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Matthew · read by Paul Washer
136 verses, in order. Only the verses Paul read aloud are shown.
Matthew 1
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Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and was unwilling to disgrace her publicly, he resolved to divorce her quietly.Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
Matthew 2
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Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
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"A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more."Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
Matthew 3
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The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.Read from NASB1995 · The Vine and the Branches
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I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
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His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
Matthew 4
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But Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"Read from NASB1995 · The Impossibility of the Christian Life, Part 4
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From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near."Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
Matthew 5
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When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,Read from ESV · New Life Baptist Church - Part 8
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"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Read from ESV · The Cross of Christ (Providence Chapel in Denton, Tx)
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Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.Read from NKJV · Jesus Took Our Place
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Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.Read from ESV · New Life Baptist Church - Part 2
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.Read from ESV · New Life Baptist Church - Part 8
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Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Read from KJV · Peachtree Baptist Church - Part 5
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Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.Read from KJV · Peachtree Baptist Church - Part 5
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You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.Read from NASB1995 · Salt and Light to Every Generation
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You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.Read from ESV · Salt and Light to Every Generation
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Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.Read from NASB1995 · Salt and Light to Every Generation
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In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.Read from NASB1995 · Salt and Light to Every Generation
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Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
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For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.Read from NASB1995 · Internship Program Study Part 1
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If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.Read from NASB1995 · Reality Check Conference 2007
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And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to depart into hell.Read from NASB1995 · Reality Check Conference 2007
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You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor' and 'Hate your enemy.'Read from ESV · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,Read from ESV · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
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that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
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If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?Read from ESV · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
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And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?Read from ESV · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
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Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15
Matthew 6
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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. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Read from NASB1995 · God's Will for Slaves
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But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.Read from NASB1995 · Genuine Prayer
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And when you pray, do not babble on like pagans, for they think that by their many words they will be heard.Read from NASB1995 · Genuine Prayer
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Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.Read from ESV · Genuine Prayer
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So then, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.Read from NASB1995 · Are You Ready for a Relationship?
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Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.Read from ESV · Introducing Our Children to a Gospel-Centered Lift - Session 4
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Give us this day our daily bread.Read from ESV · Introducing Our Children to a Gospel-Centered Lift - Session 4
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And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'Read from NASB1995 · Introducing Our Children to a Gospel-Centered Lift - Session 4
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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.Read from ESV · Living a Life That Glorifies Jesus Christ
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The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are good, your whole body will be full of light.Read from NASB1995 · 2006 Heart-Cry - Journal Reading and Message
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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!Read from NASB1995 · 2006 Heart-Cry - Journal Reading and Message
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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.Read from NASB1995 · Living a Life That Glorifies Jesus Christ
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But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.Read from NASB1995 · 2006 Heart-Cry - Journal Reading and Message
Matthew 7
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Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.Read from ESV · Living a Life That Glorifies Jesus Christ
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For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.Read from NASB1995 · Living a Life That Glorifies Jesus Christ
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Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.Read from NASB1995 · Clarifying True Biblical Salvation (Radio Interview)
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But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.Read from NASB1995 · (True Disciple Conference) We Have Forgotten That the Way Is Narrow
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Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.Read from NASB1995 · (Missions Conference Shoals) - Part 3
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By their fruit you will recognize them. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?Read from NASB1995 · The Doctrine of Man - Part 2
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Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.Read from NASB1995 · The Cost of Discipleship (Faith Bible Church)
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A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit.Read from NASB1995 · (True Disciple Conference) We Have Forgotten That the Way Is Narrow
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Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.Read from ESV · Internship Program Study Part 1
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So then, by their fruit you will recognize them.Read from NASB1995 · (True Disciple Conference) We Have Forgotten That the Way Is Narrow
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Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.Read from NASB1995 · By Their Fruit - Part 2
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Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'Read from NASB1995 · The Cost of Discipleship (Faith Bible Church)
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Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!'Read from NASB1995 · By Their Fruit - Part 2
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Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.Read from NASB1995 · (Missions Conference Shoals) - Part 3
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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock.Read from NASB1995 · (Missions Conference Shoals) - Part 3
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But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.Read from NASB1995 · (Missions Conference Shoals) - Part 3
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The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!"Read from NASB1995 · (Missions Conference Shoals) - Part 3
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When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were astonished at His teaching,Read from NASB1995 · By Their Fruit - Part 2
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because He taught as one who had authority, and not as their scribes.Read from NASB1995 · The Cost of Discipleship (Faith Bible Church)
Matthew 8
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This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases."Read from ESV · Internship Program Study Part 3b (Genesis and Matthew)
Matthew 10
