Protected: Journal – August 23, 2020
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Baptism
Jesus Baptizing 4:1When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), 3 he left Judea and went again to Galilee. John 4:1-3 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized. John …
“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly.”
1 Now he said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who received an accusation that his manager was squandering his possessions. 2 So he called the manager in and asked, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you can no longer be my manager.’ 3 “Then the manager said to himself, ‘What will I do …
Forcing their way into the kingdom
16 “The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it. Luke 16:16 NASB The Christian Standard Bible translates it differently, but footnotes the “traditional” translation: 16 “The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then, the good news …