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This week’s readings are all from Matthew 20-21. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 20-21. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard The landowner is an oikodespote, the 'ruler of the house.' In this case, 'house' refer...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 20-21. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 20-21. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week's reading is from Matthew 20-21. Here is a list of the daily readings: Monday: Matt 20:1-16 Tuesday: Matt 20:17-34 Wednesday: Matt 21:1-13 Thursday: Matt 21:14-32 Friday: Matt 21:33-46 ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 18-19. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 18-19. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 18-19. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 18-19. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 18-19. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 18-19. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 18-19. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 18-19. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 18-19. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 18-19. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week's readings come from Matthew 18-19. Here is a list of the daily readings: Monday: Matt 18:1-14 Tuesday: Matt 18:15-22 Wednesday: Matt 18:23-35 Thursday: Matt 19:1-15 Friday: Matt 19:16-30...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 15-17. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 15-17. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 15-17. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 15-17. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 15-17. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 15-17. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 15-17. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 15-17. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 15-17. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 15-17. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week's readings are from Matthew 15-17. Here are the daily readings for the week: Monday: Matt 15:1-20 Tuesday: Matt 15:21-39 Wednesday: Matt 16:1-20 Thursday: Matt 16:21-17:8 Friday: Matt 1...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 13-14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 13-14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 13-14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 13-14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 13-14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 13-14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 13-14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 13-14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 13-14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 13-14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week's readings are from Matthew 13-14. Here is the list of daily readings: Monday: Matt 13:1-17 Tuesday: Matt 13:18-35 Wednesday: Matt 13:36-58 Thursday: Matt 14:1-21 Friday: Matt 14:22-36 ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 11-12. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 11-12. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 11-12. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 11-12. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 11-12. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 11-12. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 11-12. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 11-12. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 11-12. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 11-12. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the read...

This week's readings are from Matthew 11-12. Here are the daily readings: Monday: Matt 11:1-15 Tuesday: Matt 11:16-30 Wednesday: Matt 12:1-14 Thursday: Matt 12:15-32 Friday: Matt 12:32-50 Thi...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 9-10. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 9-10. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readin...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 9-10. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 9-10. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readin...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 9-10. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 9-10. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readin...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 9-10. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 9-10. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readin...

Posted by: @siteadmin No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse. 17 And no one pours new wine into old win...

@vltaylor1136 Here are the parallel passages from Mark and Luke of the same story. There is also another story of a paralytic being healed in the Gospel of John: Gospel Parallels: The Healing of a Par...

@sailing-bum Man, we are a couple of weeks behind on the podcasts. Sorry about that. Busy weeks have made it impossible to get together.

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 9-10. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapters of Matthew 9-10. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readin...

This week’s reading is two chapters: Matthew 9-10. These chapters cover further narratives of Jesus' work and message in the Galilee region. The daily readings are: Monday: Matt 9:1-17Tuesday: Matt ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 7-8. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 7-8. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 7-8. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 7-8. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 7-8. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 7-8. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 7-8. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 7-8. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

Posted by: @siteadmin In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. Earlier, in Matthew 5:17 Jesus stated that he came "not to abolish ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 7-8. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 7-8. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!

This week’s reading is two chapters: Matthew 7-8 These chapters are the last chapter of three of the Sermon on the Mount and the resumption of the narrative of Jesus' work. The daily readings are: ...

Matthew And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”And some of the bystanders, hearing it,...

Mark And when the sixth hour [noon] had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour [3pm]. (Mark 15.33 ESV)

Posted by: @siteadmin “Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and devouring insect destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But accumulate for yourselves treasures in...

Matthew As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus.Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it b...

John …but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearb...

Luke And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” The soldiers also mocked him, com...

Jesus was crucified at the third hour, around 9AM. Mark And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull). And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did...

According to the Gospels, Jesus has been arrested and tried by both the Sanhedrin and Pilate (and questioned by Herod).  He has had no sleep.  He has been scourged. He has been betrayed and ...

TThis week’s readings are all from Matthew 5-6. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 5-6. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 5-6. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 5-6. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 5-6. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 5-6. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 5-6. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 5-6. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 5-6. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 5-6. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week's reading is two chapters: Matthew 5-6. These chapters are the first two of three of the Sermon on the Mount. This Week's Reading 5 When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain....