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A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.Read from NASB1995 · As You Go, Make Disciples
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It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!Read from NASB1995 · As You Go, Make Disciples
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Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.Read from NKJV · Giving Your All
Matthew 11
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From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.Read from NASB1995 · 2006 Heart-Cry - Journal Reading and Message
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Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.Read from NASB1995 · Clothed in Christ (Part 2)
Matthew 12
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"Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will proclaim justice to the nations.Read from NASB1995 · Clothed in Christ (Part 2)
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He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear His voice in the streets.Read from NASB1995 · Clothed in Christ (Part 2)
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A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish, till He leads justice to victory.Read from NASB1995 · Beatitudes/clothed in Christ 2
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The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.Read from NASB1995 · The Doctrine of Man - Part 2
Matthew 13
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When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.Read from NASB1995 · The True Servant of Christ - Part 4
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The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.Read from NASB1995 · The True Servant of Christ - Part 4
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But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.Read from NASB1995 · The True Servant of Christ - Part 4
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The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.Read from NASB1995 · The True Servant of Christ - Part 4
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But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold."Read from NASB1995 · The True Servant of Christ - Part 4
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The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.Read from NASB1995 · Regeneration & Self-Denial
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Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.Read from NASB1995 · Regeneration & Self-Denial
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When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.Read from NASB1995 · Regeneration & Self-Denial
Matthew 14
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After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,Read from NASB1995 · Pray and Be Alone With God
Matthew 15
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For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'Read from NASB1995 · Family Series Part 2 (Honor, the Gateway to Blessings)
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'These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.Read from ESV · Be Not Conformed to the World
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Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, "I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way."Read from NASB1995 · Reality Check Conference 2007
Matthew 16
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Then Jesus told His disciples, "If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.Read from NASB1995 · Marriage and the Gospel
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For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.Read from NASB1995 · Marriage and the Gospel
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What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?Read from NASB1995 · Marriage and the Gospel
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For the Son of Man will come in His Father's glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.Read from NASB1995 · Marriage and the Gospel
Matthew 18
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And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.Read from ESV · Marriage and the Gospel
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But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.Read from NASB1995 · Marriage and the Gospel
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Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!Read from NASB1995 · Marriage and the Gospel
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If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.Read from NASB1995 · Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church - Full Service With Music
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But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.'Read from NASB1995 · Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church - Full Service With Music
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If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.Read from ESV · Ten Indictments Against the Modern Church - Full Service With Music
Matthew 20
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It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,Read from NASB1995 · Biblical Manhood, Then and Now
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and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave—Read from NASB1995 · Biblical Manhood, Then and Now
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just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many."Read from NASB1995 · Marriage and the Gospel
Matthew 21
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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.Read from NASB1995 · The Vine and the Branches
Matthew 23
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So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.Read from NASB1995 · Principles of Courtship
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But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.Read from NASB1995 · The Joy of Giving It All (Part 1)
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And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.Read from NASB1995 · The Joy of Giving It All (Part 1)
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Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.Read from NASB1995 · The Joy of Giving It All (Part 1)
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Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.Read from NASB1995 · The Importance of Biblical Family Life for the Spread of the Gospel
Matthew 24
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At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
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Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
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But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
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For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3
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Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
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Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
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Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.Read from NASB1995 · 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18
Matthew 25
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When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.Read from ESV · The Cross-Centered Life Q&a 5
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All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.Read from NASB1995 · The Cross-Centered Life Q&a 5
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He will place the sheep on His right and the goats on His left.Read from NASB1995 · The Gospel Call
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Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.Read from NASB1995 · The Gospel Call
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For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,Read from NASB1995 · An Unchanging Scandalous Gospel
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I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.'Read from NASB1995 · The Gospel Call
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Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?Read from NASB1995 · The Gospel Call
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When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You?Read from NASB1995 · The Gospel Call
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And the King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.'Read from NASB1995 · The Gospel Call
Matthew 26
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While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is My body."Read from NASB1995 · Communion Service - a Solemn Assembly
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Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you.Read from NASB1995 · Communion Service - a Solemn Assembly
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At that time Jesus went with His disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and He told them, "Sit here while I go over there and pray."Read from NASB1995 · Pray and Be Alone With God
Matthew 28
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Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.Read from NASB1995 · The Essential Elements of the Great Commission
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When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.Read from NASB1995 · As You Go, Make Disciples
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Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.Read from NASB1995 · Being a Witness: How to Do It?
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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,Read from ESV · As You Go, Make Disciples
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and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age."Read from NASB1995 · Being a Witness: How to Do It?