Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Exodus+1   INTRODUCTION   The books of Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers continue the story of how God formed the nation of Israel to play a special role in his plans for the whole world. When the Israelites were enslaved in Egypt, God came to them and worked powerfully through Moses to…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+28 MATTHEW 28 (ESV)   1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+27 MATTHEW 27 (ESV)   32 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. 33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+26 MATTHEW 26 (ESV)   30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 31 Then Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away because of me this night. For it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’ 32 But after I…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+25 MATTHEW 25 (ESV)   14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+24 MATTHEW 24 (ESV)   1 Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+23 MATTHEW 23 (ESV)   1Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2“The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+22 MATTHEW 22 (ESV)   34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him. 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+21 MATTHEW 21 (ESV)   1 Now when they drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them…

Read chapter in full: www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Matthew+20 MATTHEW 20 (ESV)   1 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third…