Pamela Goodman
Pamela Goodman's Highlights
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 23:29-39 ESV
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,saying, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.'Thus you witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,so that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.Truly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation."O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing!See, your house is left to you desolate.For I tell you, you will not see me again, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'"
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 23:1-22 ESV
Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ.The greatest among you shall be your servant.Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted."But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves."Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.'You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?And you say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.'You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples,So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by him who dwells in it.And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits upon it."The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long,and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagoguesand greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers.And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 22:41-46 ESV
Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question,saying, "What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said to him, "The son of David."He said to them, "How is it then that David, in the Spirit, calls him Lord, saying, "'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet"'? If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?"And no one was able to answer him a word, nor from that day did anyone dare to ask him any more questions.
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 22:15-33 ESV
Then the Pharisees went and plotted how to entangle him in his words.And they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God truthfully, and you do not care about anyone's opinion, for you are not swayed by appearances.Tell us, then, what you think. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"But Jesus, aware of their malice, said, "Why put me to the test, you hypocrites?Show me the coin for the tax." And they brought him a denarius.And Jesus said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?"They said, "Caesar's." Then he said to them, "Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away.The same day Sadducees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection, and they asked him a question,saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.'Now there were seven brothers among us. The first married and died, and having no offspring left his wife to his brother.So too the second and third, down to the seventh.After them all, the woman died.In the resurrection, therefore, of the seven, whose wife will she be? For they all had her."But Jesus answered them, "You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God.For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God:'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not God of the dead, but of the living."And when the crowd heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 22:1-13 ESV
And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests."But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment.And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?' And he was speechless.Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.Again he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast."'But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business,while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city.Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy.Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.'
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 29:20-35 ESV
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her.Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife that I may go in to her, for my time is completed."So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.But in the evening he took his daughter Leah and brought her to Jacob, and he went in to her.(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.)And in the morning, behold, it was Leah! And Jacob said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Did I not serve with you for Rachel? Why then have you deceived me?"Laban said, "It is not so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also in return for serving me another seven years."Jacob did so, and completed her week. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.)So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban for another seven years.When the Lord saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me."She conceived again and bore a son, and said, "Because the Lord has heard that I am hated, he has given me this son also." And she called his name Simeon.Again she conceived and bore a son, and said, "Now this time my husband will be attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore his name was called Levi.And she conceived again and bore a son, and said, "This time I will praise the Lord." Therefore she called his name Judah. Then she ceased bearing.
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 29:1-19 ESV
Now as soon as Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob came near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman, and that he was Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father.As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things,and Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh!" And he stayed with him a month.Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?"Now Laban had two daughters. The name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance.Jacob loved Rachel. And he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than that I should give her to any other man; stay with me." Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well's mouth was large,and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place over the mouth of the well.Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where do you come from?" They said, "We are from Haran."He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" They said, "We know him."He said to them, "Is it well with him?" They said, "It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!"He said, "Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered together. Water the sheep and go, pasture them."But they said, "We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together and the stone is rolled from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep."While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess.
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 28:14-22 ESV
Your offspring shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south, and in you and your offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed.Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I did not know it."And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven."So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear,so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you."
Oct 3
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 28:1-13 ESV
Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran.And he came to a certain place and stayed there that night, because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down in that place to sleep.And he dreamed, and behold, there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven. And behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, "I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. The land on which you lie I will give to you and to your offspring. Then Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women.Arise, go to Paddan-aram to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take as your wife from there one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother.God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples.May he give the blessing of Abraham to you and to your offspring with you, that you may take possession of the land of your sojournings that God gave to Abraham!"Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. And he went to Paddan-aram, to Laban, the son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother.Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take a wife from there, and that as he blessed him he directed him, "You must not take a wife from the Canaanite women,"and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and gone to Paddan-aram.So when Esau saw that the Canaanite women did not please Isaac his father,Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth.
Oct 2
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 27:28-46 ESV
May God give you of the dew of heaven and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!" As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, when Jacob had scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting.He also prepared delicious food and brought it to his father. And he said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me."His father Isaac said to him, "Who are you?" He answered, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."Then Isaac trembled very violently and said, "Who was it then that hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate it all before you came, and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed."As soon as Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!"But he said, "Your brother came deceitfully, and he has taken away your blessing."Esau said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." Then he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?"Isaac answered and said to Esau, "Behold, I have made him lord over you, and all his brothers I have given to him for servants, and with grain and wine I have sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son?"Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father." And Esau lifted up his voice and wept.Then Isaac his father answered and said to him: "Behold, away from the fatness of the earth shall your dwelling be, and away from the dew of heaven on high. By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck." Now Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him, and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are approaching; then I will kill my brother Jacob."But the words of Esau her older son were told to Rebekah. So she sent and called Jacob her younger son and said to him, "Behold, your brother Esau comforts himself about you by planning to kill you.Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban my brother in Haranand stay with him a while, until your brother's fury turns away—until your brother's anger turns away from you, and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send and bring you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?"Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob marries one of the Hittite women like these, one of the women of the land, what good will my life be to me?"
Oct 2
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 27:18-27 ESV
So he went in to his father and said, "My father." And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, that your soul may bless me."But Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He answered, "Because the Lord your God granted me success."Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son Esau or not."So Jacob went near to Isaac his father, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."And he did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.He said, "Are you really my son Esau?" He answered, "I am."Then he said, "Bring it near to me, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you." So he brought it near to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come near and kiss me, my son."So he came near and kissed him. And Isaac smelled the smell of his garments and blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed!
