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highlighted Proverbs 7:4 NLT

Love wisdom like a sister; make insight a beloved member of your family.

Jan 14

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highlighted Proverbs 7:3 NLT

Tie them on your fingers as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart.

Jan 14

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highlighted Proverbs 7:2 NLT

Obey my commands and live! Guard my instructions as you guard your own eyes.

Jan 14

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highlighted Proverbs 7:1 NLT

Follow my advice, my son; always treasure my commands.

Jan 14

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highlighted Matthew 13:57 NLT

And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him. Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.”

Jan 14

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highlighted Matthew 13:55-56 NLT

Then they scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas. All his sisters live right here among us. Where did he learn all these things?”

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highlighted Matthew 13:58 NLT

And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief.

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highlighted Matthew 13:48 NLT

When the net was full, they dragged it up onto the shore, sat down, and sorted the good fish into crates, but threw the bad ones away.

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highlighted Matthew 13:47 NLT

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that was thrown into the water and caught fish of every kind.

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highlighted Matthew 13:46 NLT

When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!

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highlighted Matthew 13:45 NLT

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls.

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highlighted Matthew 13:32 NLT

It is the smallest of all seeds, but it becomes the largest of garden plants; it grows into a tree, and birds come and make nests in its branches.”

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highlighted Matthew 13:31 NLT

Here is another illustration Jesus used: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed planted in a field.

Jan 14

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highlighted Matthew 13:33 NLT

Jesus also used this illustration: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like the yeast a woman used in making bread. Even though she put only a little yeast in three measures of flour, it permeated every part of the dough.”

Jan 14

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highlighted Matthew 13:24-28 NLT

Here is another story Jesus told: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a farmer who planted good seed in his field. But that night as the workers slept, his enemy came and planted weeds among the wheat, then slipped away. When the crop began to grow and produce grain, the weeds also grew. “The farmer’s workers went to him and said, ‘Sir, the field where you planted that good seed is full of weeds! Where did they come from?’ “‘An enemy has done this!’ the farmer exclaimed. “‘Should we pull out the weeds?’ they asked.

Jan 14

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highlighted Matthew 13:29-30 NLT

“‘No,’ he replied, ‘you’ll uproot the wheat if you do. Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the barn.’”

Jan 14

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highlighted Matthew 13:54 NLT

He returned to Nazareth, his hometown. When he taught there in the synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this wisdom and the power to do miracles?”

Jan 14

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highlighted Matthew 13:52 NLT

Then he added, “Every teacher of religious law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a homeowner who brings from his storeroom new gems of truth as well as old.”

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highlighted Matthew 13:49-50 NLT

That is the way it will be at the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked people from the righteous, throwing the wicked into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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highlighted Matthew 13:44 NLT

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.

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