About Prayer |
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"When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who
love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on
street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I
say to you, they have received their reward.
But
when you pray, go to your inner room, close the
door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your
Father who sees in secret will repay you.
In
praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think
that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not
be like them. Your Father knows what you need before
you ask him.
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Matthew
6:9-15:
The Lord's Prayer |
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"This is
how you are to pray: |
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Our
Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
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your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in
heaven.
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Give us today our daily bread;
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and
forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;
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and
do not subject us to the final test, but deliver us
from the evil one.
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If you
forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly
Father will forgive you. |
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But if
you do not forgive others, neither will your Father
forgive your transgressions. |
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Matthew
6:16-18:
Teaching About Fasting |
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"When you fast, do not look gloomy like the
hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that
they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say
to you, they have received their reward.
But
when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so
that you may not appear to be fasting, except to
your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees
what is hidden will repay you.
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Matthew
6:19-21:
Treasure in Heaven |
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"Do
not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in
and steal.
But
store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor
decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For
where your treasure is, there also will your heart
be.
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Matthew
6:22-23:
The Light of the Body |
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"The lamp of the body is the eye. If your eye is
sound, your whole body will be filled with light; but
if your eye is bad, your whole body will be in
darkness. And if the light in you is darkness, how
great will the darkness be.
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Matthew
6:24:
God and Money |
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"No
one can serve two masters. He will either hate one
and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise
the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
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Matthew
6:25-34:
Dependence on God |
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"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,
what you will eat (or drink), or about your body,
what you will wear. Is not life more than food and
the body more than clothing?
Look at the birds in the sky; they do not sow or
reap, they gather nothing into barns, yet your
heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you more
important than they? Can
any of you by worrying add a single moment to your
life-span?
Why
are you anxious about clothes? Learn from the way
the wild flowers grow. They do not work or spin. But
I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was clothed like one of them.
If
God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows
today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he
not much more provide for you, O you of little
faith?
So
do not worry and say, 'What are we to eat?' or 'What
are we to drink?' or 'What are we to wear?' All
these things the pagans seek. Your heavenly Father
knows that you need them all.
But
seek first the kingdom (of God) and his
righteousness, and all these things will be given
you besides.
Do
not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take care of
itself. Sufficient for a day is its own evil.
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Matthew
7:1-5: Judging Others |
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"Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For
as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure
with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why
do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? How
can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove that
splinter from your eye,' while the wooden beam is in
your eye?
You
hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye
first; then you will see clearly to remove the
splinter from your brother's eye.
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Luke 6:37-42:
Judging Others |
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"Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop
condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive
and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure,
packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will
be poured into your lap. For the measure with which
you measure will in return be measured out to you."
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