COMMENTARY:
: 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither accept you the person of any, but teach the way of God truly (225 “truly” [aletheia] means verily, really, facts that correspond to reality, faithfully, dependability, or uprightness.)
DEVOTION: Watch out for people who are always … Read More
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: 9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come, to this house, for so much as he also is a son of Abraham. (4991 “salvation” [soteria] means deliverance, preservation, health, safety, or the sum of benefits and blessings which the Christians.)
DEVOTION: Again we meet a publican that wants to meet … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint. (1573 “faint” [ekkakeo] means be weary, to be utterly spiritless, to be wearied out, exhausted, become discouraged, give up, lose heart, tired of, or lose enthusiasm.)
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: 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. (4624 “offend” [skandalizo] means to put a stumbling block or impediment in the way, to entice to sin, to cause a person to begin … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And he said also to HIS disciples, there was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods. (1287 “wasted” [diaskorpizo] means scatter, disperse, to throw the grain a considerable distance, squander, to dissipate, or divide.)
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COMMENTARY:
: 2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinner, and eats with them. (1234 “murmured” [diagogguzo] means always used of many indignantly complaining, to grumble, or to mutter.)
DEVOTION: One of their chief complaints against the LORD was that HE was not politically correct. Luke the author of this … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And it came to pass, as HE went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the Sabbath day, that they watched HIM. (740 “bread” [artos] means any food, source of nourishment, cake, loaf, or showbread.)
DEVOTION: Have you ever been invited to another person’s house for … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish. (3340 “repent” [metanoeo] means to change one’s mind, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one’s past sins, to have a change of self, to change one’s way, new behavior, or regret over former behavior and dispositions.)
DEVOTION: We … Read More
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: 7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. (1308 “more value” [diaphero] means be better, to have worth, be superior to, what is best, right, to be or become of greater quality, or to be of considerable value, or … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. (2250 “daily” [hemera] means daylight period, time, or twelve hours.)
DEVOTION: The Bible informs us that each day has sufficient evil in it. We are not to be ones who plan ahead without asking the LORD regarding our plans. HE wants us to come … Read More