For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, 24 and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes. 27 Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. 28 A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. 29 For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30 That is why many among you are ill and infirm, and a considerable number are dying. 31 If we discerned ourselves, we would not be under judgment; 32 but since we are judged by [the]

In giving this instruction, I do not praise the fact that your meetings are doing more harm than good. 18 First of all, I hear that when you meet as a church there are divisions among you, and to a degree I believe it; 19 there have to be factions among you in order that [also] those who are approved among you may become known. 20 When you meet in one place, then, it is not to eat the Lord’s supper, 21 for in eating, each one goes ahead with his own supper, and one goes hungry while another gets drunk. 22 Do you not have houses in which you can eat and drink? Or do you show contempt for the church of God and make those who have nothing feel ashamed? What can I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this matter I do not praise you.  Paul chastises the community at Corinth (the Church) for abusing the liturgical Tradition he taught them about the Lord’s Supper.  He has heard that when they are assembled, the assembly of God, there are divisions among them.  Church was usually held in a priva

He got into a boat and his disciples followed him.  24 Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by waves; but he was asleep.  25 They came and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”  26 He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm.  27 The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?” The Sea (Lake) of Galilee is a freshwater lake that is approximately 209 meters below sea level.  It is surrounded by hills and mountains that channel wind through the area.  The differences in temperature between the cooler hills and mountains and the warmer lake surface contribute to the unpredictable high winds which can produce sudden storms. Jesus and his disciples were crossing to the other side of the lake to go to the country of the Gadarenes (Mt. 8:28).  He was asleep when a sudden storm arose.  The frightene

Jesus entered the house of Peter, and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.  15 He touched her hand, the fever left her, and she rose and waited on him.  16 When it was evening, they brought him many who were possessed by demons, and he drove out the spirits by a word and cured all the sick, 17 to fulfill what had been said by Isaiah the prophet: “He took away our infirmities and bore our diseases.”   18 When Jesus saw a crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side.  19 A scribe approached and said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”  20 Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”  21 Another of [his] disciples said to him, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”  22 But Jesus answered him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.” Simon Peter and his brother Andrew were born in Bethsaida (Jn. 1:44) but they lived in Capernaum.  Jesus went to Capernaum aft