Gary Gleans

Matthew 19:1-9 1  When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;  2  and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. 3   Some  Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful  for a man  to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”  4  And He answered and said, “Have you not read that He who created  them  from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE,  5  and said, ‘FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH’?  6  “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate.”  7  They said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND  her  AWAY?”  8  He said to them, “Because of ...

Luke 18:9-14 9  And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:  10  “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  11  “The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.  12  ‘I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’  13  “But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’  14  “I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Parables on prayer continue as Jesus prepares His disciples to live as members of the kingdom.   He started...

Luke 18:1-8 1  Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,  2  saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man.  3  “There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me legal protection from my opponent.’  4  “For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, ‘Even though I do not fear God nor respect man,  5  yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.’”  6  And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge said;  7  now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?  8  “I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?” Jesus taught many thing...

Luke 17:26-36 26  “And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man:  27  they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.  28  “It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building;  29  but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.  30  “It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed.  31  “On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back.  32  “Remember Lot’s wife.  33  “Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever...

Luke 17:20-25 20  Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed;  21  nor will they say, ‘Look, here  it is! ’ or, ‘There  it is! ’ For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.” 22  And He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.  23  “They will say to you, ‘Look there! Look here!’ Do not go away, and do not run after  them.   24  “For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day.  25  “But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.  Since the promise of in the Garden of Eden that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent; there has been a great deal of spec...

Luke 17:11-19 11  While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.  12  As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;  13  and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”  14  When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were going, they were cleansed.  15  Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice,  16  and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan.  17  Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine—where are they?  18  “Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?”  19  And He said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.” Gratitude is a virtue we strive to teach our children from the time they are young...

John 11:45-53 45  Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him.  46  But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done. 47  Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, “What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs.  48  “If we let Him  go on  like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”  49  But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all,  50  nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish.”  51  Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation,  52  and not for the nation only, but in order that He ...