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Scripture: Genesis 3:1-12 1 Timothy 2:22-26 Mark 7:8-13 1 John 2:14 1 Peter 5:5 Titus 2:6-8 Mark 8:34-35
3 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” (A)
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. 3 But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’”(B)
4 “No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman.(C) 5 “In fact, God knows that when[a] you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.(D) 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze,[b] and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.(E) 9 So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 And he said, “I heard you[c] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”
11 Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man replied,(F) “The woman you gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”
Read full chapter8 Abandoning the command of God, you hold on to human tradition.”[a] 9 He also said to them, “You have a fine way of invalidating God’s command in order to set up[b] your tradition! 10 For Moses(A) said: Honor your father and your mother; [c](B) and Whoever speaks evil of father or mother must be put to death.[d](C) 11 But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or mother: Whatever benefit(D) you might have received from me is corban’” (that is, an offering(E) devoted to God), 12 “you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 You nullify the word of God(F) by your tradition that you have handed(G) down. And you do many other similar things.”
Read full chapter14 I have written to you, children,
because you have come to know the Father.
I have written to you, fathers,
because you have come to know
the one who is from the beginning.
I have written to you, young men,
because you are strong,
God’s word(A) remains in you,
and you have conquered the evil one.
5 In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with[a] humility toward one another, because
Read full chapter6 In the same way, encourage the young men(A) to be self-controlled 7 in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity[a] in your teaching. 8 Your message is to be sound beyond reproach,(B) so that any opponent will be ashamed, because he doesn’t have anything bad to say about us.
Read full chapter34 Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself,(A) take up his cross,(B) and follow me.(C) 35 For whoever wants to save(D) his life will lose it,(E) but whoever loses(F) his life(G) because of me(H) and the gospel(I) will save it.(J)
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