Contemplative Bible Reading

Matthew 10:16 (New Living Translation) Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves. I have always loved this verse. Jesus is sending His followers into the world to speak of the Gospel. The world might eat them, and us, alive with savage brutality. […]

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Matthew 13:1-2 (New Living Translation) Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake. 2 A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore. Jesus often sat when he spoke to crowds. In these […]

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Luke 7:1-5 (New Living Translation) When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people, he returned to Capernaum. 2 At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death. 3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and […]

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Matthew 5:17-19 (New Living Translation) 17 “Don’t misunderstand why I have come. I did not come to abolish the law of Moses or the writings of the prophets. No, I came to accomplish their purpose. 18 I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will […]

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Mark 10:51-52 (New Living Translation) 51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked. “My Rabbi,” the blind man said, “I want to see!” 52 And Jesus said to him, “Go, for your faith has healed you.” Instantly the man could see, and he followed Jesus down the road At one point in […]

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Mark 10:49-50 (New Living Translation) When Jesus heard him, he stopped and said, “Tell him to come here.” So they called the blind man. “Cheer up,” they said. “Come on, he’s calling you!” 50 Bartimaeus threw aside his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus. Many translations of this passage use the word “cloak” instead […]

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John 4:25-26  (The Living Bible) 25 The woman said, “Well, at least I know that the Messiah will come—the one they call Christ—and when he does, he will explain everything to us.” 26 Then Jesus told her, “I am the Messiah!” These verses are part of the conversation between Jesus and the woman at the […]

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John 3:26 (The Living Bible) So they came to John and said, “Master, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River—the one you said was the Messiah—he is baptizing too, and everybody is going over there instead of coming here to us.” These are follows of John the Baptist. They are […]

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Luke 3:8  (New Living Translation) Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God. Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell you, God can create children of Abraham from these very stones. In this […]

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Luke 3:5 (New Living Translation) The valleys will be filled, and the mountains and hills made level. The curves will be straightened, and the rough places made smooth. These verses from Luke’s Gospel are about John the Baptizer. The words are quoted from the prophet Isaiah describing how John would prepare the way for Jesus. […]

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