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 […]