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Luke 9: 7-9 Don’t be too radical, play it safe like Herod.

Thomas Less,

Herod’s Confusion

7When Herod Antipas, the ruler of Galilee,c heard about everything Jesus was doing, he was puzzled. Some were saying that John the Baptist had been raised from the dead. 8Others thought Jesus was Elijah or one of the other prophets risen from the dead.

9“I beheaded John,” Herod said, “so who is this man about whom I hear such stories?” And he kept trying …

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Matthew 6

Thomas Less,

Matthew 6

Teaching about Giving to the Needy

   “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. 2 When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the hypocrites 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 …

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Matthew 3

Thomas Less,

Day 14

Matthew 3

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

 1 In 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 Heaven is near.” 3 The prophet Isaiah was speaking about John when he said,   “He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
   ‘Prepare the way for the Lord…

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Matthew 2

Thomas Less,

Visitors from the East

 Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the reign of King Herod. About that time some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, 2
“Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We saw his star as it rose, and we have come to worship him.”

Lord, how did these men know so much, and act with such confidence in what they knew?  …

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