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All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Daily Bread
Matthew 6: 1 - 34
Mat 6:1
“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Mat 6:2
“So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Mat 6:3
But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
Mat 6:4
so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Mat 6:5
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Mat 6:6
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Mat 6:7
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Mat 6:8
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Mat 6:9
“This, then, is how you should pray:
“ ‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
Mat 6:10
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Mat 6:11
Give us today our daily bread.
Mat 6:12
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Mat 6:13
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.’
Mat 6:14
For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Mat 6:15
But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Mat 6:16
“When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
Mat 6:17
But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,
Mat 6:18
so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Mat 6:19
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.
Mat 6:20
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
Mat 6:21
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Mat 6:22
“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.
Mat 6:23
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
Mat 6:24
“No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
Mat 6:25
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?
Mat 6:26
Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Mat 6:27
Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
Mat 6:28
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin.
Mat 6:29
Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.
Mat 6:30
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?
Mat 6:31
So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
Mat 6:32
For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Mat 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Mat 6:34
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Pro 12:1
¶
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.
Pro 12:2
A good [man] obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
Pro 12:3
A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
Pro 12:4
A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.
Pro 12:5
¶
The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.
Pro 12:6
The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
Pro 12:7
The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Pro 12:8
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Pro 12:9
[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Pro 12:10
A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.
Pro 12:11
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
Pro 12:12
¶
The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
Pro 12:13
The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Pro 12:14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Pro 12:15
The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.
Pro 12:16
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
Pro 12:17
¶
[He that] speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Pro 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
Pro 12:19
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.
Pro 12:20
Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy.
Pro 12:21
There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Pro 12:22
Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.
Pro 12:23
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Pro 12:24
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
Pro 12:25
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Pro 12:26
The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
Pro 12:27
The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.
Pro 12:28
In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death.
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Daily Bread
1 Corinthians 5: 1 - 13
1Cr 5:1
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife.
1Cr 5:2
And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this?
1Cr 5:3
Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.
1Cr 5:4
When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present,
1Cr 5:5
hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.
1Cr 5:6
Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough?
1Cr 5:7
Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast–as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
1Cr 5:8
Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.
1Cr 5:9
I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people–
1Cr 5:10
not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
1Cr 5:11
But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.
1Cr 5:12
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
1Cr 5:13
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Daily Bread
2 Peter Chapter 2: 1 - 22
2Pe 2:1
But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them–bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2Pe 2:2
Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
2Pe 2:3
In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
2Pe 2:4
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
2Pe 2:5
if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
2Pe 2:6
if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
2Pe 2:7
and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
2Pe 2:8
(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)–
2Pe 2:9
if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
2Pe 2:10
This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority.
Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
2Pe 2:11
yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
2Pe 2:12
But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
2Pe 2:13
They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.
2Pe 2:14
With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed–an accursed brood!
2Pe 2:15
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
2Pe 2:16
But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey–a beast without speech–who spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
2Pe 2:17
These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
2Pe 2:18
For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of sinful human nature, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error.
2Pe 2:19
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity–for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
2Pe 2:20
If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning.
2Pe 2:21
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.
2Pe 2:22
Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,”and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Daily Bread
1 Peter 2: 1 - 25
1Pe 2:1
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.
1Pe 2:2
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
1Pe 2:3
now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1Pe 2:4
As you come to him, the living Stone–rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him–
1Pe 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1Pe 2:6
For in Scripture it says:
“See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone,
and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.”
1Pe 2:7
Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe,
“The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone,”
1Pe 2:8
and, “A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.”
They stumble because they disobey the message–which is also what they were destined for.
1Pe 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1Pe 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1Pe 2:11
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul.
1Pe 2:12
Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
1Pe 2:13
Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority,
1Pe 2:14
or to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to commend those who do right.
1Pe 2:15
For it is God's will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish men.
