Category: OBBS Matthew

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 …

¹Six days later Jesus took Peter and the two brothers, James and John, and led them up a high mountain to be alone.²As the men watched, Jesus’ appearance was ⁱtransformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.³Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared and began talking with Jesus.

⁴Peter exclaimed, “Lord, it’s wonderful for us to …