Hi friends I'm Annie F Downs. Let's read the Gospels. The Gospels are the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the

parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the miracles.

Each month here on Let's Read the Gospels, we're reading all four books.

This month is particularly special because we are reading with the lens of

Thankfulness what we are thankful for about Jesus. So go ahead and subscribe today so you don't miss any of the episodes

And remember we have that downloadable reading plan if you want to follow

along that way or the Let's Read the Gospel's guide book that contains some

extras like notes for me and journal prompts and an opportunity to write down

what you are thankful for about

Jesus. You can find all that at Annie F Downs.com slash Gospels.

Here's how this works. I'm going to read three chapters to you today. You can listen or read along in your own Bible

and then I'll pray.

And that is it.

And remember, our lens is, what am I thankful for

about Jesus today and what we read?

So today is November 7th, and I'll be reading Luke 19 through 21 and this month I'm reading from the

C. S. B. Luke 19. He entered Jericho and was passing through. There was a man named

Zakias who was a chief tax collector and he was rich. He was trying to see who

Jesus was, but he was not able because of the crowd since he was a short man.

So running ahead, he climbed up a sycamore tree to see Jesus, since he was about to pass that way.

When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,

Zachias, hurry and come down because today it is necessary for me to stay at your

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