Shout the whisper
Jesus was talking to his disciples about spiritual things and yet they could only see things in terms of the physical flesh. ‘You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.’ Matthew 16:23 We receive a mixed inconsistent message from t ...
Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. Then they understood that he was not telling them to guard against the yeast used in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Matthew 16:11-12 Just as yeast wor ...
“When evening comes you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red, and in the morning , Today it will be stormy , for the sky is read and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the tim ...
I have compassions for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way. His disciples answered, ‘Where could we get enough bread in this remote place ...
‘These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.’Matthew 15:8-9 Why have we chosen to make serving God or acknowledging the power within ourselves so complicat ...
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray.Matthew 14:22-23 Take time out by yourself. Set tim ...
When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns. When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. As evening ap ...
At the time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports about Jesus, and he said to his attendants, ‘This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! This is why miraculous powers are at work in him.’Now Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in ...
When Jesus had finished these parables, he moved on from there. Coming to his home town, he began teaching the people in their synagogue and they were amazed. ‘Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?’ they asked. ‘Isn’t this the ca ...
Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the good fish in the baskets, but threw the bad away. ...