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God’s Word for You – Jonah 1:2 God’s justice

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 1:2 2 “Get up, go to Nineveh that great city and preach against it, for their wickedness has come up before me.” In northwestern Mesopotamia (Iraq), there is a bend in the twisting Tigris River where its generally eastward or southeastward flow turns more directly to the south. At this […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 10:16-20 Whoever hears you hears me

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:16-20 In verses 10-11, Jesus commanded his disciples to be witnesses that if his gospel was rejected by a town, none of his blessings would come to that place: the kingdom of God had come and had gone once again, or as Luther explained: “What it hits it hits; what […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 10:12-15 Woe to you, Chorazin

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:12-15 Jesus has just described what the disciples should do when a town rejects the gospel. His warning showed that the blessings of the gospel would be removed from them because of their unbelief. Now he continues along the same lines, explaining what will happen on judgment day and in […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 10:8-11 The pelting rain of the gospel

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:8-11 8 “Whenever you enter a town and they welcome you, eat what is set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’ To the people of the towns, Jesus already said that the worker is worthy of […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 10:3-7

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:3-7 3 “Go. See how I am sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Do not carry a money bag, or a knapsack, or sandals. Do not visit with anyone along the way. Jesus wants the seventy-two to notice that they are like sheep. In fact, they’re more defenseless […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 10:1-2 Pray for more workers

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 10:1-2 Jesus Sends out the Seventy-Two 10 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he was about to go. After Jesus started his long journey toward Jerusalem (9:51), he sent out a large number […]

God’s Word for You – Jonah 1:1 The word of the LORD

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU JONAH 1:1 1 And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, Jonah’s book of prophecy is unlike most of the other Minor Prophets. In it, he spends much more time on his travels and his own conversations with God than on his proclamation of God’s […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 9:59-62 the plow of the gospel

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:59-62 59 He said to another man, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” 60 Jesus said to him, “Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God.” Matthew tells us that this man was a […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 9:57-58 foxes and birds

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:57-58 To Follow Jesus (Matthew 8:19-22) 57 While they were on the way, a man said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Although Matthew records this incident earlier with events during the Galilean ministry, Matthew’s chronological clues are not definite (there are none at all besides “and” […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 9:55b-56 a variant reading

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:55b-56 (v.l.) He said, “You don’t know what kind of spirit is influencing you. 56 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.”* Then they went to another village. —————————— * 9:55b-56a Some witnesses to not have these two sentences. Everything here […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 9:51-55a

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:51-55a Jesus Is Determined to Go to Jerusalem 51 When the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus was determined to go to Jerusalem. After Jesus underwent the transfiguration and was encouraged by Elijah and Moses, he “set his face to go to Jerusalem.” This expression is […]

God’s Word for You – Luke 9:49-50 whoever is not against you is for you

GOD’S WORD FOR YOU LUKE 9:49-50 Whoever Is Not Against You Is for You (Mark 9:38-41) 49 John said, “Master, we saw someone driving out demons in your name. We tried to stop him, because he is not following you with us.” 50 But Jesus said to him, “Don’t stop him, because whoever is not […]

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