Feb 23, 2024
LEVITICUS 5-6:
Yesterday we read about sacrifices given for
unintentional sins and for peace offerings. And I said that we would
hear about offerings for intentional sins today.
PSALM 12:
In
Psalm 12, we hear of trusting in God's promises even in the midst
of hard times.
LUKE 9a:
Yesterday to the woman healed of bleeding,
Jesus said, “It is because you believe in me that you are healed.”
And to Jairus, He said, “ Don’t be afraid. Just keep on believing
in Me.”
NLT Translation
notes:
Ps. 12:5
The LORD replies, “I have seen [your violence done
against
the
helpless,//violence done to the
helpless,]
and I have heard the groans of the
poor.
6 [Your promises, O LORD,//The
LORD’s promises] are
pure,
like silver refined in a
furnace,
purified seven times over.
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Mrk.
9:18 One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his
disciples were with him, and he asked them,
“[According to the crowds, whose position am I
ministering in?”/ /According to what the people are saying, whose
position am I apparently filling?”//Who do people say I
am?”]
[In English, the answer to “Who do people say I
am?” would be “Jesus”— his name. This is a case where one has to
use more words than the original to capture the same
intent.]
19
“Well,” they replied, “some say the position of John the Baptist,
some say [taking Elijah's
place//Elijah], and others
say you are one of the other ancient prophets risen from the
dead.”
20
Then he asked them, “But [whose place do you say I
am filling?”//who do you say I
am?”]
21 Jesus warned his disciples not to tell
anyone [about this//who he was].
22 “[I,
the//The] Son of Man must
suffer many terrible things,”he said.
“[I/He] will be rejected by the elders, the leading
priests, and the teachers of religious law.
[I/He] will be
killed, but on the third day [I/he]
will be raised from the
dead.”
23
Then he said to the crowd, “[PET Everyone who
wants to follow Me has to leave his own self interests and follow
Me every day, thinking like this, I will keep following the Lord
even to the point of death— even death by
crucifixion!’//If any of
you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways,
take up your cross daily, and follow me.]
26 If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, [I,] the Son of Man
will be ashamed of that person when [I return in my//he returns in
his] glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy
angels.
44 “Listen to me
and remember what I say. [I, the Son of Man am//The
Son of Man is] going to be
betrayed into the hands of [my/his]
enemies.”
58
But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have
nests, but [I,/0] the Son of Man, has no place even to lay
[my/his] head.”
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