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February 11, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 11
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 11Joel 2:18 – 3:21 (EHV)

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Joel 2:18 – 3:21 (EHV)
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A Dialogue Between the Lord and the Prophet
The Lord’s Promises
Joel 2
18 The Lord is zealous for his land,
    and he will take pity on his people.
19 The Lord will respond to them:
        I am sending you grain, new wine, and fresh oil,
        enough to satisfy you fully.
        Never again will I subject you to scorn among the nations.
20         I will drive the northern invaders far from you,
        pushing them into a parched and desolate land.
        Their vanguard will be driven into the eastern sea [1]
        and their rearguard into the western sea. [2]
        Then their stench will go up. Their foul smell will go up.
The Prophet’s Response
    Yes, the Lord [3] has done great things.
21 Do not be afraid, O earth.
    Celebrate and be glad.
    Yes, the Lord has done great things.
22 Do not be afraid, you animals out in the field,
    because the grazing lands are becoming green.
    The trees are bearing their fruit.
    The fig tree and the vine yield their riches.
23 Celebrate, you people of Zion!
    Rejoice in the Lord your God,
    because he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. [4]
    He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, [5] as he did in the beginning.
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain.
    The vats will overflow with new wine and olive oil.
The Lord’s Promise
25 I will repay you for the years eaten by the swarming locusts,
        by the young locusts, the mature locusts, and the grasshoppers, [6]
        my great army that I sent among you.
26 You will have plenty to eat.
    You will eat until you are full,
    and you will praise the name of the Lord your God,
        who has worked wonders for you.
    Never again will my people be put to shame!
27 Then you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
    that I am the Lord your God,
    and that there is no other.
    Never again will my people be put to shame!
28 After this, I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. [7]
    Your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
    Your old men will dream dreams.
    Your young men will see visions.
29 Even on the servants, both male and female,
    I will pour out my Spirit in those days.
30 I will show warning signs in the heavens and on the earth:
    blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood,
    before the coming of the great and terrifying day of the Lord.
32 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. [8]
    So on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance,
    as the Lord has promised, among the survivors whom the Lord calls.
The Promise of Judgment Against the Nations
Joel 3
1 Look! In those days and at that time,
when I restore the fortunes [9] of Judah and Jerusalem, [10]
2 I will gather all nations
    and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. [11]
    There I will enter into judgment against them
        for the sake of my possession, my people Israel,
        whom they scattered among the nations.
    The nations also divided up my land.
3 They cast lots for my people
    and traded boys to pay prostitutes.
    They sold girls for wine so that they could drink.
4 Tell me, what do you have against me,
        Tyre and Sidon, and all you regions of Philistia?
    Are you repaying me for something I have done?
    If you are paying me back,
    I will swiftly and speedily repay onto your own heads what you have done,
5 because you took my silver and my gold,
    and you carried off my best treasures to your temples.
6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,
    in order to send them far from their own borders.
7 See, I am going to rouse them out of the places to which you sold them,
    and I will make what you have done return on your own heads.
8 I will sell your sons and daughters into the hands of the people of Judah,
    and they will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. [12]
    Yes, the Lord has spoken.
The Prophet’s Response
9 Proclaim this among the nations:
    Consecrate yourselves for war!
    Rouse the strong warriors!
    Let all the fighting men draw near and attack.
10 Beat your plowshares into swords,
    and your pruning knives into spears.
    Let the weakling say, “I am a strong warrior!”
11 Come quickly to help, all you nations from every side,
    and assemble there.
    Bring down your strong warriors, O Lord!
The Lord’s Promise
12 Let the nations be roused.
    Let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat,
    for there I will be seated to judge all the nations.
13 Swing the sickle,
        for the harvest is ripe.
    Come, trample the grapes,
        for the winepress is full and the vats overflow,
    because the nations’ wickedness is so great!
14 Multitudes, multitudes in the Valley of Decision!
    For the Day of the Lord is near in the Valley of Decision.
15 The sun and moon will be darkened,
    and the stars will stop shining.
16 The Lord will roar from Zion
    and shout from Jerusalem.
    The sky and the earth will tremble.
    But the Lord will be a refuge for his people,
    a stronghold for the people of Israel.
17 Then you will know that I, the Lord your God, dwell in Zion, my holy mountain.
    Jerusalem will be holy.
    Foreigners will not pass through her again.
18 In that day the mountains will drip sweet wine,
    and the hills will flow with milk.
    All the stream beds of Judah will run with water.
    A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house.
    It will water the Valley of Acacias.
19 Egypt will be desolate.
    Edom will be a desolate wilderness,
    because of violence they committed against the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
20 Judah will be inhabited forever,
    and Jerusalem through all generations.
21 I will pardon their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned. [13]
The Prophet’s Final Praise
    The Lord dwells in Zion!

