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Jesus Beaten by Police: Red Letter Year 12/18
John 18.15-27 15 Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another of the disciples. That other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, so he was allowed to enter the high priest’s courtyard with Jesus....
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We Don’t Do Kingdom Like That: Red Letter Year 12/19
John 18.28-40 28 Jesus’ trial before Caiaphas ended in the early hours of the morning. Then he was taken to the headquarters of the Roman governor. His accusers didn’t go inside because it would defile...
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You Have No Power Over Me: Red Letter Year 12/20
John 19.1-16 1 Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip. 2 The soldiers wove a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they put a purple robe on him. 3 “Hail! King of the Jews!” they...
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Here is Your Mom: Red Letter Year 12/23
John 19.17-27 17 Carrying the cross by himself, he went to the place called Place of the Skull (in Hebrew, Golgotha). 18 There they nailed him to the cross. Two others were crucified with him, one on...
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It Is Finished. It Begins. Red Letter Year 12/24
John 19.28-37 28 Jesus knew that his mission was now finished, and to fulfill Scripture he said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of sour wine was sitting there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put it on a...
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Myrrh Again: Red Letter Year 12/25
John 19.38-42 38 Afterward Joseph of Arimathea, who had been a secret disciple of Jesus (because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate for permission to take down Jesus’ body. When Pilate gave...
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Red Letter Year 12/26
John 20.1-18 1 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance. 2 She ran and found Simon Peter and the...
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Jesus of the Scars: Red Letter Year 12/27
John 20.19-29 19 That Sunday evening the disciples were meeting behind locked doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Suddenly, Jesus was standing there among them! “Peace be with you,”...
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A Starboard Suggestion: Red Letter Year 12/30
John 20.30 – 21.14 30 The disciples saw Jesus do many other miraculous signs in addition to the ones recorded in this book. 31 But these are written so that you may continue to trust that Jesus is the...
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Eat, Love, Live: Red Letter Year 12/31
John 21.15-25 15 After breakfast Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” “Then feed my lambs,” Jesus told him....
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Taught by God: Red Letter Year 10/22
John 6.41-55 41 Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father...
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Red Letter Year: 10/23
John 6.56-71 Photo by James Emeryhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/emeryjl/ 56 Anyone who feasts on my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 I live because of the living Father who sent...
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Red Letter Year: 10/24
John 7.1-13 Courtesy of Thomas Hawkhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/4565615056/ 7 After this, Jesus traveled around Galilee. He wanted to stay out of Judea, where the Jewish leaders were...
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Red Letter Year: 10/25
John 7.14-27 14 Then, midway through the festival, Jesus went up to the Temple and began to teach. 15 The people were surprised when they heard him. “How does he know so much when he hasn’t been...
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Red Letter Year: 10/28
John 7.28-39 28 While Jesus was teaching in the Temple, he called out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I come from. But I’m not here on my own. The one who sent me is true, and you don’t know...
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Red Letter Year: 10/29
John 7.40-53 40 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.” 41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t...
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Red Letter Year: 10/30
John 8.1-11 1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the...
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Red Letter Year: 10/31
John 8.12-24 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” 13...
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Red Letter Year: 11/1
John 8.25-38 25 “Who are you?” they demanded. Jesus replied, “Just what I’ve been saying. 26 I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won’t. For I say only what I have heard from the one...
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Red Letter Year: 11/4
John 8.39-47 39 “Our father is Abraham!” they declared. “No,” Jesus replied, “for if you were really the children of Abraham, you would follow his example. 40 Instead, you are trying to kill me because...
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Red Letter Year: 11/5
John 8.48-59 48 The people retorted, “You Samaritan devil! Didn’t we say all along that you were possessed by a demon?” 49 “No,” Jesus said, “I have no demon in me. For I honor my Father — and you...
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Red Letter Year: 11/6
John 9.1-12 Healing the blind man by Edy-Legrand 1 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it...
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Red Letter Year: 11/7
John 9.13-23 Healing the blind man by Edy-Legrand 13 Then they took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees, 14 because it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him. 15 The...
