Contemplative Bible Reading

Luke 11:41 (New Living Translation) So clean the inside by giving gifts to the poor, and you will be clean all over. This is Jesus’ conclusion to a lesson He gave to religious leaders about being clean on the outside (proper hygiene) and clean on the inside (proper love towards one another and Him). Jesus […]

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Luke 11:8-9 (New Living Translation) 8 But I tell you this—though he won’t do it for friendship’s sake, if you keep knocking long enough, he will get up and give you whatever you need because of your shameless persistence. 9 “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask […]

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Luke 5:3 (New Living Translation) Stepping into one of the boats, Jesus asked Simon, its owner, to push it out into the water. So he sat in the boat and taught the crowds from there. Once again, note the position of the great teacher. As in many cases, Jesus sits while He addresses the crowds. […]

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Luke 1:78-79 (New Living Translation) 78 Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, 79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace. Words of poetry and promise too grand to […]

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Luke 24:24 (American Standard Version) And certain of them that were with us went to the tomb, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. I am using the American Standard Version of the Bible for today’s verse. It has a certain twist to the words that struck […]

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Luke 1:37 (New Living Tranlsation) For the word of God will never fail. Many translations of this verse state: For nothing is impossible with God Nothing is impossible with God. Of course not. I believe that. I guess I believe that. Take a look at the paragraphs preceding verse 37. an old, old woman named […]

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Luke 6:46 (New Living Translation) So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say? In the New Testament, the term “Lord” means about what we think it means these days. My “lord” is someone that I recognize as my master, my teacher, the person above me whom I […]

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Luke 12:14 (New Living Translation) 13 Then someone called from the crowd, “Teacher, please tell my brother to divide our father’s estate with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Friend, who made me a judge over you to decide such things as that?” A man comes to Jesus with a personal problem. The man wants Jesus to solve […]

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Luke 12:1 (New Living Translation) …Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees—their hypocrisy. Jesus is speaking here. What is the yeast of the Pharisees? Many point out that throughout the Bible yeast is often mentioned with sin. Here, however, Jesus mentions a specific failure: hypocrisy. “Those Christians are nothing but a bunch of hypocrites.” I heard […]

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Luke 7:33-34 (New Living Translation) 33 For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and […]

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