1Pe 2:16
Live as free men, but do not use your freedom as a cover‑up for evil; live as servants of God.
1Pe 2:17
Show proper respect to everyone: Love the brotherhood of believers, fear God, honor the king.
1Pe 2:18
Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
1Pe 2:19
For it is commendable if a man bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God.
1Pe 2:20
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.
1Pe 2:21
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
1Pe 2:22
“He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
1Pe 2:23
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
1Pe 2:24
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.
1Pe 2:25
For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Daily Bread
Psalms 19: 1 - 14
Psa 19:1
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Psa 19:2
Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
Psa 19:3
There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
Psa 19:4
Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
Psa 19:5
which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
Psa 19:6
It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is hidden from its heat.
Psa 19:7
The law of the Lord is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
Psa 19:8
The precepts of the Lord are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the Lord are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
Psa 19:9
The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the Lord are sure
and altogether righteous.
Psa 19:10
They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.
Psa 19:11
By them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
Psa 19:12
Who can discern his errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
Psa 19:13
Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
Psa 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Daily Bread
Psalms 18: 1 - 50
Psa 18:1
For the director of music. Of David the servant of the Lord. He sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said:
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
Psa 18:2
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer;
my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge.
He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psa 18:3
I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise,
and I am saved from my enemies.
Psa 18:4
The cords of death entangled me;
the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me.
Psa 18:5
The cords of the grave coiled around me;
the snares of death confronted me.
Psa 18:6
In my distress I called to the Lord;
I cried to my God for help.
From his temple he heard my voice;
my cry came before him, into his ears.
Psa 18:7
The earth trembled and quaked,
and the foundations of the mountains shook;
they trembled because he was angry.
Psa 18:8
Smoke rose from his nostrils;
consuming fire came from his mouth,
burning coals blazed out of it.
Psa 18:9
He parted the heavens and came down;
dark clouds were under his feet.
Psa 18:10
He mounted the cherubim and flew;
he soared on the wings of the wind.
Psa 18:11
He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him—
the dark rain clouds of the sky.
Psa 18:12
Out of the brightness of his presence clouds advanced,
with hailstones and bolts of lightning.
Psa 18:13
The Lord thundered from heaven;
the voice of the Most High resounded.
Psa 18:14
He shot his arrows and scattered the enemies,
great bolts of lightning and routed them.
Psa 18:15
The valleys of the sea were exposed
and the foundations of the earth laid bare
at your rebuke, O Lord,
at the blast of breath from your nostrils.
Psa 18:16
He reached down from on high and took hold of me;
he drew me out of deep waters.
Psa 18:17
He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
Psa 18:18
They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support.
Psa 18:19
He brought me out into a spacious place;
he rescued me because he delighted in me.
Psa 18:20
The Lord has dealt with me according to my righteousness;
according to the cleanness of my hands he has rewarded me.
Psa 18:21
For I have kept the ways of the Lord;
I have not done evil by turning from my God.
Psa 18:22
All his laws are before me;
I have not turned away from his decrees.
Psa 18:23
I have been blameless before him
and have kept myself from sin.
Psa 18:24
The Lord has rewarded me according to my righteousness,
according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.
Psa 18:25
To the faithful you show yourself faithful,
to the blameless you show yourself blameless,
Psa 18:26
to the pure you show yourself pure,
but to the crooked you show yourself shrewd.
Psa 18:27
You save the humble
but bring low those whose eyes are haughty.
Psa 18:28
You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning;
my God turns my darkness into light.
Psa 18:29
With your help I can advance against a troop;
with my God I can scale a wall.
Psa 18:30
As for God, his way is perfect;
the word of the Lord is flawless.
He is a shield
for all who take refuge in him.
Psa 18:31
For who is God besides the Lord?
And who is the Rock except our God?
Psa 18:32
It is God who arms me with strength
and makes my way perfect.
Psa 18:33
He makes my feet like the feet of a deer;
he enables me to stand on the heights.