Posted by: @travisbruno3 How might we engage in wrestling without rebellion? This is part of the wrestling. 😉

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 1-4. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 1-4. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 1-4. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 1-4. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 1-4. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 1-4. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

Her husband Joseph, being a righteous man and unwilling to expose her to public disgrace, planned to dismiss her quietly The OT laws concerning what happens to married women who were accused of not b...

@vltaylor1136 As the star?

This week’s readings are all from Matthew 1-4. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Matthew 1-4. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

Don't miss the guest post by Shelley Johnson on the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew: How a Genealogy Tells God’s Story (by Shelley Johnson)

The Gospel of Matthew opens with a great list of names. Maybe because of all the ‘begats’ in the book of Numbers, we see a genealogy like this and skip to verse 17 where the hard-to-pronounce names ar...

Below are the two podcast episodes for Matthew 1-4

This week we begin the Gospel of Matthew. The reading is a bit more than normal: four chapters. Matthew 1-4 has many familiar stories: the birth of Jesus, the baptism, the temptation, introduction of ...

@travisbruno3 @okiebull13 How do you see it?

@travisbruno3 @okiebull13 I wonder where/why I've had this assumption that Jesus was completely separated from God in that moment. This is a good question. A good topic for Bible study and research...

This week’s readings are all from Mark 15-16. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 15-16. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings wi...

@vltaylor1136 Was this an act of mercy or an act of cruelty? This is a great question.

This week’s readings are all from Mark 15-16. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 15-16. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings wi...

This week’s readings are all from Mark 15-16. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 15-16. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings wi...

Most of what we know about Pilate from first-century sources is from the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, the writings of Josephus, and the writings of Philo of Alexandria. You can read what the lat...

Below are some details about the scourging/flogging process of Romans and others: Roman Scourging This is from the article "On the Physical Death of Jesus Christ", written by William D. Edwards...

@travisbruno3 We humans are capable of such goodness and yet such wickedness. it is a difficult tension, and it is hard to confront ourselves with the latter reality. On a certain level, I feel that w...

Part One of the Mark 15-16 Podcast Can be found here. You can also listen on YouTube:

Or you can also listen on YouTube:

Part one of the Mark 15-16 podcasts is out:

The first-century Jewish historian Josephus and the first-century Jewish philosopher Philo of Alexandria both wrote several things about Pontius Pilate. Click here to read what they wrote.

This week’s readings are all from Mark 15-16. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 15-16. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings wi...

This week’s Year in the Gospels readings are from Mark chapters 15-16: Sunday: Mark 15-16 Monday: Mark 15:1-14 Tuesday: Mark 15:15-21 Wednesday: Mark 15:22-32 Thursday: Mark 15:33-47 Friday: Mark 1...

This week’s readings are all from Mark chapter 14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

Thanks! And I echo Travis Bruno's thoughts: jump in! We would love to hear your thoughts, too.

This week’s readings are all from Mark chapter 14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

This week’s readings are all from Mark chapter 14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

Passover The Passover Seder that is practiced today was still being developed during the NT period. The OT Law commands that the Passover lamb be prepared and then eaten in the home and leaving no lef...

This week’s readings are all from Mark chapter 14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

@paulmoore405 And now Part 2:

In this episode, Jay Smith, Travis Bruno, and Jimmy Doyle discuss content from Mark 14:27-72: the Last Supper, the turning over and arrest of Jesus, the suffering of Jesus, and Peter's denial. ...

@paulmoore405 The latest podcast (part 1 of 2) is now up:

The first of two podcasts on Mark 14 is now available. In this episode, we cover Mark 14:1-27:

@mbbruno You said: Upon further examination, it appears the woman is Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus. According to John, yes, this was the sister of Lazarus, whom Jesus raised from the dead, and ...

Posted by: @okiebull13 The commentary I read related to todays reading, indicated that the primary objector to the “waste” of the expensive perfume was Judas . . . The commentary goes on to indicate ...

This week’s readings are all from Mark chapter 14. Click here to see a full listing of each day’s reading and the full chapter of Mark 14. Full readings of each day’s smaller segments of the readings ...

Paul (@paulmoore405), the podcast is coming out tomorrow. lol! Had a big birthday weekend with our daughter, so had a delay. There will be two. Such rich, meaningful, and important content in this cha...

This week's Year in the Gospels eading comes from Mark 14. The daily schedule of readings is: Sunday: Mark 14 Monday: Mark 14:1-11 Tuesday: Mark 14:12-21 Wednesday: Mark 14:22-42 Thursday: Mark 14:...