The sign of Jonah
Jesus’ followers and true family; Jesus explains why his power couldn’t come from Satan and refuses to give a sign …
Category Archives: Matthew
It takes more than miracles
Jesus heals a Roman’s slave, raises a widow’s son from the dead, reassures John the Baptist, denounces unbelief, and has …
Jesus tells us how to pray
Jesus teaches about prayer, fasting, judging others, entering heaven through the narrow gate by doing God’s will: Matthew 6:5–18; Luke …
Changing mindsets
The 12 apostles named; the sermon on the mountain (Beatitudes); Jesus teaches about salt and light, the law, adultery, anger, …
Love is better than sacrifice, even on the Sabbath
Jesus heals a lame man, claims to be the son of God (and the Son of Man), explains the Sabbath …
Love is better than sacrifice
Jesus heals a man with leprosy, a paralysed man, calls Levi (Matthew), and explains why his disciples don’t fast: Mark …
Surviving an angry mob
Jesus reads from Isaiah and angers everyone, then he heals people and casts out demons: Mark 1:14–15; Matthew 4:12–17; Luke …
Jesus quotes Deuteronomy to resist Satan
Jesus repels Satan’s efforts to tempt him, gathers his first disciples, turns water into wine at Cana, and overturns the tables …
John calls the Pharisees a brood of vipers
John the Baptist baptises people and Jesus grows up—he gets a visit from the magi, flees to Egypt, returns to Nazareth (all as …
Simeon’s and Anna’s long wait rewarded
John and Jesus ‘meet’ and then are born; Simeon and Anna see the promised messiah: Luke 1:39–80; Matthew 1:18–25; Luke …
Jesus’ ancestry
It’s impossible to miss the differences in Jesus’ ancestry as listed in Matthew and Luke: Matthew has three sets of 14 …
Law through Moses and grace through Jesus
Prophecies of the birth of Jesus and John the Baptist; two genealogies for Jesus: Mark 1:1; Luke 1:1–4; John 1:1–18; …
This time he read the manual
The Levites purify themselves then David moves the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem with an open show of worship, …
Taunts: you couldn’t even beat the blind and lame!
David becomes king, defeats the Philistines twice, takes Jerusalem, and tries to bring the Ark to Jerusalem: 2 Samuel 5–6; …
Intrigue, betrayal and a wife
Ishbosheth is murdered after losing the support of his general (Abner) and the rest of Israel; Abner murdered by David’s men after his defection; …
Manna
Manna has become the symbol of God’s miraculous provision to the Israelites, and generally. In Deuteronomy, Moses explained the reason …
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