Passion Week Scripture Meditation

QT 12/02/2026 Thu. Matthew 10. Placement, Pay, Persecution, Panic, Peace, and Prize READ http://www.esv.org/matthew10 (1) Placement (10:1–7) The disciples were called, appointed, and given authority over a demonic- and disease-affected world. In Matthew 10, Jesus sends them on a short-term training mission.

QT 11/02/2026 Wed. Matthew 9. Handicapped Physically, Yet Spiritually Alive READ http://www.esv.org/matthew9 Equating having a physical handicap as spiritually unresponsive or equating frantic activities as evidence of being spiritually alive can be dangerous. Matthew presents Jesus as the authoritative Messiah who restores broken people—

QT 10/02/2026 Tue. Matthew 8. “Following the New Moses” READ http://www.esv.org/matthew8 After delivering the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus comes down from the mountain (8:1). The movement is intentional. Like Moses descending Sinai, Jesus now demonstrates in action what He has proclaimed in