phil ware scripture quotations

When Jesus heard [the blind man begging for mercy], he stopped and said, "Tell him to come here." So they called the blind man. "Cheer up," they said. "Come on, he's calling you!" Bartimaeus threw aside his coat, jumped up, and came to Jesus. —Mark 10:49-50 NLT Key Thought Jesus still...

"Be quiet!" many of the people yelled at [the blind man begging for mercy]. But he only shouted louder, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" —Mark 10:48 NLT Key Thought While we are not told to be quiet as Jesus physically passes by us, peer pressure and social agendas antagonistic to faith...

Then Peter began to speak up. "We've given up everything to follow you," he said. "Yes," Jesus replied, "and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, will receive now in return a...

The disciples were astounded. "Then who in the world can be saved?" they asked. Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God." —Mark 10:26-27 NLT Key Thought Jesus' assertion is true, or our faith is really...

[Jesus continued,] "In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!" The disciples were astounded. "Then who in the world can be saved?" they asked. —Mark 10:25-26 NLT Key Thought If we are talking about meeting a...

"Why do you call me good?" Jesus asked. "Only God is truly good." —Mark 10:18 NLT Key Thought Yes, only God is good. But then that is the point, isn't it? Jesus is "God is with us" (Matthew 1:23), and we must put our faith in him and listen to him and obey just as we must with God. If the...

Jesus answered [the Pharisees] with a question: "What did Moses say in the law about divorce?" "Well, he permitted it," they replied. "He said a man can give his wife a written notice of divorce and send her away." —Mark 10:3-4 NLT Key Thought In this Scripture, the Pharisees were able to...

[Jesus continued,] "But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck." —Mark 9:42 NLT Key Thought So often in our passion to preserve the purity of the faith, we...

[Jesus said,] "Anyone who is not against us is for us." —Mark 9:40 NLT Key Thought Christianity faces enough opposition in the world without Christians fighting and devouring each other because they think of each other as enemies. Jesus' words here are powerfully universal and clear — notice...

John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he wasn't in our group." "Don't stop him!" Jesus said. "No one who performs a miracle in my name will soon be able to speak evil of me." —Mark 9:38-39 NLT Key Thought Good deeds...

John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he wasn't in our group." —Mark 9:38 NLT Key Thought Isn't it amazing how quickly we can split up into our cliques and begin arrogantly doing, as a group, what Jesus had just...

[Jesus] sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, "Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else." —Mark 9:35 NLT Key Thought Jesus' life was an ongoing demonstration of what he taught. The truth he lived and proclaimed is nowhere more...

The father instantly cried out, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!" —Mark 9:24 NLT Key Thought All through this story, each of the people involved is so genuine about his emotions and faith. Rather than pretending he had full faith, the father acknowledged he believed, but...

"What do you mean, 'If I can'?" Jesus asked. "Anything is possible if a person believes." —Mark 9:23 NLT Key Thought "Anything is possible ...!" 'Nuff said, let's choose to believe! Today's Prayer Forgive me, forgive us, O God for doubting your power and might. In Jesus' name. Amen...

"What is all this arguing about?" Jesus asked. One of the men in the crowd spoke up and said, "Teacher, I brought my son so you could heal him. He is possessed by an evil spirit that won't let him talk. And whenever this spirit seizes him, it throws him violently to the ground. Then he foams at...

[During the Transfiguration,] a cloud overshadowed [Jesus, Moses, Elijah, and the three apostles], and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my dearly loved Son. Listen to him." —Mark 9:7 NLT Key Thought God makes himself very clear to the amazed followers of Jesus. As important as Elijah...

[Jesus said to the crowd,] "If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it." —Mark 8:35 NLT Key Thought So often what we most passionately pursue because of our earthly perspective is what we...

Then [Jesus] asked [the disciples], "But who do you say I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Messiah." But Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him. —Mark 8:29-30 NLT Key Thought Jesus' warning seems bizarre to many folks today. However, if we follow the story of Jesus in the Gospel...

Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" "Well," they replied, "some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say you are one of the other prophets." —Mark 8:27-28 NLT...

Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, "Who do people say I am?" —Mark 8:27 NLT Key Thought If you ask people today who they think Jesus is, you will get a myriad of answers. Many folks don't know...