Opening greetings
"Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus the Savior." 1 Corinthians 1:3
Opening Scripture
John 6:60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard word — who can bear to listen to it?”
Some intriguing things Jesus said or did....
Mathew 8:19 A Law-teacher approached and said to him, “Rabbi, I will follow you wherever you go.” 20 Jesus said to him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home of his own.”
Mathew 8:21 Another of the disciples said to him, “Sir, first let me go and bury my father.” 22 But Jesus replied, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Mathew 8:28 When Jesus arrived at the other side of the lake, in the Gadarenes’ territory, there came out of the burial caves two men controlled by demons, so violent that no one dared travel on that road. 29 They screamed, “What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” 30 Now some distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31 The demons begged him, “If you are going to drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 32 “All right, go!” he told them. So they came out and went into the pigs, whereupon the entire herd rushed down the hillside into the lake and drowned. 33 The swineherds fled, went off to the town and told the whole story, including what had happened to the demonized men. 34 At this, the whole town came out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their district.
Mathew 15:21 Jesus left that place and went off to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A woman from Canaan who was living there came to him, pleading, “Sir, have pity on me. Son of David! My daughter is cruelly held under the power of demons!” 23 But Jesus did not say a word to her. Then his disciples came to him and urged him, “Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying.” 24 He said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” 25 But she came, fell at his feet and said, “Sir, help me!” 26 He answered, “It is not right to take the children’s food and toss it to their pet dogs.” 27 She said, “That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master’s table.” 28 Then Jesus answered her, “Lady, you are a person of great trust. Let your desire be granted.” And her daughter was healed at that very moment.
Mathew 21:12 Jesus entered the Temple grounds and drove out those who were doing business there, both the merchants and their customers. He upset the desks of the money-changers and knocked over the benches of those who were selling pigeons. 13 He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’[e] But you are making it into a den of robbers!”[f]
Mathew 25: 28 Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten. 29 For everyone who has something will be given more, so that he will have more than enough; but from anyone who has nothing, even what he does have will be taken away.
Mathew 26:11 "The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me."
Mark 2:27 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through some wheat fields; and as they went along, his disciples began picking heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look! Why are they violating Sabbath?” 25 He said to them, “Haven’t you ever read what David did when he and those with him were hungry and needed food? 26 He entered the House of God when Abiathar was High Priest and ate the Bread of the Presence,” — which is forbidden for anyone to eat but the priest — “and even gave some to his companions.” 27 Then he said to them, “Sabbath was made for mankind, not mankind for Sabbath; 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of Sabbath.”
Mark 12:13 Next they sent some Pharisees and some members of Herod’s party to him in order to trap him in his words. 14 They came and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you tell the truth and are not concerned with what people think about you, since you pay no attention to a person’s status but really teach what God’s way is. Does the Law say that taxes are to be paid to the Roman Emperor, or not?” 15 But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a denarius so I can look at it.” 16 They brought one; and he asked them, “Whose name and picture are these?” “The Emperor’s,” they replied. 17 Jesus said, “Give the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor. And give to God what belongs to God!” And they were amazed at him.
Luke 5:12 Once, when Jesus was in one of the towns, there came a man completely covered with leprosy. On seeing Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Sir, if you are willing, you can make me clean.” 13 Jesus reached out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing! Be cleansed!” Immediately the leprosy left him. 14 Then Jesus warned him not to tell anyone. “Instead, as a testimony to the people, go straight to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded.”
Luke 9:57 As they were traveling on the road, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” 58 Jesus answered him, “The foxes have holes, and the birds flying about have nests, but the Son of Man has no home of his own.” 59 To another he said, “Follow me!” but the man replied, “Sir, first let me go away and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said, “Let the dead bury their own dead; you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God!” 61 Yet another said, “I will follow you, sir, but first let me say good-by to the people at home.” 62 To him Jesus said, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and keeps looking back is fit to serve in the Kingdom of God.”
Luke 13:31 Just at that moment, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, “Get out and go away from here, because Herod wants to kill you!” 32 He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Pay attention: today and tomorrow I am driving out demons and healing people, and on the third day I reach my goal.’ 33 Nevertheless, I must keep traveling today, tomorrow and the next day; because it is unthinkable that a prophet should die anywhere but in Jerusalem.
Luke 16:8 “And the employer of this dishonest manager applauded him for acting so shrewdly! For the worldly have more wisdom than those who have received the light — in dealing with their own kind of people!"
Luke 16:9 “Now what I say to you is this: use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it gives out, you may be welcomed into the eternal home."
Luke 22:35 He said to them, “When I sent you out without wallet, pack or shoes, were you ever short of anything?” “Not a thing,” they answered. 36 “But now,” he said, "if you have a wallet or a pack, take it; and if you don’t have a sword, sell your robe to buy one. 37 For I tell you this: the passage from the Scripture that says, ‘He was counted with transgressors,’[a] has to be fulfilled in me; since what is happening to me has a purpose.” 38 They said, “Look, Lord, there are two swords right here!” “Enough!” he replied.
John 2:3 The wine ran out, and Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.” 4 Jesus replied, “Mother, why should that concern me? — or you? My time hasn’t come yet.”
John 8:1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 At daybreak, he appeared again in the Temple Court, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to teach them. 3 The Law-teachers and the Pharisees brought in a woman who had been caught committing adultery and made her stand in the center of the group. 4 Then they said to him, “Rabbi, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. 5 Now in our Law, Moses commanded that such a woman be stoned to death. What do you say about it?” 6 They said this to trap him, so that they might have ground for bringing charges against him; but Jesus bent down and began writing in the dust with his finger. 7 When they kept questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “The one of you who is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” 8 Then he bent down and wrote in the dust again. 9 On hearing this, they began to leave, one by one, the older ones first, until he was left alone, with the woman still there. 10 Standing up, Jesus said to her, “Where are they? Has no one condemned you?” 11 She said, “No one, sir.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Now go, and don’t sin anymore.”
Closing Scripture
" "On hearing this, they were stung in their hearts; and they said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?" Peter answered them, "Turn from sin, return to God, and each be baptized in the name of Jesus into forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost!" " Acts 2: 37 -38
Ending blessing
The grace of the Lord Jesus the Messiah, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14
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