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Matthew 12:38-42

Today’s Scripture: 38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, Teacher, we want to see a sign from you. 39 He answered, A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40 For as Jonah was three days and […]

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Virus Prayer

We are living in unprecedented times. It’s time to pray–for our world, for the vulnerable, for our mounting fears. I woke up this morning with YOU on my mind. I have deep peace, and I long for you to experience the same. So I took to prayer. For us. For you. For this world. Here […]

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Matthew 12:33-37

Today’s Scripture: 33 Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. 35 A […]

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Matthew 12:22-32

Today’s Scripture: 22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, Could this be the Son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, It is only by Beelzebul, the prince […]

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Matthew 12:15-21

Today’s Scripture: 15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16 He warned them not to tell others about him. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: 18 Here is my servant whom I have chosen,    the one I love, in whom […]

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Matthew 12:9-14

Today’s Scripture: 9 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, 10 and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? 11 He said to them, If any of you has a sheep and it falls […]

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Matthew 12:1-8

Today’s Scripture: At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath. 3 He answered, Havent you read what David […]

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Matthew 11:25-30

Today’s Scripture: 25 At that time Jesus said, I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. 27 All things have been committed to me by my Father. No […]

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Matthew 11:20-24

Today’s Scripture: 20 Then Jesus began to denounce the towns in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. 21 Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth […]

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Matthew 11:16-19

Today’s Scripture: 16 To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others: 17 We played the pipe for you,    and you did not dance;we sang a dirge,    and you did not mourn. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. 19 The Son […]

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