Category: Teachings

Helpful teachings, either mine, or someone else’s.

Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 6: 1-4 Do your good deeds in private

Thomas Less, January 22, 2011

¹“Watch out! Don’t do your good deeds publicly, to be admired by others, for you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.²When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the ^ehypocrites do—blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I tell you the truth, they have received all the reward they will ever get.³

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 38-48 love your enemies

Thomas Less, January 20, 2011

³⁸“You have heard the law that says the punishment must match the injury: ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’³⁹But I say, do not resist an evil person! If someone slaps you on the right cheek, offer the other cheek also.⁴⁰If you are sued in court and your shirt is taken from you, give your coat, too.⁴¹If a soldier

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 31-37 Say what you mean

Thomas Less, January 20, 2011

³¹“You have heard the law that says, ‘A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a written notice of divorce.’³²But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.

³³“You have also heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not break your vows;

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 27-30 Be radical about sin

Thomas Less, January 18, 2011

²⁷“You have heard the commandment that says, ‘You must not commit adultery.’²⁸But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.²⁹So if your eye—even your good eye—^bcauses you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 21-26 – Anger is a terrible thing.

Thomas Less, January 17, 2011

²¹“You have heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not murder. If you commit murder, you are subject to judgment.’²²But I say, if you are even angry with someone, you are subject to judgment! If you call someone an idiot, you are in danger of being brought before the court. And if you curse someone, you are in danger of the fires of ^ahell.

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 17-20 – More Righteous Than Pharisees

Thomas Less, January 15, 2011

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.¹⁸I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not even the smallest detail of God’s law will disappear until its purpose is achieved.¹⁹So if you ignore the least commandment and teach others to do the

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Beginners Bible Study: Matthew 5:13-16 You are the salt of the earth

Thomas Less, January 14, 2011

¹³“You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

¹⁴“You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.¹⁵No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 1-12 Blessed are those…

Thomas Less, January 12, 2011

¹One day as he saw the crowds gathering, Jesus went up on the mountainside and sat down. His disciples gathered around him,²and he began to teach them.

The Beatitudes

³“God ⁱblesses those who are poor and realize their need for him,

for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.

⁴God blesses those who mourn,

for they will be comforted.

⁵God blesses those who are

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 4: 18-25 The Call Of Disciples

Thomas Less, January 11, 2011

¹⁸One day as Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers—Simon, also called Peter, and Andrew—throwing a net into the water, for they fished for a living.¹⁹Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”²⁰And they left their nets at once and followed him.

²¹A little farther up

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 4: 12-17 – The message is the same. The Kingdom is near.

Thomas Less, January 10, 2011

¹²When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he left Judea and returned to Galilee.¹³He went first to Nazareth, then left there and moved to Capernaum, beside the Sea of Galilee, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.¹⁴This fulfilled what God said through the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁵“In the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali,

beside the sea, beyond the Jordan River,

in Galilee where

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