Then He said to another, “Follow Me."” Lord,” he said, “first let me go bury my father.” American Standard VersionAnd he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.Contemporary English VersionJesus told someone else to come with ...
Jesus' use of parables was both to reveal and conceal truths, offering insight to those with open hearts while veiling meaning from those who were spiritually blind. The kingdom of heavenThis phrase is central to Jesus' teachings and appears frequently in the Gospel of Matthew. The "kingdom ...
Here, the phrase “love one another" doesn’t merely refer to our fellow believers. Following Christ means loving all of God's creatures on this earth with deep, sincere love. Christ’s love is an important example of the way we are to love one another, and we should strive to emulate...
we have sidestepped the cross as a subject let alone as experience because we have no tolerance or sympathy for suffering. The denial of self in any form is suffering. And we have not been encouraged to that.
1.Second Coming. Jesus will come at the end of the age, which seems to be what is meant in 14:3. This view was held by the Latin Fathers. 2.Post-Resurrection Appearances. Jesus will appear to them after his resurrection. This would accord with the phrase "before long" or "in a li...
” But you, O Bethlehem who are little among the clans of Judah. From you shall come forth for Me one who is to be ruler in Israel : whose going forth have been from old, from everlasting. “ Micah 5:2 Micah predicted over 700 years before the birth of Jesus, by a word of th...
Simon Peter responded for all of them. “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life; and we have believed, and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.” 6:67-69. That phrase is the entire content of this Gospel. “These things are written that ...
For every book of the Bible that mentions the subject, I want to include a quote or a reference with explanation. Let’s start toward the beginning. Keep in mind, the phrase may not be “the poor”; it might be orphans, fatherless, widows, strangers, foreigners, oppressed, servants, ...
The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase. Every pedant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every troublemaker, and, I am sorry to say, some others of an entirely different character, will try to downgrade them even to the extent of ...
(originally, I had typed Xρυ, but I see that now that the abbreviation for Christ is just Xυ with a line over it) UU = υιου = Son Θυ = θεου = God However, the teaching that Jesus is the Son of God is all through the Gospel according to Mark: ...