Footnotes
Joel 2:20 That is, the Dead Sea
Joel 2:20 That is, the Mediterranean Sea
Joel 2:20 The subject of this sentence is not specified in the Hebrew text, which simply reads he.
Joel 2:23 Or he has given you the Teacher of Righteousness. The word used here for autumn rain sounds the same as the word for teacher. The life-giving rain then would be a symbol for the showers of blessing brought by the Messiah.
Joel 2:23 The autumn rain (the early rain) was essential for the grain’s initial growth. The spring rain (the latter rain) was essential for the heads of grain to fill out before the harvest.
Joel 2:25 The precise distinctions between the four Hebrew terms for locusts are not certain. The terms may refer to types of locusts or to different stages of the locusts’ life cycle (though the terms do not occur in the same order in 1:4 and 2:25). Etymologically the four terms seem to refer to swarmers, hoppers, destroyers, and gnawers. In any case, the point of the heaping up of terms is total destruction.
Joel 2:28 English verses 2:28-32 are verses 3:1-5 in Hebrew.
Joel 2:32 See Acts 2:17-21.
Joel 3:1 Or return the captives
Joel 3:1 English verses 3:1-21 are verses 4:1-21 in Hebrew.
Joel 3:2 The Hebrew name Jehoshaphat means the Lord judges. The Bible does not mention any literal valley with this name. The name may refer to one of the valleys around Jerusalem, or it may be a figurative name like the Valley of Decision in 3:14.
Joel 3:8 The Sabeans lived in south Arabia.
Joel 3:21 Or I will avenge their blood, which I have not avenged. The text and meaning of the line are uncertain.

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February 10, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 10
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 10
Joel 1 – 2:17 (EHV)

