No stone left unturned
Jesus tells His disciples the Temple will be destroyed, which worries them, then he tells them how they will know …
Category Archives: Matthew
Simple: love God, love your neighbour
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy and Leviticus to summarise the Law, confounds the religious leaders with a question about whose son the …
A clever argument fails to entrap
Jesus continues his criticism of the religious leaders, telling the parables to show their disobedience and rejection of God—the two …
Not children’s praises!
Jesus comments on the Jews’ refusal to believe Him, then He curses a fruitless fig tree, clears out money changers …
Jesus attracts a crowd and annoys the priests
Jesus is anointed by Mary at Bethany, attracts more crowds, which upsets the leading priests, who plot His and Lazarus’ death, but …
Jesus says He will die, but no one understands
Jesus tells the parable of the vineyard workers and another parable of the ten servants, talks about his imminent death, …
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 …
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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