Matthew 19:16 – 22 ESV And behold, a man came up to him saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And He said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.” He …
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Matthew 19:13 – 15 ESV Then children were brought to Him that He might lay His hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people, but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for such belongs to the kingdom of heaven.” And He laid hands on them …
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Matthew 19:10 – 12 ESV The disciples said to Him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not to marry.” But He said to them, “Not everyone can receive this saying, but only those to whom it is given. For there are eunuchs who have been so from …
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Matthew 19:1 – 9 ESV Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, He went away from Galilee and entered a region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. And Pharisees came up to Him and tested Him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for …
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I have got a zombie problem. There is a zombie that is trying to kill me. I must kill it first. That zombie is my sin nature. Romans 6:6 tells us that our sin nature (old man) was crucified, or killed, with Christ. Yet like a zombie it keeps trying to reanimate itself. Zombies may …
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Matthew 18:21-35 ESV Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts …
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Matthew 18:18-20 ESV Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, I say to you, if two of you, agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in …
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Matthew 18:15-17 ESV If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But, if he does not listen to you, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence …
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Matthew 18:12-13 ESV What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one who went astray? And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more …
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Matthew 18:5 – 9 ESV Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea. Woe to …
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