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Joel 1 – 2:17 (EHV)
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Joel 1
1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
Warnings and Descriptions of the Locust Plague
2 Hear this, you elders.
    Listen, all of you who live in the land.
    Has anything like this ever happened in your days
    or in the days of your fathers?
3 Tell it to your children,
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.
4         What the grasshoppers have left, the swarming locusts have eaten.
        What the swarming locusts have left, the young locusts have eaten.
        What the young locusts have left, the mature locusts have eaten. [1]
5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep!
    Wail, [2] all you wine drinkers,
    because of the sweet wine [3] that has been snatched from your mouth.
6         A nation has come up into my land, powerful and without number.
        It has teeth like a lion and fangs like a lioness.
7         It has devastated my vines and shredded my fig trees.
        It has completely stripped off their bark and thrown it aside,
        so that their branches are bare and white.
8 Grieve like a virgin dressed in sackcloth,
    who grieves for the husband [4] of her youth.
9         Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the Lord.
        The priests are in mourning,
        those who minister in the presence of the Lord.
10         The fields are devastated. The soil mourns.
        The grain is devastated.
        The new wine has run dry. The olive oil runs out.
11 Hang your heads, you farmers.
    Wail, you vine growers, for the wheat and for the barley,
    because the grain harvest has died in the field.
12         The vine has dried up, and the fig tree has withered.
        The pomegranate, the date palm, and the apple tree—
        all the trees in the countryside have dried up,
        and joy has dried up for all the people.
13 Put on sackcloth, you priests, and lament.
    Wail, you who minister in front of the altar.
    Come, spend the night in sackcloth,
    you who minister before my God,
    because the grain offerings and drink offerings
    are being held back from the house of your God.
14 Set aside a day of fasting. Call a solemn convocation.
    Summon the elders and everyone who lives in the land
    to come to the house of the Lord your God.
    Cry out to the Lord!
Announcement of the Day of the Lord
15 How terrible that day will be!
    Yes, the Day of the Lord is near.
    It will come like destruction from the Almighty. [5]
16         Hasn’t the food been cut off right before our eyes?
        Happiness and celebration are cut off from the house of our God.
17         The planted seed is dried up under the clods of earth. [6]
        The storehouses are in ruins.
        The granaries have been broken down, because the grain has dried up.
18         Listen to how the cattle bellow!
        The herds of cattle are milling around in confusion, because they have no pasture.
        Even the flocks of sheep are suffering punishment.
Closing Prayer
19 To you, O Lord, I call,
    because fire has consumed the grazing lands in the wilderness,[7]
    and flames have burned up all the trees in the countryside.
20 Even the animals in the countryside pant for you.
    The streams of water have dried up,
    and fire has consumed the grazing lands in the wilderness.
Announce the Day of the Lord
Joel 2
1 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion.
Sound the alarm on my holy mountain.
    Let all who live in the land tremble with fear,
    for the Day of the Lord is coming.
    It is close at hand—
2         a day of darkness and gloom,
        a day of clouds and frightening darkness.
Description of the Locust Army
    Like dawn [8] spreading across the mountains,
        a large and mighty people is coming.
    There has been nothing like it from ancient times,
    nor will there ever be again for generations to come.
3 In front of them, fire devours.
    Behind them, a flame blazes.
    In front of them, the land is like the Garden of Eden.
    Behind them, it is a desolate wilderness.
    There is no escaping them.
4 They look like horses.
    They charge like cavalry.
5 With a noise like chariots
        they bounce over the mountaintops,
        like a crackling fire consuming stubble,
        like a powerful army lined up for battle.
6 At the sight of them, peoples are in anguish.
    Every face becomes flushed. [9]
7 They charge like strong warriors.
    They climb over walls like soldiers.
    They all march in formation.
    They do not turn aside from their path.
8 They do not collide with each other.
    Each marches straight ahead in his position.
    They pierce through defenses without hesitating. [10]
9 They rush into the city.
    They run along the city wall.
    They climb into the houses.
    Like thieves they enter through the windows.
10 In front of them the earth quakes.
    The sky shudders.
    The sun and moon become dark,
    and the stars stop shining.
Announce the Day of the Lord
11 The Lord shouts at the head of his army.
    His forces are very numerous,
    and those who obey his command are powerful.
    The Day of the Lord is great. It is terrifying.
    Who can endure it?
Call to Repentance and Closing Prayer
12 Even now, declares the Lord,
    return to me with all your heart,
    with fasting and weeping and grief.
13 Tear your heart and not your clothing.
    Return to the Lord your God,
    for he is gracious and compassionate,
    slow to anger and abounding in mercy,
    and he relents from sending disaster.
14 Who knows?
    He may turn and have pity and leave behind a blessing—
    grain offerings and drink offerings for the Lord your God.
15 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion.
    Set aside a day for fasting.
    Call a solemn convocation.
16 Gather the people.
    Consecrate the assembly.
    Bring together the elders.
    Gather the children, even those nursing at the breast.
    Let the bridegroom leave his room,
    and the bride her chamber.
17 Let the priests, who minister before the Lord,
    weep between the temple porch and the altar.
    Let them say:
        Have compassion on your people, O Lord.
        Do not subject the inheritance you have given us to the scorn of the nations.
        Do not make us notorious among the nations as an object of ridicule. [11]
        Why should they say among the peoples,
        “Where is their God?”

Footnotes
Joel 1:4 The precise distinctions between the four Hebrew terms for locusts are not certain. The terms may refer to types of locusts or to different stages of the locusts’ life cycle (though the terms do not occur in the same order in 1:4 and 2:25). Etymologically the four terms seem to refer to gnawers, swarmers, hoppers, and destroyers. In any case, the point of the heaping up of terms is total destruction.
Joel 1:5 Or howl
Joel 1:5 New or sweet wine is not unfermented grape juice, but wine that is still sweet because it has not yet been soured by continued fermentation.
Joel 1:8 The husband is the young man to whom the virgin had been pledged in marriage as his legal wife, but with whom she had not yet lived.
Joel 1:15 In Hebrew the words destruction and Almighty have a similar sound and create a play on words.
Joel 1:17 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
Joel 1:19 Or pastures in the open range
Joel 2:2 Or, reading the consonantal Hebrew text with different vowels, blackness
Joel 2:6 Or grows pale. The meaning of this line is uncertain.
Joel 2:8 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
Joel 2:17 Or notorious so that the nations rule over us

