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21Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?”
22“No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
23“Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him.24In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed …
15“If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.16But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.17If the person still refuses to listen, take your case to the church. Then if he …
12“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them wanders away, what will he do? Won’t he leave the ninety-nine others on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?13And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice over it more than over the ninety-nine that didn’t wander away!14In the same way, it is …
6“But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to jfall into sin, it would be better for you to have a large millstone tied around your neck and be drowned in the depths of the sea.
7“What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.8So …
1About that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”
2Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them.3Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom of Heaven.4So anyone who becomes as humble as …
24On their arrival in Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple tax came to Peter and asked him, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the Temple tax?”
25“Yes, he does,” Peter replied. Then he went into the house.
But before he had a chance to speak, Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Peter? Do kings tax their own people or the people they have conquered?”
26“They tax the people …
22After they gathered again in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies.23He will be killed, but on the third day he will be raised from the dead.” And the disciples were filled with grief.
When Jesus tells the disciples what is going to happen to him, he is giving them the opportunity to avoid the …
14At the foot of the mountain, a large crowd was waiting for them. A man came and knelt before Jesus and said,15“Lord, have mercy on my son. He has seizures and suffers terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.16So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn’t heal him.”
17Jesus said, “You faithless and corrupt people! How long must …
10Then his disciples asked him, “Why do the teachers of religious law insist that Elijah must return before the Messiah comes?”11Jesus replied, “Elijah is indeed coming first to get everything ready.12But I tell you, Elijah has already come, but he wasn’t recognized, and they chose to abuse him. And in the same way they will also make the Son of Man suffer.”13Then the …
This is an email exchange between myself and a atheist that I consider a good friend. I had been answering his questions in email form for some time. He gave me the opportunity to reverse the process and ask him something and this is how it went. It was an email exchange that I will try to put in the form of a post and comments.