Memorize Matthew 18:20

American Standard Version (1901)

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

Matthew 18:20, American Standard Version (1901)

19 words · about five minutes a day for five days ·

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The five steps

  1. Meet the verse. Hear it read aloud, then echo it phrase by phrase, with a small hand motion for each phrase.
  2. Fill the gaps. About a third of the words become blanks. Say it out loud, supplying them; peek if you need to, trying is the point.
  3. Half hidden. Most of the words are gone now. Say it once more at bedtime; sleep locks it in overnight.
  4. First letters. Every word reduced to its first letter. Recite it with only those to guide you.
  5. All by yourself. Nothing but the reference. One confident recite, then it goes into your Verse Book to come back for review.

Each step makes a fine "tonight's step" spread over five days, and nothing is locked: the numbered dots jump anywhere. How to memorize Bible verses walks through the whole method.

Why it works

Three of the most replicated findings in learning science: retrieval practice (pulling a word from memory strengthens it more than rereading it), spacing (short tries on separate days beat one long one), and sleep (a verse said at bedtime is consolidated overnight). The blanks grow in stages so that every try is hard enough to count and never so hard that you give up.

Matthew 18:20 in context

Jesus places a child among the disciples and teaches humility, care for vulnerable people, rescue of the wandering, communal restoration, shared prayer, and generous forgiveness illustrated through an unforgiving servant.

Read Matthew 18:20 in its chapter · Matthew 18, in the American Standard Version (1901).

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In other translations

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