Oct 2
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 27:9-17 ESV
And you shall bring it to your father to eat, so that he may bless you before he dies."But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "Behold, my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing."His mother said to him, "Let your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, bring them to me."So he went and took them and brought them to his mother, and his mother prepared delicious food, such as his father loved.Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her older son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.And the skins of the young goats she put on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck.And she put the delicious food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.Go to the flock and bring me two good young goats, so that I may prepare from them delicious food for your father, such as he loves.
Oct 2
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 27:1-8 ESV
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am."He said, "Behold, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.Now then, take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me,and prepare for me delicious food, such as I love, and bring it to me so that I may eat, that my soul may bless you before I die."Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it,Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "I heard your father speak to your brother Esau,'Bring me game and prepare for me delicious food, that I may eat it and bless you before the Lord before I die.'Now therefore, my son, obey my voice as I command you.
Oct 2
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 26:1-35 ESV
Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us."So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, "Whoever touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death."And Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. The Lord blessed him,and the man became rich, and gained more and more until he became very wealthy.He had possessions of flocks and herds and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.(Now the Philistines had stopped and filled with earth all the wells that his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father.)And Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we."So Isaac departed from there and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.And Isaac dug again the wells of water that had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, which the Philistines had stopped after the death of Abraham. And he gave them the names that his father had given them.But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of spring water, Now there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar to Abimelech king of the Philistines.the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that also, so he called its name Sitnah.And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, saying, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land."From there he went up to Beersheba.And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will bless you and multiply your offspring for my servant Abraham's sake."So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well.When Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army,Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you?"They said, "We see plainly that the Lord has been with you. So we said, let there be a sworn pact between us, between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you,that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord."And the Lord appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; dwell in the land of which I shall tell you.So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well that they had dug and said to him, "We have found water."He called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.When Esau was forty years old, he took Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite to be his wife, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite,and they made life bitter for Isaac and Rebekah. Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your offspring I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath that I swore to Abraham your father.I will multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and will give to your offspring all these lands. And in your offspring all the nations of the earth shall be blessed,because Abraham obeyed my voice and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."So Isaac settled in Gerar.When the men of the place asked him about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he feared to say, "My wife," thinking, "lest the men of the place should kill me because of Rebekah," because she was attractive in appearance.When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac laughing with Rebekah his wife.So Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, she is your wife. How then could you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac said to him, "Because I thought, 'Lest I die because of her.'"
Oct 2
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Genesis 25:1-34 ESV
the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,Mishma, Dumah, Massa,Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.(These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac, Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah.and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.The children struggled together within her, and she said, "If it is thus, why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the Lord.And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the older shall serve the younger." When her days to give birth were completed, behold, there were twins in her womb.The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau.Afterward his brother came out with his hand holding Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them.When the boys grew up, Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.Isaac loved Esau because he ate of his game, but Rebekah loved Jacob.Once when Jacob was cooking stew, Esau came in from the field, and he was exhausted.She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.And Esau said to Jacob, "Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am exhausted!" (Therefore his name was called Edom.)Jacob said, "Sell me your birthright now."Esau said, "I am about to die; of what use is a birthright to me?"Jacob said, "Swear to me now." So he swore to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew, and he ate and drank and rose and went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. Jokshan fathered Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim.The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah.Abraham gave all he had to Isaac.But to the sons of his concubines Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them away from his son Isaac, eastward to the east country.These are the days of the years of Abraham's life, 175 years.Abraham breathed his last and died in a good old age, an old man and full of years, and was gathered to his people.Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,
Oct 2
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 21:23-46 ESV
And when he entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?"Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, and if you tell me the answer, then I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.The baptism of John, from where did it come? From heaven or from man?" And they discussed it among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'But if we say, 'From man,' we are afraid of the crowd, for they all hold that John was a prophet."So they answered Jesus, "We do not know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'And he answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind and went.And he went to the other son and said the same. And he answered, 'I go, sir,' but did not go.Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. And even when you saw it, you did not afterward change your minds and believe him."Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.When the season for fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his fruit.And the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.Again he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them.Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and have his inheritance.'And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.When therefore the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"They said to him, "He will put those wretches to a miserable death and let out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the fruits in their seasons."Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the Scriptures: "'The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits.And the one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls on anyone, it will crush him."When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he was speaking about them.And although they were seeking to arrest him, they feared the crowds, because they held him to be a prophet.
Oct 1
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 21:1-17 ESV
And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred up, saying, "Who is this?"And the crowds said, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth of Galilee."And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons.He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying out in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David!" they were indignant,and they said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to them, "Yes; have you never read, "'Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise'?" And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,saying to them, "Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once."This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet, saying, "Say to the daughter of Zion, 'Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.'" The disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.They brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.And the crowds that went before him and that followed him were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!"
Oct 1
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 20:1-34 ESV
Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius.And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house,saying, 'These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'But he replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you.Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?'So the last will be first, and the first last."And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,"See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to deathand deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day." "For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to him with her sons, and kneeling before him she asked him for something.And he said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Say that these two sons of mine are to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom."Jesus answered, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."He said to them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."And when the ten heard it, they were indignant at the two brothers.But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,and whoever would be first among you must be your slave,even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him.After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!"And stopping, Jesus called them and said, "What do you want me to do for you?"They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened."And Jesus in pity touched their eyes, and immediately they recovered their sight and followed him. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace,and to them he said, 'You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you.'So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same.And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all day?'They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.'And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first.'And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.
Oct 1
Pamela Goodman
highlighted Matthew 19:16-30 ESV
And behold, a man came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?"And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments."He said to him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "You shall not murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness,Honor your father and mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself."The young man said to him, "All these I have kept. What do I still lack?"Jesus said to him, "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God."When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?"But Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."Then Peter said in reply, "See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?"Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Oct 1