Exploring the Scriptures Together
Matthew 12:15-21; Mark 3:7-19; Luke 6:12-19;Matthew 5:1-48; Luke 6:20-36 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. Matthew 5:43-44 But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to …
Continue reading “October 17 / Matthew 12:15-21, 5:1-48; Mark 3:7-19; Luke 6:12-36”
Matthew 9:1-17; Mark 2:1-22; Luke 5:17-39;Matthew 12:1-14; Mark 2:23-3:6; Luke 6:1-11 Matthew tells us that on at least two separate occasions, Jesus quotes Hosea 6:6 to the Pharisees: “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.” The first time is in Matthew 9:13, where Jesus is responding to the Pharisees’ questioning of Jesus’ association with tax collectors …
Continue reading “October 16 / Matthew 9:1-17, 12:1-14; Mark 2:1-3:6; Luke 5:17-6:11”
Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:31-37;Matthew 8:14-17; Mark 1:29-34; Luke 4:38-41;Matthew 4:23-25; Mark 1:35-39; Luke 4:42-5:11;Matthew 8:1-4; Mark 1:40-45; Luke 5:12-16 That evening they brought to Him many who were oppressed by demons, and He cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the …
Continue reading “October 15 / Matthew 8:14-17; 4:23-25; 8:1-4; Mark 1:21-45; Luke 4:31-5:16”
John 4:1-45;Matthew 4:12-22; Mark 1:14-20; Luke 4:14-30 Today Jesus passes through the region of Samaria and stops at Jacob’s well to rest and get a drink of water. There Jesus interacts with a woman who is surprised (or, I daresay, shocked) to find that this Jew would have anything to do with a Samaritan. (For …
Continue reading “October 14 / John 4:1-45; Matthew 4:12-22; Mark 1:14-20; Luke 4:14-30”
John 1:35-3:36 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 I’m guessing that this is the most well-known verse in the entire Bible, and rightly so. Here Jesus declares God’s love for the world, the giving of …
Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21-22; John 1:29-34;Luke 3:23-38;Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13 John the Baptist preaches baptism for the forgiveness of sins, yet Jesus — Who has no sin and needs no forgiveness — insists on being baptized by John, even when John says it ought to be the other way round, that …
Continue reading “October 12 / Matthew 3:13-4:11; Mark 1:9-13; Luke 3:21-4:13; John 1:29-34”
Matthew 2:22-23; Luke 2:39-52; Matthew 3:1-12; Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-18; John 1:19-28 All four Gospel writers speak of John the Baptist. All four identify him as fulfilling Isaiah 40:3: The voice of one crying in the wilderness… John does not come to be the star of the show. He comes to prepare the way for …
Continue reading “October 11 / Matthew 2:22-3:12; Luke 2:39-3:18; Mark 1:1-8; John 1:19-28”
Matthew 1:18-25; Luke 2:1-38; Matthew 2:1-21 But as he considered these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take Mary as your wife, for that which is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a Son, …
Continue reading “October 10 / Matthew 1:18-2:21; Luke 2:1-38”
John 1:1-18; Luke 1; Matthew 1:1-17 The Gospel of John opens with words that remind us of the opening line of Genesis, the first book of the Bible: In the beginning… So here we are, back at the beginning, with nothing at all in existence but God alone. In the beginning was the Word, and …
Continue reading “October 9 / John 1:1-18; Luke 1; Matthew 1:1-17”
For those who are just now joining us here at RTB, welcome! For those who have been with us since the beginning of the year, congratulations on getting through the entire Old Testament! Take a moment and catch your breath, because now we start a new leg of our journey, racing through the New Testament …