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Red Letter Year: 11/8
John 9.24-34 Healing the blind man by Edy-Legrand 24 So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him, “God should get the glory for this, because we know this man Jesus is...
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Red Letter Year: 11/11
John 9.35-41 Healing the blind man by Edy-Legrand 35 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, “Do you trust the Son of Man?” 36 The man answered, “Who is he, Lord? I want to...
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Red Letter Year: 11/12
John 9.39 – 10.10 39 Then Jesus told him, “I entered this world to render judgment—to give sight to the blind and to show those who think they see that they are blind.” 40 Some Pharisees who were...
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Red Letter Year: 11/13
John 10.11-21 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. 12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong...
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Red Letter Year: 11/14
John 10.22-42 “This book is mine. You can’t use it to do the opposite of what I did.” 22 It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah, the Festival of Dedication. 23 He was in...
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Red Letter Year: 11/15
John 11.1-10 1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 2 This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her...
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Red Letter Year: 11/18
John 11.11-22 11 Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.” 12 The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!” 13 They thought...
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Red Letter Year: 11/19
John 11.23-31 23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.” 25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life....
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Red Letter Year: 11/20
John 11.32-44 32 When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other...
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On Women and Slaves (Red Letter Year: 11/21)
John 11.32-44 45 Many of the people who were with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen. 46 But some went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 Then the leading priests and...
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Leave Her Alone: Red Letter Year 11/22
John 12.1-11 1 Six days before the Passover celebration began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus — the man he had raised from the dead. 2 A dinner was prepared in Jesus’ honor. Martha...
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We had no idea: Red Letter Year 11/25
John 12.12-19 12 The next day, the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A large crowd of Passover visitors 13 took palm branches and went down the road to meet him. They...
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It’s Not About Jesus: Red Letter Year 11/26
John 12.20-36 20 Some Greeks who had come to Jerusalem for the Passover celebration 21 paid a visit to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. They said, “Lord, we want to meet Jesus.” 22 Philip...
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Trusting God is complicated: Red Letter Year 11/27
John 12.37-50 It’s Complicated by ANTONELLA PAVESE 37 But despite all the miraculous signs Jesus had done, most of the people still did not trust him. 38 This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had...
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A Memphis Miracle: Red Letter Year 11/28
John 13.1-11 13 Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he...
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Moral example: Red Letter Year 11/29
John 13.12-20 12 After washing their feet, he put on his robe again and sat down and asked,“Do you understand what I was doing? 13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s...
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Serving a Betrayer: Red Letter Year 12/2
John 13.21-30 21 Now Jesus was deeply troubled, and he exclaimed, “I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me!” 22 The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he could mean. 23 The disciple...
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Love Like This: Red Letter Year 12/3
John 13.31 – 14:4 31 As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, “The time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory, and God will be glorified because of him. 32 And since God receives glory...
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The Secret of the Kingdom: Red Letter Year 12/4
John 14.3-17 3 “When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” 5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said....
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Practicing the Presence: Red Letter Year 12/5
John 14.18-31 18 “No, I will not abandon you as orphans — I will come to you. 19 Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. 20 When I am raised to life...
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Bearing Fruit: Red Letter Year 12/6
John 15.1-14 15 “I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will...
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Love and Hate: Red Letter Year 12/9
John 15.15 – 16.4 15 I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. 16 You didn’t choose me. I...
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Convincing the World: Red Letter Year 12/10
John 16.5-16 5 “But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going. 6 Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told you. 7 But in fact, it is best for you...
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The Jesus We See is the Jesus We Are: Red Letter Year 12/11
John 16.17-33 17 Some of the disciples asked each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little while you won’t see me, but then you will see me,’ and ‘I am going to the Father’? 18 And what...
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Jesus Prays: Red Letter Year 12/12
John 17.1-13 17 After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you. 2 For you have given him authority over...
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Jesus Prays for Us: Red Letter Year 12/16
John 17.14-26 14 “I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the...
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Arresting God: Red Letter Year 12/17
John 18.1-14 1 After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees. 2 Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone...
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