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Sabbath Lord (Luke 6:1-5)
Now it happened that He was passing through {some} grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating {the grain} but some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" And Jesus, answering them, said, "Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him, how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful f

Mark L. Hatfield
Mar 1911 min read


Not Good Enough (Luke 5:33-39)
And they said to Him, "The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the {disciples} of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink." And Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? But {the} days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days." After the Pharisees were reprimanded in our last episode for having negative thoughts about

Mark L. Hatfield
Jan 2910 min read


Calling Sinners (Luke 5:27-32)
After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." And he left everything behind, and got up and {began} to follow Him. Jesus, after He had healed a paralytic, went out of the place where He was and saw a man collecting taxes by the name of Levi (commonly known as Matthew, meaning “gift of God”). Levi was sitting in a tax booth and was doing a job that caused him to be despised by most people. Nobody enjo

Mark L. Hatfield
Dec 20, 20258 min read
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