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February 09, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 9
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 9Jonah 3 & 4 (EHV)

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Jonah 3 & 4 (EHV)
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Jonah Preaches in Nineveh
Jonah 3
1 Then the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time: 2 “Get up. Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”
3 So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh just as the word of the Lord had commanded. Now Nineveh was a great city to God. It required a three-day walk. [1] 4 Jonah walked through the city for a day, and he called out, “Forty more days and Nineveh is going to be overthrown!”
Nineveh Repents
5 The men of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least. 6 When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh.
By the decree of the king and his leading officials:
Do not let people or animals, herds or flocks, taste anything. Do not let them eat food or drink water. 8 Instead, let people and animals be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call fervently to God. Let them turn from their evil way and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who knows? God may turn and relent. He may turn from his burning anger so that we will not perish.
10 When God saw their actions, that they had turned from their evil way, God relented from the disaster which he said he would bring on them, and he did not carry it out.
The Lord Teaches Jonah a Lesson About Grace
Jonah 4
1 But to Jonah all this seemed very bad, and he became very angry. 2 He prayed to the Lord, “Lord, wasn’t this exactly what I said when I was still in my own country? That is why I previously fled to Tarshish, because I knew that you are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and you relent from sending disaster. 3 So now, Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
5 Jonah went out of the city and sat down east of the city. He made a shelter for himself there and sat in the shade under it, waiting to see what would happen in the city.
6 Then the Lord God provided a plant and made it grow up over Jonah to provide shade over his head, to relieve him from his discomfort. So Jonah was very happy about the plant. 7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, and it attacked the plant so that it withered. 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, so he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”
Jonah said, “I do have a right to be angry—angry enough to die!”
10 So the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant. You did not work for it or make it grow. It grew up in one night and perished after one night. 11 So should I not be concerned for Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than one hundred twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left—and also many animals?”

Footnotes
Jonah 3:3 This apparently means it would take Jonah three days to preach throughout the various sections of the city, but the meaning is uncertain.

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February 08, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 8
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 8
Jonah 1 & 2 (EHV)

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Jonah 1 & 2 (EHV)
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Jonah Disobeys God and Flees
Jonah 1
1 So the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Get up. Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach against it, for its people’s evil way has come up before me.”
3 But Jonah set out to flee to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord. He went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. [1] He paid the fare and boarded the ship to go with them to Tarshish, away from the presence of the Lord.
4 But the Lord hurled a great wind onto the sea, and there was such a great storm on the sea that the ship was about to break apart. 5 The sailors were afraid, and each one cried out to his gods. They threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the ship’s load.
Jonah had gone down into the hold of the ship. He was lying down and sleeping soundly. 6 The captain approached him and said, “How can you be sleeping so soundly? Get up and call on your god! Maybe your god will treat us with favor so that we will not perish.”
7 Then the sailors said to each other, “Come on, let’s cast lots so that we can find out whose fault it is that this disaster has come to us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
8 So they said to him, “Please tell us whose fault it is that this disaster has come to us! What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? What people are you from?”
9 He answered, “I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of Heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
10 Then the men were terrified and said to him, “What have you done?” The men already knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them so.
11 Then, because the storm on the sea kept getting worse, they said to him, “What should we do to you, to quiet the sea that is raging against us?”
12 He said to them, “Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will calm down for you, for I know that this violent storm striking against you has come about because of me.”
13 Instead, the men rowed hard to return the ship to dry land, but they could not, because the storm on the sea kept getting worse for them. 14 So they cried out to the Lord and said, “Please, Lord, please do not let us perish because of this man’s life, and do not charge innocent blood against us, for you, Lord, have done as you pleased.” 15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. 16 Then the men feared the Lord greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows.
17 Then the Lord provided a large fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. [2]
Jonah’s Prayer
Jonah 2
1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish. 2 He said the following:
    In my distress I called to the Lord,
    and he answered me.
    From the belly of the grave I cried out,
    and you heard my voice.
3 You threw me into the depths,
    into the heart of the seas.
    The currents swept around [3] me.
    All your breakers and your waves swept over me.
4 I said, “I have been driven away from your sight.
    Nevertheless, I will once again look toward your holy temple.”
5 Waters engulfed me so that I was near death.
    The deep surrounded me.
    Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down.
    The earth locked me behind its bars forever.
    But you brought my life up from the pit, O Lord, my God.
7 When my life was ebbing away, I remembered the Lord.
    My prayer came to you, to your holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake the mercy that is theirs.
9 But I, with a shout of thanksgiving, will indeed sacrifice to you.
    What I have vowed, I will certainly pay in full.
    Salvation belongs to the Lord!
10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

