ENTERING THE STORY We continue on our journey through Lent as we step inside the story of Jesus’ sacrificial stand for justice. We put ourselves in so...

Matthew 21:1-11 1 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, ‘Go...

Matthew 5:38-48 (NRSV) 38 ‘You have heard that it was said, “An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.” 39 But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoe...

Matthew 5:13-20 (NRSV) 13 ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for ...

Matthew 5:1-12 (The Message) 1 When Jesus saw his ministry drawing huge crowds, he climbed a hillside. Those who were apprenticed to him, the committe...

Matthew 4:12-23 (CEB) 12 Now when Jesus heard that John was arrested, he went to Galilee. 13 He left Nazareth and settled in Capernaum, which lies alo...

John 1:29-42 29 The next day he saw Jesus coming towards him and declared, ‘Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he...

Isaiah 42:1-9 (NRSV) 1 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth just...

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John 1:14 (from The Message, adapted) The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God fro...