he's all covered with blood, he has been badly hurt, he is nearly dead; and they have taken all his money, and stripped him naked. Ah, well, I pity him!" He would like to help him; but he, too, has pressing business, and passes, by on the other side. But he has scarcely ...
11“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the welland drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” ...
That’s all very well, but it’s only a part of the story. Believers like to cherry-pick the good bits of the Bible, and that gives people the impression that it’s all nice and good, with love, puppy dogs, and rainbows for everyone. And while there’s lots of good stuff in the...
14 But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment than for you. 15 And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to the heavens? No, you will go down to Hades.[c] 16 “Whoever listens to you listens to me; whoever rejects you rejects me; but whoever rejects me rejects...
At that point in history, priests couldn’t touch anything unclean like a dead body or even blood. So, the priest stayed well away from this source of “uncleanliness.” Perhaps the Levite felt the same way because he too refused even to get close to this man. But among everyone else,...
This blog post is Ryan Pemberton's reflection on the story of Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well, from the fourth chapter of John's Gospel, verses 1 to 45. Ryan Pemberton is a board member of Jesus’ Economy, a non-profit dedicated to creating jobs and churches in the develop...
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living...
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.” 11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living...
11“Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the welland drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his livestock?” ...
13The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there. 14Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him,“See, you are well again. Stop sinningor something worse may happen to you.”15The man went away and told the Jewish...