Friday, January 23, 2026 [Jesus continued:] “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.” (Matthew 13:18-19 NIV) We would like to think… Read More »

Thursday, January 22, 2026 [Jesus continued:] “But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.  For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.” (Matthew 13:16-17 NIV) Even today,… Read More »

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 The disciples came to [Jesus] and asked, “Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even… Read More »

Tuesday, January 20, 2025 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he… Read More »

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, January 19, 2026 While Jesus was still talking to the crowd, his mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to him. Someone told him, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to you.” He replied to him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”… Read More »

Sunday, January 18, 2026 [Jesus continued his response to the Jewish leaders who asked for a sign:] “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ When it arrives, it finds the house… Read More »

Saturday, January 17, 2026 [Jesus continued his response to the Jewish leaders who asked for a sign:] “The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment… Read More »

Friday, January 16, 2026 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to [Jesus], “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.” He answered, “A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three… Read More »

Thursday, January 15, 2026 [Jesus continued:] “But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37 NIV) “Oh no! Not this judgment stuff again.” Yep!… Read More »

  Wednesday, January 14, 2026 [Jesus continued his reply to the Pharisees:] “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth… Read More »