Matthew’s Gospel tells us that Jesus healed two blind men as He departed from Jericho, while Mark’s and Luke’s Gospels tell us that Jesus healed only one. How can we reconcile this apparent contradiction?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 20:29-31
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On their way to Jerusalem, Jesus plainly told His disciples that He was going to be executed there, but His disciples didn’t believe it. Rather, they envisioned a very different fate for Jesus. What was that?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 20:17-21
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When two of Jesus’ disciples asked to sit on His right and left in His coming kingdom, He seized this opportunity to teach all of His disciples about the way, as well as the cost, required to be great in His coming Kingdom. In God’s kingdom, the way up is down!
Todays Scripture: Matthew 20:24-28
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At first, Jesus didn’t respond when the two blind beggars called out to Him for healing. We can learn what to do when God seams to ignore our prayers by looking at what the two beggars did when Jesus seemed to ignore them.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 20:30-32
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David explains the alleged discrepancy between Matthew and Mark’s renditions of Jesus’ cursing of the fig tree, plus considers the deeper spiritual significance of the incident.
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:17-19
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It wasn’t yet the season for figs, but Jesus curses a fig tree for its absence of figs. Why?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:17-19
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When Jesus quoted Psalm 8:2 to the critical priests and scribes, He was once again making a claim of being God. How so?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:15-17
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There is evidence in one of the Gospels that Jesus’ act of cleansing the temple was a calculated and restrained reaction rather than a sudden outburst. What is that evidence?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:14
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Why, exactly, was Jesus so upset with the commerce that was taking place in Jerusalem’s temple? Does God disaprove of business?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:12-13
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Jesus clearly indicated that Jerusalem’s coming destruction by Roman soldiers would be a direct consequence of the wrath of God upon a city that had rejected Him. Does God still send His wrath today in the form of conquering armies?
Todays Scripture: Matthew 21:6-11
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