Matthew 10;3434.” Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace,        but a sword. We by nature equate earthly peace with well being.  If we are safe from the violent, are not being slandered, people are speaking ‘well’ of...

Matthew 10;32&3332.  So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my        Father in who is in heaven;33.  but whoever denies me before men, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven. Those people who like to claim their religion or faith...

Matthew 10;28And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Earthly, temporal death to our mortal flesh, it not to be feared by Believers.  In Christ, we have been given an abundant life which...

Matthew 10;27What I tell you in the dark, utter in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim upon the housetops. Sometimes, things our Lord says, lead us to questions for which we struggle to find answers. When Jesus says, “in the dark”, is he speaking of ‘time of day’, or in...

Matthew 10;2626.  “So have no fear of them (persecutors, evil men); for nothing is covered that will not be          revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Being fearful is a choice we make, (like choosing to eat dirt).  Fearfulness belongs to the old Adam, the carnal flesh, the...

Matthew 10;24&2524.  “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master;25.  it is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master.  If they called the master of the house Be-elzebul (Satan), how much more will they malign those of his...

Matthew 10;16“Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” Sheep and doves were both used as sacrificial animals. We should not be shocked when we are attacked and persecuted.  Just as the devil hated Jesus, so now we...

Matthew 10;7-117.  And preach as you go, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.”8.  Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons.  You received without pay,     give without pay.9.  Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,10. no bag for your journey, nor...

Matthew 10;5-75.  These twelve Jesus sent out, charging them, “Go nowhere among the Gentiles, and enter no town of the Samaritans.6.  but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.7.  And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’” It was out of love and...

Matthew 10;1And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.(Verses 2 through 4 list the names of the twelve, ending with Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him) When Jesus prayed in John 17 for...

Matthew 9;18-26,  Jesus heals the woman with hemorrhaging, and raises the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue from the dead.9;27-31,  Jesus heals two blind men.9;32-34,  Jesus casts out a demon from a man who could not speak.  He is accused by the Pharisees of doing so by the power of...

Matthew 9;14-17 14. Then the disciples of John (the Baptist) came to him, saying, “Why do we fast,        but your disciples do not fast?”15.  And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom       is with them?  The days will come, when...

Matthew 9;9-139.  As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office;      and he said to him, “Follow me.”  And he rose and followed him.10. And as he sat at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came...

Matthew 9;1-81.  And getting into the boat he crossed over and came to his own city.2.  And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed, and when Jesus saw their      faith he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son, your sins are forgiven.”3.  And behold,...

Matthew 8;28-3428.  And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way.29.  And behold they cried out, “What have you to do with us O Son of God?...

Matthew 8;23-2723.  And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him.24.  And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep.25. And they went and woke him, saying, “Save, Lord; we are perishing.”26.  And...

Matthew 8;19-2219.  And a scribe came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”20.  And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”21.  Another of the...

Matthew 8;5-105.  As he entered Capera-um, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him 6.  and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, in terrible distress.”7.  And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.”8. But the centurion answered him, “Lord, I am not worthy to have...

Matthew 8;1-31.  When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him;2.  and behold a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.”3.  And he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will,; be clean.”  And immediately...

Matthew 7;25and the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat upon that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded upon the rock. When Jesus teaches Nicodemus that he “must be born anew” (born again), we now understand that we are born anew in...

Matthew 7;24“Every one then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house upon the rock. Faith must produce action, otherwise it fails.  We are NOT saved by our works, but faith without works is dead. In his Great Commission to his...

Matthew 7;21-2321.  Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.22.  On that day many shall say to me,  “Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in your name, and cast out demons in...

Matthew 6;34“Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself.  Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day. We can only deal with what it before us.  Being afraid for what might happen is really a Satanic attack upon our faith and the peace...

Matthew 6;33But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. When someone loves you and hugs you, what do you do?  You hug and love them back!  You reflect the love given you. Once we receive the gifts of repentance, faith, forgiveness, and the...

Matthew 6;25“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, not about your body, what you shall put on.  Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Food and drink are things the body needs.  Hunger...

Matthew 6;24“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other.  You can not serve God and mammon, (money). The words “hate” and “despise” are wrongly understood to be “aggressively hostility toward someone or...

Matthew 6;22&2322.  “The eye is the lamp of the body.  So if your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light;23.  But if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness.  If then the light in you is darkness, how great is...

Matthew 6;19-2119.  Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in and steal,20.  But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume and where thieves do not break in a steal.21.  For where your treasure...

Matthew 5; 43-4843.  “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’44.  But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,45.  so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes...

Matthew  5;29&3029.  If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you should lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.30.  And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and...

Matthew 5;23&24So if you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Another way to express this is found in 1...