Category: Daily Devotional

…He [Jesus] proceeded to tell a parable…A nobleman went into a far country…Calling ten of his servants, he gave them ten minas… Luke 19:11-27 Jesus tells this very familiar parable of the servants who receive minas (money) from their master while their master goes away to receive a kingdom for himself. A similar parable is given in…

…there were two blind men sitting by the roadside…they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us… Jesus, in pity, touched their eyes…they…followed Him. Matthew 20:29-34 As Jesus and His Disciples, followed by a great crowd, departed Jericho, there were two blind men, on the road side, who heard Jesus was coming. In Mark 10, the story…

 He [Jesus] entered Jericho and…there was a man named Zacchaeus. Luke 21:1-10 Jesus goes to Jericho. This is the Jericho God destroyed before Joshua and the Israelites who had just crossed the Jordan river into their promised land. Though that ancient city was not rebuilt, Jericho was built close to the one destroyed and had…

…the mother of the sons of Zebedee came up to Him [Jesus]…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.” Matthew 20:20-28 Matthew tells this story as the mother of James and John making the request of Jesus. But,…

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. Matthew 20:1-16 In the parables of Jesus, we find a great deal of teaching on such things as the value of the kingdom of God (Matthew 13:44–46) and the way…

…Peter said…See, we have left everything and followed You. What then will we have?” Jesus said to them, “…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…many who are first will be last, and the last first. Matthew 19:27-30 After the rich,…

…a man came…saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?”…When the young man heard this, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions. Matthew 19:16-26 A real life parable is presented, by Matthew, to us here. A young, wealthy man came to Jesus calling Him, “Good teacher” and asking Jesus what “good…

…Pharisees came…and tested Him [Jesus] by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “…a man shall…hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh…What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” Matthew 19:3-12 Scripture, often, depicts the Pharisees as “testing” Jesus and this event is no different. They waited…

…Peter…said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? …Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. Matthew 18:21-22 Peter, who has confessed Jesus as the Son of the Living God, asks Jesus about forgiveness of those who commit multiple sins against him. The…

…the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” And calling to him a child…So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. Matthew 18:1-14 In our verses today, Jesus uses a child to illustrate 3 short parables on humbleness,…