Matthew 21:23-46 Dear RTB’ers, When the chief priests and the Pharisees try to challenge Jesus, He always gets the upper hand. But with today’s reading, they got a triple-dose of Jesus’ upper hand! In spite of being in the their own temple area, the Jewish leaders were on weak ground in challenging Jesus’ authority. From …
Category Archives: RTB 2026 – Search the Scriptures, Part 3
March 5 / Matthew 20:29-21:22
Matthew 20:29-21:22 Dear RTB’ers, I went to the VA yesterday and got tested – no flu, no COVID, no RSV. They gave me a week’s worth of antibiotics and cough suppressant. Hopefully I’ll get better soon. Thank you for your prayers! Two lives forever changed. They’re blind, sitting by the side of the road, possibly …
March 4 / Matthew 19:23-20:28
Matthew 19:23-20:28 Dear RTB’ers, I am not well, folks. Please pray for me. I always react negatively when I read the “laborers in the vineyard” parable. Those hired first speaking: And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal …
March 3 / Matthew 19:1-22
Matthew 19:1-22 Dear RTB’ers, Welcome back to Matthew! I don’t know that Jeremiah is a good interlude, but it did afford us a two-week break from Matthew. So now we return, finishing Matthew over the next three weeks. One of the last items that I posted on Matthew had to do with gospel “turning points”. …
March 2 / Jeremiah 24-25
Jeremiah 24-25 Dear RTB’ers, After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile from Jerusalem Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, together with the officials of Judah, the craftsmen, and the metal workers, and had brought them to Babylon… (v. 24:1a) In today’s first verse we see that many of the residents of …
March 1 / Jeremiah 23
Jeremiah 23 Dear RTB’ers, And we are back to Fred posting the first comments of the day. Thank you, John, for stepping in during our travels. Jeremiah is not the easiest book on which to offer comments, but you did that admirably. So we continue… I have three items to cover: First, Jesus the Messiah… …
March 2026 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Mar Jeremiah 23 40 02-Mar Jeremiah 24-25 48 03-Mar Matthew 19:1-22 22 04-Mar Matthew 19:23-20:28 36 05-Mar Matthew 20:29-21:22 28 06-Mar Matthew 21:23-46 24 07-Mar Matthew 22:1-14 14 08-Mar Matthew 22:15-46 32 09-Mar Matthew 23:1-22 22 10-Mar Matthew 23:23-39 17 11-Mar Matthew 24:1-31 31 12-Mar Matthew 24:32-25:13 33 13-Mar Matthew 25:14-46 33 …
February 28 / Jeremiah 21-22
Jeremiah 21-22 As Search the Scriptures notes, today’s reading mentions each of the last five Kings of Judah: Despite Josiah’s good reign and all his reforms, his sons and grandson all revert to evil, stubbornly refusing to listen to Jeremiah and bringing the LORD’s judgment upon themselves and the Kingdom of Judah. Just look at …
February 27 / Jeremiah 19-20
Jeremiah 19-20 In considering Jeremiah 19, take some extra time to study the “Valley of the Son of Hinnom” and “Topheth” to understand the setting for Jeremiah’s breaking of a flask to illustrate the LORD’s judgment of Judah. Take a look at II Chronicles 28:3 (referring to evil King Ahaz), II Chronicles 33:6 (referring to …
February 26 / Jeremiah 17:19-18:23
Jeremiah 17:19-18:23 Thus says the LORD: Take care for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem. And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day …