COMMENTARY:
: 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. (154 “ask” [aiteo] means desire, beg, require, crave, or call for.)
DEVOTION: Promising someone something should always be done carefully. Too often we promise things that we wish we had never done. Sometimes we make promises that we … Read More
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: 15 For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (3975 “gross” … Read More
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: 15 But when Jesus knew it, HE withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed HIM, and HE healed them all. (402 “withdrew” [anachoreo] means to move away from a place in another direction, go away, take refuge, or retire for privacy.)
DEVOTION: There is a time to confront and a time to … Read More
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: 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. (1344 “justified” [dikaioo] means be freed, be righteous, pronounce one to be just, to put right with, obey righteous commands, put right … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 And when HE had called to HIM HIS twelve disciples, HE gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. (1849 “power” [exousia] means authority, liberty, jurisdiction, strength, the ability or strength with which one is endued, of authority to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think you evil in your hearts? (3708 “knowing” [horao] means pay attention to, see, take heed, perceive, or understand.)
DEVOTION: Our thoughts we think are personal. There are many thoughts we don’t want other people to know about in our life. It seems like it … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 4 And Jesus said to him, See you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them. (1435 “gift” [doron] means offering, present, of sacrifices and other gifts offered to God, an offering to a deity, offering box, sacrifice … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 6 Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (39 “holy” [hagion] means having the characteristics of moral and ritual purity, dedicated, set apart for God, consecrated, upright, or blameless.)
DEVOTION: In … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Take heed that you do not your alms before men, to be seen of them; otherwise you have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. (1654 “alms” [eleemosune] means charitable giving, a donation to the poor, giving money to a needy person, mercy, compassion, or beneficence.)
DEVOTION: Our Christian life … Read More
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: 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. (5526 “filled” [chortazo] means be full, satisfied, fed, content, fattened, or supply food in abundance.)
DEVOTION: Amos (8:11, 12) taught the children of Israel that there was going to be a time when they would be … Read More