May 17 / Mark 12:38-44, Luke 20:45-21:4

Mark 12:38-44 and Luke 20:45-21:4 It keeps coming back to me – am I doing enough? Are we doing enough? The latest is COVID vaccinations. We are moving quite well in the USA to getting everyone 16 and over vaccinated who wants the vaccine and now we’re moving on to the 12-15 year old group. …

May 16 / Matt. 23:25-39

Matthew 23:25-39 Hidden in plain sight… So many times I have read Jesus’ chastisements, Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites…, and His continuing comments on their behaviors, but for some reason I always imagined that He was speaking to the crowd. But not true! He was speaking directly to the scribes and Pharisees! In …

May 14 / Luke 20:27-44

Luke 20:27-44 But He said to them, “How can they say that the Christ is David’s son? (v. 41) It’s intriguing to me that Jesus raises this question after He has been questioned by both the Pharisees (paying taxes to Caesar) and the Sadducees (the resurrection). After these two questions (and many, many previous questions …

May 13 / Mark 12:18-37

Mark 12:18-37 I would suggest that it’s worth reading my comment in the second link below from 2019 on the scribe’s question about the most important commandment. I find that discussion between Jesus and the scribe to be really heartwarming – a genuine question from the scribe and a perfect reply from Jesus, then further …

May 12 / Matt. 22:23-46

Matthew 22:23-46 In the second link below I tried to clarify Matthew’s verse 44 which reads The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I put Your enemies under Your feet”. (Caps for further clarification…) Substituting differently than below, another way to read this verse could be God the Father said …

May 9 / Matt. 22:1-22

Matthew 22:1-22 And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests. (v. 10) This verse caught my eye – my NASB translation said “both evil and good”, replacing “bad” with “evil”. “Evil” is a much stronger word than …