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Repent or Perish
Twice in this passage Jesus repeated identical words to reinforce the necessity of repentance (vv. 3- 5). Calamity and destruction await all who refuse to heed the warning. He uses two examples of how calamity can happen to anyone. The first told about was some Galileans who, …

A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath
Jesus went to the synagogue to teach on the Sabbath day, which was Saturday (v. 10). On this occasion there was a woman present who had been crippled for 18 years, and who, like Job, was physically afflicted by Satan (vv. 11-12). This does not mean that all sickness is caused …

Jesus Teaches About the Kingdom of God
The general expectation in Jesus’ day was that the Messiah would come as a great king and leader, to set up His kingdom, and to free the nation from the rule of Rome. However, in the parable of the “mustard seed” (vv. 18-19) and the parable of “the leaven” …