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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 13:18-23 Good Soil

Thomas Less,
18“Now listen to the explanation of the parable about the farmer planting seeds:19The seed that fell on the footpath represents those who hear the message about the Kingdom and don’t understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was planted in their hearts.20The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the message and immediately receive it with joy.
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 13:1-17 Why parables?

Thomas Less,

1Later that same day Jesus left the house and sat beside the lake.2A large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat there and taught as the people stood on the shore.3He told many stories in the form of eparables, such as this one:

“Listen! A farmer went out to plant some seeds.4As he scattered them …

Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 12:46-50 Who Are Jesus' Family?

Thomas Less,
46As Jesus was speaking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.47Someone told Jesus, “Your mother and your brothers are outside, and they want to speak to you.”
48Jesus asked, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”49Then he pointed to his disciples and said, “Look, these are my mother and brothers.50Anyone who does the will
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 12:43-45 Emptiness I Dangerous

Thomas Less,
Veer Images,beaches,buckets,spades,sand,fun,summer holidays,relaxation,enjoyment43“When an evil spirit leaves a person, it goes into the desert, seeking rest but finding none.44Then it says, ‘I will return to the person I came from.’ So it returns and finds its former home empty, swept, and in order.45Then the spirit finds seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they all enter the person and live there. And so that person is
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 12:38-42 Looking For A Sign

Thomas Less,
38One day some teachers of religious law and Pharisees came to Jesus and said, “Teacher, we want you to show us a miraculous dsign to prove your authority.”
 
39But Jesus replied, “Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign; but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah.40For as Jonah was in the belly of the great
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 12:33-37 We Are Known By Our Fruit

Thomas Less,
33“A tree is identified by its fruit. If a tree is good, its fruit will be good. If a tree is bad, its fruit will be bad.34You brood of snakes! How could evil men like you speak what is good and right? For whatever is in your heart determines what you say.35A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and
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Online Biblel Study: Matthew 12:31-32 Giving God's Glory To Satan

Thomas Less,
31“So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy can be forgiven—except blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, which will never be forgiven.32Anyone who speaks against the Son of Man can be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come.
 
This is a very difficult verse when it is taken by itself like this. 
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 12:30 for Jesus or against Jesus

Thomas Less,
30“Anyone who isn’t with me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me.
 
What a scary quote!  If I am not actively working with Jesus, I am working against Him.  How often haven’t I passed up the chance to do a good deed?  How many times have I not given to the poor as much as I should have?  How often have I
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 12:22-29 Satan's kingdom divided

Thomas Less,
22Then a demon-possessed man, who was blind and couldn’t speak, was brought to Jesus. He healed the man so that he could both speak and see.23The crowd was amazed and asked, “Could it be that Jesus is the Son of David, the Messiah?”
24But when the Pharisees heard about the miracle, they said, “No wonder he can cast out ademons. He gets his power from
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 12:15-21 The weak He will not break

Thomas Less,
15But Jesus knew what they were planning. So he left that area, and many people followed him. He healed all the sick among them,16but he warned them not to reveal who he was.17This fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah concerning him:
18“Look at my Servant, whom I have chosen.
He is my Beloved, who pleases me.
I will put my kSpirit upon him,
and
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