Gary Gleans

Matthew 26:6-13 6  Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,  7  a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined  at the table. 8  But the disciples were indignant when they saw  this,  and said, “Why this waste?  9  “For this  perfume  might have been sold for a high price and  the money  given to the poor.”  10  But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.  11  “For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me.  12  “For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.  13  “Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.” Mark 14:3-9 3  While ...

Matthew 26:1-5 1  When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,  2  “You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is  to be  handed over for crucifixion.” 3  Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;  4  and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him.  5  But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.” Mark 14:1, 2 1  Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill  Him;   2  for they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people.” Luke 22:1-2 1  Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. 2...

Matthew 25:31-46 31  “But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne.  32  “All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;  33  and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. 34  “Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.  35  ‘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 invited Me in;  36  naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’  37  “Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You  something  to ...

Matthew 25:14-29 14  “For  it is  just like a man  about  to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.  15  “To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.  16  “Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.  17  “In the same manner the one who  had received  the two  talents  gained two more.  18  “But he who received the one  talent  went away, and dug  a hole  in the ground and hid his master’s money. 19  “Now after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.  20  “The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, ‘Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.’  21 ...

Matthew 25:1-13 1  “Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.  2  “Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.  3  “For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,  4  but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps.  5  “Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and  began  to sleep.  6  “But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet  him. ’  7  “Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps.  8  “The foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’  9  “But the prudent answered, ‘No, there will not be enough for us and you  too;  go instead to the dealers and buy  some  for yourselves.’  10  “And while they were going away to make the purchase, the brid...

Matthew 24:42-51 42  “Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming.  43  “But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.  44  “For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think  He will. 45  “Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?  46  “Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.  47  “Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions.  48  “But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’  49  and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; ...

Matthew 24:36-41 36  “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.  37  “For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.  38  “For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,  39  and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.  40  “Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left.  41  “Two women  will be  grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. THE TIME OF CHRIST’S RETURN IS UNKNOWN: One of the most arrogant things a person can do is to make a prediction concerning the time of Christ’s return.   Jesus tells His disciples that only the Father knows when that event will take place.   He specifically says that neith...