Footnotes
Jonah 1:3 Tarshish was in the far western Mediterranean region, perhaps in Spain or Portugal. It was the most distant place known to Israel.
Jonah 1:17 English verse 1:17 is verse 2:1 in Hebrew. All subsequent verse numbers in chapter 2 are one number lower in English than they are in Hebrew.
Jonah 2:3 The Hebrew word can mean surround with protection, but the context seems to refer to something threatening.

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February 07, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 7
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 7Matthew 7:13-29 (EHV)

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Matthew 7:13-29 (EHV)
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Matthew 7:1-12
The Narrow Gate
13 “Enter through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter through it. 14 How narrow is the gate, and how difficult is the way that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Watch Out for False Prophets
15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. You do not gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles, do you? 17 So then, every good tree produces good fruit, but a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 So then, by their fruit you will recognize them. 21 Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and drive out demons in your name and perform many miracles in your name?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’
Wise and Foolish Builders
24 “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on bedrock. 25 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was founded on bedrock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of mine but does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27 The rain came down, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—it was completely destroyed.”
28 When Jesus finished speaking these words, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, 29 because he taught them as one who had authority, and not like their experts in the law.

Footnotes

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February 06, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 6
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 6Matthew 7:1-12 (EHV)

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Matthew 7:1-12
Consider the Beam in Your Own Eye
1 “Stop judging, so that you will not be judged. 2 For with whatever standard you judge, you will be judged, and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you focus on [1] the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the beam that is in your own eye? 4 How will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye,’ when, in fact, you have a beam in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Do Not Throw Your Pearls to Pigs
6 “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they will trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.
Keep Praying
7 “Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened for you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and everyone who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, it will be opened. 9 Who among you, if his son asks him for bread, would give him a stone? 10 Or who, if his son asks for a fish, would give him a snake? 11 Then if you know how to give good gifts to your children, even though you are evil, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
The Golden Rule
12 “So do for others whatever you want people to do for you, because this is the Law and the Prophets.

Footnotes
Matthew 7:3 Or look at, or notice

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February 05, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 5
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 5Matthew 6:19-34 (EHV)

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Matthew 6:19-34 (EHV)
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Matthew 6:19-34
Treasures
19 “Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 Because where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So then if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon. [1]
Do Not Worry
25 “For this reason I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27 “Which of you can add a single moment to his lifespan by worrying? 28 Why do you worry about clothing? Consider how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin, 29 but I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was dressed like one of these. 30 If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will he not clothe you even more, you of little faith?
31 “So do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For the unbelievers [2] chase after all these things. Certainly your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 34 So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”

Footnotes
Matthew 6:24 Mammon is an Aramaic term for worldly wealth and property.
Matthew 6:32 Or Gentiles

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February 04, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 4
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 4
Matthew 6:1-18 (EHV)

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Matthew 6:1-18 (EHV)
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Matthew 6:1-18
Do Not Be Hypocrites
1 “Be careful that you do not do your righteous works [1] in front of people, so that they will notice. If you do, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 So whenever you perform acts of mercy, do not sound a trumpet for yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets to be praised by people. Amen I tell you: They have received their reward. 3 Instead, when you perform acts of mercy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 4 Then your acts of mercy will be in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. [2]
5 “Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. They love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by people. Amen I tell you: They have received their reward. 6 But whenever you pray, go into your private room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what others cannot see, will reward you. [3]
The Lord’s Prayer
7 “And when you pray, do not babble like the heathen, since they think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 However do not be like them, because your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 Therefore pray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 13 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.’ [4]
14 “Indeed if you forgive people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive people their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Fasting
16 “Whenever you fast, do not make yourself look sad like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show everyone that they are fasting. Amen I tell you: They have received their reward. 17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that it is not apparent to people that you are fasting, but only to your Father who sees what is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

