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“Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,” which means “God is with us.”
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He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what had been spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled, “He shall be called a Nazorean.”
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It was of him that the prophet Isaiah had spoken when he said: “A voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.’”
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And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God can raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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After Jesus was baptized, he came up from the water and behold, the heavens were opened [for him], and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove [and] coming upon him.
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The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.”
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He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”
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and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you’ and ‘with their hands they will support you, lest you dash your foot against a stone.’”
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Jesus answered him, “Again it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord, your God, to the test.’”
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At this, Jesus said to him, “Get away, Satan! It is written: ‘The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.’”
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Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
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But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
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God and Money. “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Dependence on God.
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If God so clothes the grass of the field, which grows today and is thrown into the oven tomorrow, will he not much more provide for you, O you of little faith?
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But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides.
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They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”
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When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe and glorified God who had given such authority to human beings. The Call of Matthew.
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and when the demon was driven out the mute person spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
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how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat?
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This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:
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But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
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And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.
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The Parable of the Yeast. He spoke to them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.”
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The Use of Parables. All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables. He spoke to them only in parables,