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APRIL 15
I will pull down my barns and build greater,
and there I will store all my crops and my
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goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you
12:11 do not worry. I.e., do not be anxious. have many goods laid up for many years; take
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This does not suggest that ministers and your ease; eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ But
teachers should forego preparation in their God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul
normal spiritual duties.To cite this passage and will be required of you; then whose will those
others like it (21:12–15; Matt. 10:19) to justify things be which you have provided?’
the neglect of study and meditation is to twist 21 “So is he who lays up treasure for himself,
the meaning of Scripture. This verse is meant and is not rich toward God.”
as a comfort for those under life-threatening 22 Then He said to His disciples, “Therefore
persecution,not as an excuse for laziness in min- I say to you, do not worry about your life, what
istry.The exact same expression is used in v.22, you will eat; nor about the body, what you will
speaking of concern for one’s material necessi- put on. Life is more than food, and the body is
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ties. In neither context was Jesus condemning 24
legitimate toil and preparation.He was promis- more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for
ing the Holy Spirit’s aid for times of persecution they neither sow nor reap, which have neither
when there can be no preparation. storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of
how much more value are you than the birds?
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Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you cubit to his stature? If you then are not able
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ought to say.” to do the least, why are you anxious for the
Then one from the crowd said to Him, rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they
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“Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheri- neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even
tance with me.” Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
But He said to him, “Man, who made Me a one of these. If then God so clothes the
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judge or an arbitrator over you?” And He said grass, which today is in the field and tomor-
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to them, “Take heed and beware of covetous- row is thrown into the oven, how much more
ness, for one’s life does not consist in the will He clothe you, O you of little faith?
abundance of the things he possesses.” 29 “And do not seek what you should eat or
Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: what you should drink, nor have an anxious
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“The ground of a certain rich man yielded mind. For all these things the nations of the
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plentifully. And he thought within himself, world seek after, and your Father knows that you
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saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room need these things. But seek the kingdom of
to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: God, and all these things shall be added to you.
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DAY 14:What passages in Luke are unique to his Gospel?
Luke included 12 events or major passages not found in the other Gospels:
1. Events preceding the birth of John the Baptist and Jesus (1:5–80).
2. Scenes from Jesus’childhood (2:1–52).
3. Herod imprisons John the Baptist (3:19,20).
4. The people of Nazareth reject Jesus (4:16–30).
5. The first disciples are called (5:1–11).
6. A widow’s son is raised (7:11–17).
7. A woman anoints Jesus’feet (7:36–50).
8. Certain women minister to Christ (8:1–3).
9. Events,teaching,and miracles during the months leading up to Christ’s death (10:1–18:14).
10. Christ abides with Zacchaeus (19:1–27).
11. Herod tries Christ (23:6–12).
12. Some of Jesus’final words before His ascension (24:44–49).

April 15 according to their families. And their inheri-
tance was within the inheritance of the chil-
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dren of Judah. They had in their inheritance
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Beersheba (Sheba), Moladah, Hazar Shual,
Joshua 19:1–20:9
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Balah, Ezem, Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah,
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The second lot came out for Simeon, for 5 Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, Beth
19 the tribe of the children of Simeon Lebaoth, and Sharuhen: thirteen cities and
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