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Something you can't forget about

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 9: 14-17 New wine in new wineskins

Thomas Less, 02/16/2011
14One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”

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Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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“Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 9: 9-13 Jesus calls notorious sinners

Thomas Less, 02/15/2011
9As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.

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Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.11But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 28-33 Casting out demons

Thomas Less, 02/13/2011
28When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.
29They began screaming at him, “Why are you interfering with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before God’s appointed time?”
 
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 14-17 Jesus heals Peters mother-inlaw

Thomas Less, 02/09/2011
14When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.15But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.
 
16That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick.17
 
This fulfilled the word of
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 5-13 The officer's faith

Thomas Less, 02/08/2011
5When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,6“Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”
 
7Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”
 
8But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.9I know
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 15-23 True and False Disciples

Thomas Less, 02/04/2011
15“Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.16You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?17A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.18A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 12-14 Do onto others…

Thomas Less, 02/02/2011
12“Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you. This is the essence of all that is taught in the klaw and the prophets.
 
Lord, it is so easy to turn this simple teaching around.  How often have I “done back to others what they did to me”?  No Lord, help me to do exactly what You are teaching.  I need forgiveness, so make me
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 7: 6 Pearls before swine

Thomas Less, 01/29/2011
6“Don’t waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don’t throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you.
 
It is hard for me to believe Jesus said this, and even harder for me to understand.  How are we to convert the unbeliever if we follow this direction?  Seriously Lord, open my mind and my heart for I am very confused.  Did
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 6: 1-4 Do your good deeds in private

Thomas Less, 01/22/2011
1“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.2When you give to someone in need, don’t do as the ehypocrites 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 reward they will ever get.3
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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 5: 31-37 Say what you mean

Thomas Less, 01/20/2011
31“You have heard the law that says, ‘A man can divorce his wife by merely giving her a written notice of divorce.’32But I say that a man who divorces his wife, unless she has been unfaithful, causes her to commit adultery. And anyone who marries a divorced woman also commits adultery.
 
33“You have also heard that our ancestors were told, ‘You must not break your vows;
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