https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCJMNW-_yOw&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=15 And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a basket, or under a bed, and not on a stand? For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret except to come to light. If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” And he …
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,but the LORD weighs the heart. Proverbs 21:2 ESV As this verse states, self-justification comes all too easy. For example, I immediately condemn the driver who cuts me off, but whenever I cut someone off, then it is justified as being either an accident or …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5OSnPtfpSQ&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=14 And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? The sower sows the word. And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown: when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word that is sown in them. And …
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,but every fool will be quarreling. Proverbs 20:3 ESV Although all of Proverbs applies to all ages of humanity, this verse feels particularly relevant today. With advent of the Internet and especially social media, it sometimes seems as though life has become one massive …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkbe-v-GvBE&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=13 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. And he was teaching them many things in parables, and in his teaching …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfcZ4Sm3NgA&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=12 Then he went home, and the crowd gathered again, so that they could not even eat. And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.” And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZBxKbfpJrI&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=11 Jesus withdrew with his disciples to the sea, and a great crowd followed, from Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from around Tyre and Sidon. When the great crowd heard all that he was doing, they came to him. And he told his disciples to have a …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAea7JXdFgs&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=10 One Sabbath he was going through the grainfields, and as they made their way, his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. And the Pharisees were saying to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did, when …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nILb4oRRXlk&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=9 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. And people came and said to him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYoPX0gbeG8&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRJS2ATXIsDMpYtrY0WUXyS&index=8 He went out again beside the sea, and all the crowd was coming to him, and he was teaching them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. And as he reclined …
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