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Sometimes the wicked seem to get everything they want and we get nothing of what we want. Don’t be envious of them. God knows your desires too. He’ll take care of you.

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BibleGateway: Psalm 37:1-24 ESV Text: Psalm 37:1-24 KJV Text: Psalms 37:1-24 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 2:45      1 A Psalm of David. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be… Sometimes the wicked seem to get everything they want and we get nothing of what we want. Don’t be envious of them. God knows your desires too. He’ll take care of you.

Now when Jesus turned the tables on the Pharisees and asked them a question, they had no answer. Jesus had the word of God on His side and they did not!

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BibleGateway: Matthew 22:41-46 ESV Text: Matthew 22:41-46 KJV Text: Matthew 22:41-46 The section starts at about 4:20 and ends at about 5:2      41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 Saying, What… Now when Jesus turned the tables on the Pharisees and asked them a question, they had no answer. Jesus had the word of God on His side and they did not!

The Pharisees tried to trap Jesus, but Jesus avoided their traps each time by responding with an appropriate word of God—something like He had responded to Satan in the wilderness.

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BibleGateway: Matthew 22:15-40 ESV Text: Matthew 22:15-40 KJV Text: Matthew 22:15-40 The section starts at about 1:36 and ends at about 4:27      15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him… The Pharisees tried to trap Jesus, but Jesus avoided their traps each time by responding with an appropriate word of God—something like He had responded to Satan in the wilderness.

It’s bad news for those who reject Christ’s forgiveness, but He will go out and bring others in to share His heavenly banquet and they will be blessed!

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BibleGateway: Matthew 22:1-14 ESV Text: Matthew 22:1-14 KJV Text: Matthew 22:1-14 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:45      1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,… It’s bad news for those who reject Christ’s forgiveness, but He will go out and bring others in to share His heavenly banquet and they will be blessed!

David’s enemies were also the Lord’s enemies so in his prayer for their defeat he was not seeking personal vengeance, but rather victory for the Lord.

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BibleGateway: Psalm 35 ESV Text: Psalm 35 KJV Text: Psalms 35:1-28 KJV Text (alt. audio): Chapter 35:      1 A Psalm of David. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against… David’s enemies were also the Lord’s enemies so in his prayer for their defeat he was not seeking personal vengeance, but rather victory for the Lord.

Joseph’s test of his brothers’ love revealed that they were not in the habit of treating the youngest (Benjamin) as badly as they had treated him.

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BibleGateway: Genesis 44:1-34 ESV Text: Genesis 44:1-34 KJV Text: Genesis 44:1-34 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 4:46      1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s… Joseph’s test of his brothers’ love revealed that they were not in the habit of treating the youngest (Benjamin) as badly as they had treated him.

The sixth commandment stands, but v. 9 also gives us a gospel-based reason for remaining married: God has joined you to your spouse, so you know she/he is the “right one.”

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BibleGateway: Mark 10:1-12 ESV Text: Mark 10:1-12 KJV Text: Mark 10:1-12 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:18      1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea… The sixth commandment stands, but v. 9 also gives us a gospel-based reason for remaining married: God has joined you to your spouse, so you know she/he is the “right one.”

Days of suffering and sorrow were coming for Jesus. Remembering this event on the mountain would reassure both Jesus and His disciples of brighter days ahead.

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BibleGateway: Matthew 17:1-13 ESV Text: Matthew 17:1-13 KJV Text: Matthew 17:1-13 The section starts at about 0:0 and ends at about 1:43      1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother,… Days of suffering and sorrow were coming for Jesus. Remembering this event on the mountain would reassure both Jesus and His disciples of brighter days ahead.