Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 2:17 (New Living Translation) After seeing him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. The Messiah had been born in a stable and lay in a manger. Sheep herders, who were supposed to be working but had abandoned their jobs, were telling everyone […]

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Luke 21:36 (New Living Translation) Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man. Bad times will come. Bad things will happen in life. This verse is talking about a specific event. Allow me to extend it to life […]

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Luke 20:20 (New Living Translation) Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus. There is much happening in this (hi)story. Let’s focus on the spies. A group of respected […]

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Luke 20:20 (New Living Translation) Watching for their opportunity, the leaders sent spies pretending to be honest men. They tried to get Jesus to say something that could be reported to the Roman governor so he would arrest Jesus. Jesus had told a story to illustrate what God wanted and didn’t want in our lives. […]

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Luke 2:8-9 (New Living Translation) 8 That night there were shepherds staying in the fields nearby, guarding their flocks of sheep. 9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terrified, This is part of the familiar (hi)story of the birth of Jesus […]

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Luke 19:26 (New Living Translation) ‘Yes,’ the king replied, ‘and to those who use well what they are given, even more will be given. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away…’ Jesus is telling what many call “The Parable of Ten Talents.” This verse is near the […]

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Luke 12:29-30 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) 29 Don’t keep striving for what you should eat and what you should drink, and don’t be anxious. 30 For the Gentile world eagerly seeks all these things, and your Father knows that you need them. Jesus is speaking in these verses. He has just finished describing the birds […]

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Luke 19:36-40 (New Living Translation) 36 As he rode along, the crowds spread out their garments on the road ahead of him. 37 When he reached the place where the road started down the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the […]

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Luke 8:34-35 (New Living Translation) 34 When the herdsmen saw it, they fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. 35 People rushed out to see what had happened. A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been freed from the demons. He […]

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Luke 15:1-2 (New Living Translation) 1 Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. 2 This made the Pharisees and teachers of religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people—even eating with them! Once again we have a case where Jesus didn’t seem to know how to […]

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