Self-righteous prayer trumped by real humility
Jesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector, talks about divorce, blesses some children, then shows a …
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Lazarus lives, so let’s kill Jesus
Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead, which leads some to believe and others to plot His death; He also heals …
Still eating with sinners
Jesus explains that the cost of being His disciple is high but worth it because the Kingdom of God is …
Just tell us: are you the messiah?
Jesus claims to be the good shepherd, the messiah and the Son of God; He likens entering the kingdom of …
Can you do God’s work on the Sabbath?
Jesus tells people to be obedient and repent so they’ll be ready for the Lord’s coming, illustrating his point with …
More blessed than Mary
Jesus casts out another demon, and people ask where His power comes from, so He explains it again, then has …
An ageless man is a hard idea to grasp
Jesus explains that being free is about more than being a Jew or not a slave, then insults the people …
Crowd confusion: how could this be the Messiah?
Jesus’ brothers go to Jerusalem without Jesus, who secretly goes later; on the way, He draws opposition from Samaritans and …
You’re not the greatest if you have to ask
Jesus heals a demon-possessed boy, again predicts His own death, arranges to pay the Temple tax, tells the disciples a …
How can you kill the Son of God?
Jesus heals a blind man then asks His disciples who they think he is; Peter says He is the Messiah; …
The insidiousness of tricky teaching
A Gentile woman says even dogs deserve crumbs; Jesus heals a deaf man, heals many others, feeds 4000 people, refuses …
Believe: just do it
Jesus explains that He is like bread but even better and many leave, then He explains why someone’s words matter …
Walked on the water? Must be the Son of God
Why Herod killed John the Baptist; Jesus feeds 5000 men and their families then later walks on water: Luke 9:7–9; …
Jesus’ prosperity doctrine (or not)
Jesus heals two blind men, then goes to Nazareth (again?), then send out His disciples: Matthew 9:27–34; Mark 6:1–6; Matthew …
Fear drives away Jesus
Jesus heals a demon possessed man, a woman in the crowd, and Jairus’ daughter: Mark 5:1–20; Matthew 8:28–34; Luke 8:26–39; …
Even creation obeyed Him
Jesus explains his parables and tells a few more—the farmer sowing, the lamp, the growing seed, the wheat and the …
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