Footnotes
Matthew 6:1 Some witnesses to the text read charitable giving.
Matthew 6:4 Some witnesses to the text add publicly.
Matthew 6:6 Some witnesses to the text add publicly.
Matthew 6:13 Or the Evil One. Some witnesses to the text add For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen. See Daniel 7:14; 1 Chronicles 29:11.

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February 03, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 3
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 3
Matthew 5:17-48 (EHV)

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Matthew 5:17-48 (EHV)
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Matthew 5:17-48
Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament
17 “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy them but to fulfill them. 18 Amen [1] I tell you: Until heaven and earth pass away, not even the smallest letter, or even part of a letter, will in any way pass away from the Law until everything is fulfilled. 19 So whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 Indeed I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and experts in the law, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
Sinful Anger
21 “You have heard that it was said to people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, [2] and whoever murders will be subject to judgment.’ 22 But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause [3] will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ [4] will have to answer to the Sanhedrin. But whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of hell [5] fire.
23 “So if you are about to offer your gift at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother. Then come and offer your gift.
25 “If someone accuses you, reach an agreement with him quickly, while you are with him on the way. Otherwise your accuser may bring you to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you will be thrown into prison. 26 Amen I tell you: You will never get out until you have paid the last penny.
Lust
27 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery,’ [6] 28 but I tell you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 If your right eye causes you to fall into sin, pluck it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. 30 If your right hand causes you to fall into sin, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.
Divorce
31 “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’ [7] 32 But I tell you that whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to be regarded as an adulteress. And whoever marries the divorced woman is regarded as an adulterer.
Oaths
33 “Again you have heard that it was said to people long ago, ‘Do not break your oaths, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ [8] 34 But I tell you, do not swear at all: not by heaven, because it is God’s throne; 35 and not by earth, because it is his footstool; and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. 36 And do not swear by your own head, since you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 Instead, let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes,’ or ‘No, no.’ Whatever goes beyond these is from the Evil One.
Love Your Enemies
38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ [9] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evildoer. If someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 If anyone wants to sue you to take away your shirt, give him your coat too. 41 Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. [10] 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 Indeed if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even tax collectors do that, don’t they? 47 If you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even the unbelievers do that? 48 So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

Footnotes
Matthew 5:18 Usually, people say Amen at the end of a prayer. But Jesus used this Hebrew word at the beginning of a statement, which was unique. The inspired writer simply transliterated the Hebrew word that Jesus spoke, instead of using a Greek term. This translation does the same in English. The basic meaning is I solemnly tell you the truth.
Matthew 5:21 Exodus 20:13; Deuteronomy 5:17
Matthew 5:22 Some witnesses to the text omit without a cause.
Matthew 5:22 Raca was an insulting name in Aramaic which meant something like numbskull or empty-head.
Matthew 5:22 Gehenna
Matthew 5:27 Exodus 20:14; Deuteronomy 5:18
Matthew 5:31 Deuteronomy 24:1
Matthew 5:33 Leviticus 19:12; Numbers 30:2
Matthew 5:38 Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20
Matthew 5:43 Leviticus 19:18

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February 02, 2025Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 2
Through My Bible Yr 2 – February 2
Matthew 5:1-16 (EHV)

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Matthew 5:1-16 (EHV)
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Matthew 5:1-16
1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up onto a mountain. When he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 He opened his mouth and began to teach them. He said these things:
3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit,
    because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
    because they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the gentle,
    because they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
    because they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
    because they will receive mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
    because they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
    because they will be called sons of God.
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
    because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven. In fact, that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
Salt and Light
13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its flavor, how will it become salty again? Then it is no good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people. 14 You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket. No, they put it on a stand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 In the same way let your light shine in people’s presence, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

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