2020 for JESUS - Day 156: JESUS is THE LORD...

Luke 10:30-42

The Good Samaritan

30 "JESUS replied and said, 

'A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. 

31 And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 

32 Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 

33 But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, 

34 and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. 

35 On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 

‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.’ 

36 Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers’ hands?' 

37 And he said, 

'The one who showed mercy toward him.' 

Then JESUS said to him, 

'Go and do the same.'

Martha and Mary

38 Now as they were traveling along, HE entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed HIM into her home. 

39 She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at THE LORD's feet, listening to HIS word. 

40 But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to HIM and said, 'LORD, do YOU not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me.' 

41 But THE LORD answered and said to her, 

'Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; 

42 but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.'

2020 for JESUS - Day 155: JESUS is THE LORD... THE LORD OF THE HARVEST... PEACE... YOUR PEACE... GOD... THE SON... TEACHER... ETERNAL LIFE... LORD YOUR GOD...

Luke 10:1-29

The Seventy Sent Out

"Now after this THE LORD appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of HIM to every city and place where HE HIMSELF was going to come. 

2 And HE was saying to them, 

'The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech THE LORD OF THE HARVEST to send out laborers into HIS harvest. 

3 Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 

4 Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way. 

5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘PEACE be to this house.’ 

6 If a man of peace is there, YOUR PEACE will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 

7 Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house. 

8 Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you; 

9 and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, 

‘The kingdom of GOD has come near to you.’ 

10 But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, 

11 ‘Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of GOD has come near.’ 

12 I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.

13 'Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 

14 But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. 

15 And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!

16 'The one who listens to you listens to ME, 

and the one who rejects you rejects ME; 

and he who rejects ME rejects THE ONE who sent ME.”

The Happy Results

17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “LORD, even the demons are subject to us in YOUR name.” 

18 And HE said to them, 

'I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. 

19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. 

20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.'

21 At that very time HE rejoiced greatly in THE HOLY SPIRIT, and said, 

'I praise YOU, O FATHER, LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, that YOU have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, FATHER, for this way was well-pleasing in YOUR sight. 

22 All things have been handed over to ME by MY FATHER, and no one knows WHO

THE SON is except THE FATHER, and WHO THE FATHER is except THE SON, and anyone to whom THE SON wills to reveal HIM.”

23 Turning to the disciples, HE said privately, 

'Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see, 

24 for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them.”

25 And a lawyer stood up and put HIM to the test, saying, 

'TEACHER, what shall I do to inherit ETERNAL LIFE?'

 26 And HE said to him, 

'What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?” 

27 And he answered, 

'You shall love the LORD YOUR GOD with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.'

28 And HE said to him, 

'You have answered correctly; do this and you will live.'   

29 But wishing to justify himself, he said to JESUS, 

'And who is my neighbor?'"

2020 for JESUS - Day 154: JESUS is THE SON OF MAN... THE ONE WHO IS LEAST AMONG YOU... THE GREATEST... MASTER... LORD...

Luke 9:43-56

JESUS Predicts His Death a Second Time

"While everyone was marveling at all that JESUS did, HE said to HIS disciples, 

44 'Listen carefully to what I am about to tell you: 

THE SON OF MAN is going to be delivered into the hands of men.' 

45 But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask HIM about it.

46 An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. 

47 JESUS , knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside HIM. 

48 Then HE said to them, 

'Whoever welcomes this little child in MY name welcomes ME; 

and whoever welcomes ME welcomes THE ONE who sent ME. 

For it is THE ONE WHO IS LEAST AMONG YOU all WHO is THE GREATEST.'

49 'MASTER', 

said John, 

'we saw someone driving out demons in YOUR name and we tried to stop him, 

because he is not one of us.'

50 'Do not stop him,'

JESUS  said, 

'for whoever is not against you is for you.'

Samaritan Opposition

51 As the time approached for HIM to be taken up to heaven, JESUS  resolutely set out for Jerusalem. 

52 And HE sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for HIM; 

53 but the people there did not welcome HIM, because HE was heading for Jerusalem. 

54 When the disciples James and John saw this, they asked, 

'LORD, do you want us to call fire down from heaven to destroy them?'

55 But JESUS  turned and rebuked them. 

56 Then HE and HIS disciples went to another village.

2020 for JESUS - Day 153: JESUS is HIS GLORY... MASTER... MY SON, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN... TEACHER... THE GREATNESS OF GOD...

Luke 9:28-43

The Transfiguration

28 About eight days after JESUS said this, HE took Peter, John and James with HIM and went up onto a mountain to pray. 

29 As HE was praying, the appearance of HIS face changed, and HIS clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. 

30 Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with JESUS . 

31 They spoke about HIS departure, which HE was about to bring to fulfillment at Jerusalem. 

32 Peter and his companions were very sleepy, but when they became fully awake, they saw HIS GLORY and the two men standing with HIM. 

33 As the men were leaving JESUS , Peter said to HIM, 

'MASTER, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—

one for YOU, one for Moses and one for Elijah.'

(He did not know what he was saying.)

34 While he was speaking, a cloud appeared and covered them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. 

35 A voice came from the cloud, saying, 

'This is MY SON, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; listen to HIM.” 

36 When the voice had spoken, they found that JESUS  was alone. The disciples kept this to themselves and did not tell anyone at that time what they had seen.

Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy

37 The next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met HIM. 

38 A man in the crowd called out, 

'TEACHER, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. 

39 A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him. 

40 I begged YOUR disciples to drive it out, but they could not.'

41 'You unbelieving and perverse generation,' 

JESUS  replied, 

;how long shall I stay with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.'

42 Even while the boy was coming, the demon threw him to the ground in a convulsion. But JESUS rebuked the impure spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father. 

43 And they were all amazed at THE GREATNESS OF GOD.

2020 for JESUS - Day 152: JESUS is GOD... THE GOOD NEWS... GOD's MESSIAH... THE SON OF MAN...

Luke 9:1-27

JESUS Sends Out the Twelve

9 "When JESUS had called the Twelve together, HE gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 

2 and HE sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of GOD and to heal the sick. 

3 HE told them: 

'Take nothing for the journey—no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 

4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town. 

5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.”'

6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming THE GOOD NEWS and healing people everywhere.

7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was going on. And he was perplexed because some were saying that John had been raised from the dead, 

8 others that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had come back to life. 

9 But Herod said, 

'I beheaded John. Who, then, is this I hear such things about?'

 And he tried to see HIM.

JESUS Feeds the Five Thousand

10 When the apostles returned, they reported to  JESUS  what they had done. Then HE took them with HIM and they withdrew by themselves to a town called Bethsaida, 

11 but the crowds learned about it and followed HIM. HE welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of GOD, and healed those who needed healing.

12 Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to HIM and said, 

'Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.'

13 HE replied, 

'You give them something to eat.'

They answered, 

'We have only five loaves of bread and two fish—unless we go and buy food for all this crowd.' 

14 (About five thousand men were there.)

But HE said to HIS disciples, 

'Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each.' 

15 The disciples did so, and everyone sat down. 

16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, HE gave thanks and broke them. Then HE gave them to the disciples to distribute to the people. 

17 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over.

Peter Declares That JESUS Is THE MESSIAH

18 Once when  JESUS  was praying in private and HIS disciples were with HIM, HE asked them, 

'Who do the crowds say I am?'

19 They replied, 

'Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, 

that one of the prophets of long ago has come back to life.'

20 'But what about you?' 

HE asked. 

'Who do you say I am?'

Peter answered, 'GOD's MESSIAH.'

JESUS Predicts HIS Death

21  JESUS  strictly warned them not to tell this to anyone. 

22 And HE said, 

'THE SON OF MAN must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and HE must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.'

23 Then HE said to them all: 

'Whoever wants to be MY disciple

must deny themselves and 

take up their cross daily and follow ME. 

24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, 

but whoever loses their life for ME will save it. 

25 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, 

and yet lose or forfeit their very self? 

26 Whoever is ashamed of ME and MY words, THE SON OF MAN will be ashamed of them when HE comes in HIS glory and in the glory of the FATHER and of the holy angels.

27 Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of GOD.”

2020 for JESUS - Day 151: JESUS is SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD... GOD... MASTER... THE TEACHER...

Luke 8:26-56

Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man

26 "They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. 

27 When JESUS stepped ashore, HE was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. 

28 When he saw JESUS , he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, 'What do you want with me, JESUS , SON OF THE MOST HIGH GOD? 

I beg you, don’t torture me!'

29 For JESUS  had commanded the impure spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

30 JESUS  asked him, 

'What is your name?'

'Legion,' he replied, because many demons had gone into him. 

31 And they begged JESUS  repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

32 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged JESUS  to let them go into the pigs, and HE gave them permission. 

33 When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, 

35 and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to JESUS , they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at JESUS ’ feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 

36 Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured. 

37 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked JESUS  to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So HE got into the boat and left.

38 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with HIM, but JESUS  sent him away, saying, 

39 'Return home and tell how much GOD has done for you.' 

So the man went away and told all over town how much JESUS  had done for him.

Jesus Raises a Dead Girl and Heals a Sick Woman

40 Now when JESUS  returned, a crowd welcomed HIM, for they were all expecting HIM. 

41 Then a man named Jairus, a synagogue leader, came and fell at JESUS ’ feet, pleading with HIM to come to his house 

42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

As JESUS  was on HIS way, the crowds almost crushed HIM. 

43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,

but no one could heal her. 

44 She came up behind HIM and touched the edge of HIS cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.

45 “Who touched me?” 

JESUS  asked.

When they all denied it, Peter said, 

“MASTER, the people are crowding and pressing against YOU.'

46 But JESUS  said, 

'Someone touched ME; I know that power has gone out from ME.'

47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at HIS feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched HIM and how she had been instantly healed. 

48 Then HE said to her, 

'Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.'

49 While JESUS  was still speaking, 

someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. 

'Your daughter is dead,' 

he said. 

'Don’t bother THE TEACHER anymore.'

50 Hearing this, JESUS  said to Jairus, 

'Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”

51 When HE arrived at the house of Jairus, HE did not let anyone go in with HIM except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother. 

52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. 

'Stop wailing,' 

JESUS  said. 

'She is not dead but asleep.'

53 They laughed at HIM, knowing that she was dead. 

54 But HE took her by the hand and said, 

'My child, get up!'

55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then JESUS  told them to give her something to eat. 

56 Her parents were astonished, but HE ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened."