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APRIL 2
Luke’s account of the Beatitudes (vv.20–23) is abbreviated (see Matt.5:3–12).He lists only 4,and
balances them with 4 parallel woes (vv. 24–26). One example of the difference in wording is in v. 20,
“Blessed are you poor.”Christ’s concern for the poor and outcasts is one of Luke’s favorite themes.Luke
used a personal pronoun (“you”) where Matthew 5:3 employed a definite article (“the”). Luke was
underscoring the tender, personal sense of Christ’s words. A comparison of the two passages reveals
that Christ was dealing with something more significant than mere material poverty and wealth,how-
ever.The poverty spoken of here refers primarily to a sense of one’s own spiritual impoverishment.

is the one who makes a carved or molded image,
April 2 an abomination to the LORD, the work of the
hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’
“And all the people shall answer and say,
‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:1–28:68
16 ‘Cursed is the one who treats his father or
Now Moses, with the elders of Israel, his mother with contempt.’
27 commanded the people, saying: “Keep “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
all the commandments which I command you 17 ‘Cursed is the one who moves his neigh-
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today. And it shall be, on the day when you bor’s landmark.’
cross over the Jordan to the land which the “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
LORD your God is giving you, that you shall set 18 ‘Cursed is the one who makes the blind to
up for yourselves large stones, and whitewash wander off the road.’
them with lime. You shall write on them all “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
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the words of this law, when you have crossed 19 ‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice
over, that you may enter the land which the due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’
LORD your God is giving you, ‘a land flowing “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
with milk and honey,’ just as the LORD God of 20 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his
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your fathers promised you. Therefore it shall father’s wife, because he has uncovered his
be, when you have crossed over the Jordan, father’s bed.’
that on Mount Ebal you shall set up these “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
stones, which I command you today, and you 21 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with any kind
shall whitewash them with lime. And there of animal.’
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you shall build an altar to the LORD your God, “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
an altar of stones; you shall not use an iron tool 22 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his sister,
on them. You shall build with whole stones the daughter of his father or the daughter of
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the altar of the LORD your God, and offer burnt his mother.’
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offerings on it to the LORD your God. You “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, 23 ‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-
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and rejoice before the LORD your God. And in-law.’
you shall write very plainly on the stones all “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
the words of this law.” 24 ‘Cursed is the one who attacks his neigh-
9 Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, bor secretly.’
spoke to all Israel, saying, “Take heed and lis- “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
ten, O Israel: This day you have become the 25 ‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay
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people of the LORD your God. Therefore you an innocent person.’
shall obey the voice of the LORD your God, and “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
observe His commandments and His statutes 26 ‘Cursed is the one who does not confirm
which I command you today.” all the words of this law by observing them.’
And Moses commanded the people on the “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’ ”
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same day, saying, “These shall stand on “Now it shall come to pass, if you dili-
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Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you 28 gently obey the voice of the LORD your
have crossed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, God, to observe carefully all His command-
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Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin; and ments which I command you today, that the
these shall stand on Mount Ebal to curse: Reu- LORD your God will set you high above all
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ben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. nations of the earth. And all these blessings
“And the Levites shall speak with a loud shall come upon you and overtake you, because
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voice and say to all the men of Israel: ‘Cursed you obey the voice of the LORD your God:
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