Luke 11:14-23?English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus and Beelzebul 14?Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled. 15?But some of them said, ?He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,? 16?while others, to test him, kept seeking from […]
Wednesday in the Third Week of Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Matthew 5:17-19 English Standard Version (ESV) Christ Came to Fulfill the Law 17 ?Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not […]
Tuesday in the Third Week of Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Matthew 18:21-35?English Standard Version (ESV) The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant 21?Then Peter came up and said to him, ?Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?? 22?Jesus said to him, ?I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23??Therefore the kingdom […]
Monday in the Third Week of Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Luke 4:24-30?English Standard Version (ESV) 24?And he said, ?Truly, I say to you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. 25?But in truth, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were shut up three years and six months, and a great famine came over all […]
Friday and Saturday in the Second Week of Lent, Third Sunday in Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Please enjoy these Reflections for Lent this weekend! Friday in the Second Week of Lent Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46?New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 33??Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. […]
Thursday in the Second Week of Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Luke 16:19-31?New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) The Rich Man and Lazarus 19??There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. 20?And at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, 21?who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich […]
Wednesday in the Second Week of Lent, Reflections for Lent Series
Matthew 20:17-28?New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) A Third Time Jesus Foretells His Death and Resurrection 17?While Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and said to them on the way, 18??See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the […]
