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Matthew 12:1

Matthew 12:1 (MSG)
One Sabbath, Jesus was strolling with his disciples through a field of ripe grain. Hungry, the disciples were pulling off the heads of grain and munching on them. Some Pharisees reported them to Jesus: "Your disciples are breaking the Sabbath rules!"

Matthew 12:2

Matthew 12:2 (MSG)
Some Pharisees reported them to Jesus: "Your disciples are breaking the Sabbath rules!"

Matthew 12:3

Matthew 12:3 (MSG)
Jesus said, "Really? Didn't you ever read what David and his companions did when they were hungry, how they entered the sanctuary and ate fresh bread off the altar, bread that no one but priests were allowed to eat? And didn't you ever read in God's Law that priests carrying out their Temple duties break Sabbath rules all the time and it's not held against them?

Matthew 12:4

Matthew 12:4 (MSG)
how they entered the sanctuary and ate fresh bread off the altar, bread that no one but priests were allowed to eat?

Matthew 12:5

Matthew 12:5 (MSG)
And didn't you ever read in God's Law that priests carrying out their Temple duties break Sabbath rules all the time and it's not held against them?

Matthew 12:6

Matthew 12:6 (MSG)
"There is far more at stake here than religion. If you had any idea what this Scripture meant—'I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual'—you wouldn't be nitpicking like this. The Son of Man is no lackey to the Sabbath; he's in charge."

Matthew 12:7

Matthew 12:7 (MSG)
If you had any idea what this Scripture meant-'I prefer a flexible heart to an inflexible ritual'-you wouldn't be nitpicking like this.

Matthew 11:28

Matthew 11:28 (MSG)
"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly."

Matthew 11:29

Matthew 11:29 (MSG)
Walk with me and work with me-watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you.

Matthew 19:11

Matthew 19:11 (MSG)
But Jesus said, "Not everyone is mature enough to live a married life. It requires a certain aptitude and grace. Marriage isn't for everyone. Some, from birth seemingly, never give marriage a thought. Others never get asked—or accepted. And some decide not to get married for kingdom reasons. But if you're capable of growing into the largeness of marriage, do it."

Matthew 19:12

Matthew 19:12 (MSG)
Some, from birth seemingly, never give marriage a thought. Others never get asked-or accepted. And some decide not to get married for kingdom reasons. But if you're capable of growing into the largeness of marriage, do it."

Acts 10:28

Acts 10:28 (MSG)
Peter addressed them, "You know, I'm sure that this is highly irregular. Jews just don't do this-visit and relax with people of another race. But God has just shown me that no race is better than any other.

Acts 10:34

Acts 10:34 (MSG)
Peter fairly exploded with his good news: "It's God's own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no favorites! It makes no difference who you are or where you're from—if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open. The Message he sent to the children of Israel—that through Jesus Christ everything is being put together again—well, he's doing it everywhere, among everyone.

Acts 10:35

Acts 10:35 (MSG)
It makes no difference who you are or where you're from-if you want God and are ready to do as he says, the door is open.

Matthew 10:29

Matthew 10:29 (MSG)
"What's the price of a pet canary? Some loose change, right? And God cares what happens to it even more than you do. He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail—even numbering the hairs on your head! So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries.

Matthew 10:30

Matthew 10:30 (MSG)
He pays even greater attention to you, down to the last detail-even numbering the hairs on your head!

Matthew 10:31

Matthew 10:31 (MSG)
So don't be intimidated by all this bully talk. You're worth more than a million canaries.

Matthew 10:21

Matthew 10:21 (MSG)
"When people realize it is the living God you are presenting and not some idol that makes them feel good, they are going to turn on you, even people in your own family. There is a great irony here: proclaiming so much love, experiencing so much hate! But don't quit. Don't cave in. It is all well worth it in the end. It is not success you are after in such times but survival. Be survivors! Before you've run out of options, the Son of Man will have arrived.

Matthew 10:22

Matthew 10:22 (MSG)
There is a great irony here: proclaiming so much love, experiencing so much hate! But don't quit. Don't cave in. It is all well worth it in the end.

Matthew 10:12

Matthew 10:12 (MSG)
"When you knock on a door, be courteous in your greeting. If they welcome you, be gentle in your conversation. If they don't welcome you, quietly withdraw. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way. You can be sure that on Judgment Day they'll be mighty sorry—but it's no concern of yours now.

Matthew 10:13

Matthew 10:13 (MSG)
If they welcome you, be gentle in your conversation.

Matthew 10:14

Matthew 10:14 (MSG)
If they don't welcome you, quietly withdraw. Don't make a scene. Shrug your shoulders and be on your way.

Genesis 11:4

Genesis 11:4 (MSG)
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower that reaches Heaven. Let's make ourselves famous so we won't be scattered here and there across the Earth."

Genesis 11:5

Genesis 11:5 (MSG)
god came down to look over the city and the tower those people had built.

Genesis 11:6

Genesis 11:6 (MSG)
god took one look and said, "One people, one language; why, this is only a first step. No telling what they'll come up with next—they'll stop at nothing! Come, we'll go down and garble their speech so they won't understand each other." Then god scattered them from there all over the world. And they had to quit building the city. That's how it came to be called Babel, because there god turned their language into "babble." From there god scattered them all over the world.