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October 11 - Straight Thru the Bible
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Matthew 10:16-12:21
Chapter 10
16 "Look, I'm sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as serpents and as harmless as doves.(q) 17 Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins[f] and flog you in their synagogues,(r) beware of them. 18 You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.(s) 19 But when they hand you over, don't worry about how or what you should speak.(t) For you will be given what to say at that hour, 20 because you are not speaking, but the Spirit(u) of your Father is speaking through you. (v)
21 "Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will even rise up against their parents and have them put to death.(w) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of My name.(x) But the one who endures to the end will be delivered. [g](y) 23 When they persecute you in one town, escape to another.(z) For I assure you: You will not have covered the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 A disciple[h] is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.(aa) 25 It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house ‘Beelzebul,' how much more the members of his household! (ab)
Fear God
26 "Therefore,(ac) don't be afraid of them, since there is nothing covered that won't be uncovered and nothing hidden that won't be made known.(ad) 27 What I tell you in the dark, speak in the light. What you hear in a whisper,[i] proclaim on the housetops.(ae) 28 Don't fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul;(af) rather, fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (ag) 29 Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny?[j] Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father's(ah) consent.[k] 30 But even the hairs of your head have all been counted.(ai) 31 So don't be afraid therefore; you are worth more than many sparrows. (aj)
Acknowledging Christ
32 "Therefore, everyone who will acknowledge Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven.(ak) 33 But whoever denies Me before men,(al) I will also deny him before My Father in heaven. 34 Don't assume that I came to bring peace on the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.(am) 35 For I came to turn
a man against his father,
a daughter against her mother,
a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
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and a man's enemies will be
the members of his household.
(an)[l]
37 The person who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me;(ao) the person who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And whoever doesn't take up his cross and follow[m] Me is not worthy of Me. 39 Anyone finding[n] his life will lose it,(ap) and anyone losing[o] his life because of Me will find it. (aq)
A Cup of Cold Water
40 "The one who welcomes you welcomes Me,(ar) and the one who welcomes Me welcomes Him who sent Me.(as) 41 Anyone who[p] welcomes a prophet(at) because he is a prophet[q] will receive a prophet's reward. And anyone who[r] welcomes a righteous person because he's righteous[s] will receive a righteous person's reward. 42 And whoever gives(au) just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple [t](av) —I assure you: He will never lose his reward!"
Chapter 11
In Praise of John the Baptist
1 When Jesus had finished giving orders to His 12 disciples, He moved on from there to teach and preach in their towns.(a) 2 When John heard in prison what the Messiah was doing, he sent a message by his disciples(b) 3 and asked Him, "Are You the One who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"(c)
4 Jesus replied to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see: 5 the blind see, the lame walk, those with skin diseases are healed,[a] the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news.(d) 6 And if anyone is not offended because of Me, he is blessed." (e)
7 As these men went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?(f) 8 What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothes? Look, those who wear soft clothes are in kings' palaces. 9 But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet.(g) 10 This is the one it is written about:
Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You;
[b]
he will prepare Your way before You.
(h)[c]
11 "I assure you: Among those born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has appeared,[d] but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been suffering violence,[e] and the violent have been seizing it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John; 14 if you're willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who is to come.(i) 15 Anyone who has ears[f] should listen! (j)
An Unresponsive Generation
16 "To what should I compare this generation? It's like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to each other:
17 We played the flute for you,
but you didn't dance;
we sang a lament,
but you didn't mourn!
[g]
18 For John did not come eating or drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!'(k) 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard,(l) a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'(m) Yet wisdom is vindicated[h] by her deeds." [i]
20 Then He proceeded to denounce the towns where most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent: 21 "Woe to you, Chorazin!(n) Woe to you, Bethsaida!(o) For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,(p) they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago! 22 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment(q) than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades.(r) For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today. 24 But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you."
The Son Gives Knowledge and Rest
25 At that time Jesus said,(s) "I praise[j] You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.(t) 26 Yes, Father, because this was Your good pleasure.[k] 27 All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows[l] the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires[m] to reveal Him. (u)
28 "Come to Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.(v) 29 All of you, take up My yoke and learn from Me,(w) because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for yourselves.(x) 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light."
Chapter 12
Lord of the Sabbath
1 At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath.(a) His disciples(b) were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples are doing what is not lawful(c) to do on the Sabbath!"
3 He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and those who were with him were hungry— 4 how he entered the house of God, and they ate[a] the sacred bread, which is not lawful for him or for those with him to eat, but only for the priests?(d) 5 Or haven't you read in the Law[b] that on Sabbath days the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent?(e) 6 But I tell you that something greater than the temple is here!(f) 7 If you had known what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice , (g)[c] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." (h)
The Man with the Paralyzed Hand
9 Moving on from there, He entered their synagogue.(i) 10 There He saw a man who had a paralyzed hand. And in order to accuse Him they asked Him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"(j)
11 But He said to them, "What man among you, if he had a sheep[d] that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, wouldn't take hold of it and lift it out?(k) 12 A man is worth far more than a sheep,(l) so it is lawful to do what is good on the Sabbath."
13 Then He told the man, "Stretch out your hand." So he stretched it out, and it was restored,(m) as good as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they might destroy Him.(n)
The Servant of the Lord
15 When Jesus became aware of this, He withdrew from there. Huge crowds[e] followed Him, and He healed them all.(o) 16 He warned them not to make Him known,(p) 17 so that what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
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Here is My Servant whom I have chosen,
My beloved in whom My soul delights;
I will put My Spirit on Him,
and He will proclaim justice to the nations.
(q)
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He will not argue or shout,
and no one will hear His voice in the streets.
20
He will not break a bruised reed,
and He will not put out a smoldering wick,
until He has led justice to victory.
[f]
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The nations will put their hope in His name.
(r)[g]
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