Contemplative Bible Reading

John 10:19 (New Living Translation) 19 When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him. This is what the people felt about Jesus. Jesus had just finished talking to them about a sheepfold, a gate, thieves, sheep herders, and sheep. Jesus was the gate. Jesus was the sheep herder. […]

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Acts 10:43 (New Living Translation) 43 He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name. Peter is talking to a group of Gentiles at the home of a man named Cornelius. Peter is telling them about Jesus, that fellow from […]

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Luke 13:1 (New Living Translation) 13:1 About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were offering sacrifices at the Temple. Jesus is teaching about sin and repentance. He begins the lesson with this statement of fact that He uses as an illustration. Pause for a moment and […]

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John 14:27 (New Living Translation) 27 “I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid. Jesus is speaking soon before the crucifixion. Jesus is leaving Jesus is leaving the followers with a gift —peace of […]

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Acts 13:39 (New Living Translation) 14 “But I admit that I follow the Way, which they call a cult. I worship the God of our ancestors, and I firmly believe the Jewish law and everything written in the prophets. Paul is speaking to an audience of people who have gathered around a governor named Felix. […]

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John 11:38 (New Living Translation) 38 Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance. This is part of the (hi)story of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead after Lazarus had been dead for several days. Jesus was among believers, not among people attacking his […]

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Acts 11:27-28 (New Living Translation) 27 During this time some prophets traveled from Jerusalem to Antioch. 28 One of them named Agabus stood up in one of the meetings and predicted by the Spirit that a great famine was coming upon the entire Roman world. (This was fulfilled during the reign of Claudius.) This is […]

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John 7:30 (New Living Translation) 30 Then the leaders tried to arrest him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come. This is one of those statements that make no sense upon close examination. Here is Jesus in the Temple area. Everyone sees him. Everyone knows him. Jesus […]

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Luke 17:12-14 (New Living Translation) 12 As he entered a village there, ten men with leprosy stood at a distance, 13 crying out, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14 He looked at them and said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed of their leprosy. This is a […]

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Mark 2:15-17 (New Living Translation) 15 Later, Levi invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners. (There were many people of this kind among Jesus’ followers.) 16 But when the teachers of religious law who were Pharisees saw him eating with tax collectors […]

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