Psa 18:34
He trains my hands for battle;
my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Psa 18:35
You give me your shield of victory,
and your right hand sustains me;
you stoop down to make me great.
Psa 18:36
You broaden the path beneath me,
so that my ankles do not turn.
Psa 18:37
I pursued my enemies and overtook them;
I did not turn back till they were destroyed.
Psa 18:38
I crushed them so that they could not rise;
they fell beneath my feet.
Psa 18:39
You armed me with strength for battle;
you made my adversaries bow at my feet.
Psa 18:40
You made my enemies turn their backs in flight,
and I destroyed my foes.
Psa 18:41
They cried for help, but there was no one to save them—
to the Lord, but he did not answer.
Psa 18:42
I beat them as fine as dust borne on the wind;
I poured them out like mud in the streets.
Psa 18:43
You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;
you have made me the head of nations;
people I did not know are subject to me.
Psa 18:44
As soon as they hear me, they obey me;
foreigners cringe before me.
Psa 18:45
They all lose heart;
they come trembling from their strongholds.
Psa 18:46
The Lord lives! Praise be to my Rock!
Exalted be God my Savior!
Psa 18:47
He is the God who avenges me,
who subdues nations under me,
Psa 18:48
who saves me from my enemies.
You exalted me above my foes;
from violent men you rescued me.
Psa 18:49
Therefore I will praise you among the nations, O Lord;
I will sing praises to your name.
Psa 18:50
He gives his king great victories;
he shows unfailing kindness to his anointed,
to David and his descendants forever.
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
Daily Bread
Matthew 21: 1 - 46
Mat 21:1
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
Mat 21:2
saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.
Mat 21:3
If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
Mat 21:4
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
Mat 21:5
“Say to the Daughter of Zion,
‘See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’ ”
Mat 21:6
The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.
Mat 21:7
They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.
Mat 21:8
A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.
Mat 21:9
The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
“Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
“Hosanna in the highest!”
Mat 21:10
When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
Mat 21:11
The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”
Mat 21:12
Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves.
Mat 21:13
“It is written,” he said to them, “ ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a ‘den of robbers.’”
Mat 21:14
The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them.
Mat 21:15
But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they were indignant.
Mat 21:16
“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked him.
“Yes,” replied Jesus, “have you never read,
“ ‘From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise’?”
Mat 21:17
And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.
Mat 21:18
Early in the morning, as he was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.
Mat 21:19
Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
Mat 21:20
When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked.
Mat 21:21
Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done.
Mat 21:22
If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
Mat 21:23
Jesus entered the temple courts, and, while he was teaching, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him. “By what authority are you doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave you this authority?”
Mat 21:24
Jesus replied, “I will also ask you one question. If you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Mat 21:25
John's baptism–where did it come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?”
They discussed it among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask, ‘Then why didn't you believe him?’
Mat 21:26
But if we say, ‘From men’–we are afraid of the people, for they all hold that John was a prophet.”
Mat 21:27
So they answered Jesus, “We don't know.”
Then he said, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Mat 21:28
“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
Mat 21:29
” ‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
Mat 21:30
“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not go.
Mat 21:31
“Which of the two did what his father wanted?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God ahead of you.
Mat 21:32
For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
Mat 21:33
“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey.
Mat 21:34
When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.
Mat 21:35
“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Mat 21:36
Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way.
Mat 21:37
Last of all, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
Mat 21:38
“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.’
Mat 21:39
So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.
Mat 21:40
“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”
Mat 21:41
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”
Mat 21:42
Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:
“ ‘The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone;
the Lord has done this,
and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Mat 21:43
“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Mat 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Mat 21:45
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus' parables, they knew he was talking about them.
Mat 21:46
They looked for a way to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowd because the people held that he was a prophet.
All Glory to Jesus Christ,
Kerry Dale Hancock Jr
messenger in CHRIST
Mar 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
