Thursday, May 05, 2005

Some more like these in the book of Luke

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The Story about grass and flowers and how sparrows RULE!
Luke 12
22Jesus said to his disciples, `So I tell you this. Do not be troubled about what you will eat to keep alive. Do not be troubled about clothes to wear on your body.
23Life itself is worth more than food, and the body is worth more than clothes.
24`Think of the birds. They do not plant, cut, or keep any food. Yet God feeds them. You are worth much more than the birds!
25`Can any of you live any longer by troubling yourself about these things?
26If you cannot do a small thing like that, why do you trouble yourself about the other things?
27`Think about the flowers. See how they grow. They do not work or make cloth. I tell you, King Solomon was a great man. But he was not dressed as fine as one of these flowers.
28God dresses the grass in the fields so it looks nice. It is in the field one day and the next day it is burned. If God dresses the grass like that, he cares much more that you have clothes to wear. You do not believe in God very much!
29`Do not keep asking, "What shall we eat?" and, "What shall we drink?" Do not be troubled about that.

The Story about thinking like a kid...
Luke 18:15-17
15People brought even small children to Jesus. They wanted him to put his hands on them. When the disciples saw it, they tried to stop the people.
16But Jesus called them to him and said, `Let the children come to me. Do not try to stop them. The kingdom of God belongs to people like them.
17I tell you the truth. If anyone does not believe in the kingdom of God like a child, he will never go in.'

...and more stuff out of Luke 18:
1Jesus told them a story to teach them that they should keep on talking with God and not give up.

19Jesus answered him, `Why do you call me good? Only one is good, and that is God.

26Those who heard it asked, `Then who can be saved?'
27But Jesus said, `God can do what men cannot do.'

The Story of Lazarus
Luke 16:19-31
19`There was a rich man who dressed and lived like a king every day.
20A poor man named Lazarus was put at his door. He had many sores on his body.
21He wanted to eat the pieces of food that fell from the rich man's table. Dogs came and licked his sores.
22The poor man died. Angels carried him to be with Abraham. `The rich man also died and was buried.
23He was in great pain in the world of dead people. He looked up and saw Abraham far away. With him was Lazarus.
24He called out, "Father Abraham, help me! Send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool my tongue. This fire is very hot for me."
25`But Abraham said to him, "Son, remember this. You had a good time when you were living. Lazarus had a bad time when he was living. But now he is happy here and you are in pain.
26But that is not all. A wide hole is between you and us. No one can go from here to you if he wanted to. And no one can come from where you are to us."
27`The rich man said, "Then, father, I beg you, send Lazarus to my father's house.
28I have five brothers there. Tell him to talk to them so that they will not come to this place where there is pain."
29`But Abraham said, "They have Moses and the Prophets. They can listen to them."
30`He answered, "No, father Abraham! But if a man who had died went to them, they would stop their wrong ways."
31`Abraham said, "If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, then they will not believe, even if a man were raised from death." '

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