Matthew 17:10-27~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today in Matthew chapter 17 verse 20 stood out to me: “”You didn’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them. “I assure you, even if you had faith as small as a mustard seed you…

Matthew 16:13-17:9~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today we read about Peter’s confession of Christ in Matthew chapter 16. In verse 15 we hear Jesus ask: ““But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” And then in…

Matthew 15:29-16:12~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ In Matthew chapter 16 verses 11 & 12 stood out to me today: “So again I say, `Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.’ ” Then at last they understood that he…

Matthew 15:1-28~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ In Matthew chapter 15 today we read about Jesus confronting the Pharisees on their “age-old traditions.”  I read in Zondervan’s & Tyndale’s commentaries that after the Babylonian exile, Jewish rabbis began to make meticulous…

Matthew 14:13-36~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ In Matthew chapter 14 today we read about two miracles – Jesus feeding the 5,000 (or really 10,000 to 15,000 counting men, women & children – Matthew just counted men, as his Gospel was…

Matthew 13:47-14:12~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Today in Matthew chapter 13 verse 54 we read about Jesus going to his hometown of Nazareth where he was raised as a child.  Jesus was born in Bethlehem, as we know, but raised…

Matthew 13:24-46~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ In today’s Matthew readings we go through 5 parables that begin “The Kingdom of Heaven is like…”   Great way to start these parables!  They do indeed give us a glimpse of what the Kingdom…

Matthew 12:46-13:23~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Matthew 12 verses 48 through 50 are powerful: “Jesus asked, “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?” Then he pointed to his disciples and said, “These are my mother and brothers. Anyone who…

Matthew 12:22-45~ Click here to read today’s Scripture on Bible Gateway ~~ Listen to today’s Scripture with The ESV Bible ~ Jesus’ teaching in Matthew Chapter 12 verse 30 stood out to me in today’s readings: “Anyone who isn’t helping me opposes me, and anyone who isn’t working with me is actually working against me.” …