Marie.Irby's Highlights
Marie.Irby
highlighted Proverbs 25:7 NLT
It’s better to wait for an invitation to the head table than to be sent away in public disgrace. Just because you’ve seen something,
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Proverbs 25:6 NLT
Don’t demand an audience with the king or push for a place among the great.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Proverbs 25:2 NLT
It is God’s privilege to conceal things and the king’s privilege to discover them.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:44 NLT
For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she had to live on.”
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:43 NLT
Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has given more than all the others who are making contributions.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:41 NLT
Jesus sat down near the collection box in the Temple and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:34 NLT
Realizing how much the man understood, Jesus said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And after that, no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:33 NLT
And I know it is important to love him with all my heart and all my understanding and all my strength, and to love my neighbor as myself. This is more important than to offer all of the burnt offerings and sacrifices required in the law.”
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:29-31 NLT
Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The LAnd you must love the LThe second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:28 NLT
One of the teachers of religious law was standing there listening to the debate. He realized that Jesus had answered well, so he asked, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:26 NLT
“But now, as to whether the dead will be raised—haven’t you ever read about this in the writings of Moses, in the story of the burning bush? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:27 NLT
So he is the God of the living, not the dead. You have made a serious error.”
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:25 NLT
For when the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage. In this respect they will be like the angels in heaven.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:24 NLT
Jesus replied, “Your mistake is that you don’t know the Scriptures, and you don’t know the power of God.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:16 NLT
When they handed it to him, he asked, “Whose picture and title are stamped on it?” “Caesar’s,” they replied.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:17 NLT
“Well, then,” Jesus said, “give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God.” His reply completely amazed them.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:15 NLT
Should we pay them, or shouldn’t we?” Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you trying to trap me? Show me a Roman coin, and I’ll tell you.”
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:14 NLT
“Teacher,” they said, “we know how honest you are. You are impartial and don’t play favorites. You teach the way of God truthfully. Now tell us—is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:12 NLT
The religious leaders wanted to arrest Jesus because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the crowd, so they left him and went away.
Feb 6
Marie.Irby
highlighted Mark 12:10 NLT
Didn’t you ever read this in the Scriptures? ‘The stone that the builders rejected has now become the cornerstone.
Feb 6