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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.
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.
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,
1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted there by the fdevil.2For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry. 3During that time the devil came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”4But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say,‘People do not …
13Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.14But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?”15But Jesus said, “It should be done, for we must carry out all that God requires.” So John agreed to baptize him.16After …
7But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to watch him baptize, he denounced them. “You brood of snakes!” he exclaimed. “Who warned you to flee God’s coming wrath?8Prove by the way you live that you have repented of your sins and turned to God.9Don’t just say to each other, ‘We’re safe, for we are descendants of Abraham.’ That means nothing, for I tell 
1In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,2“Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of cHeaven is near.”3The prophet Isaiah was speaking about John when he said,“He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
4John’s …
We are going to try something a little different here. I would like you to read this chapter putting yourself in the place of the different characters. You will probably have to read it several times, once for each person maybe. Ask God to show you how you can be like that character in your own life. I know I can be like each of them. I’ll leave my comments
20As he considered this, …
