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 …
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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 …
Judgement is based on this fact
Jesus talks to Nicodemus and the Samaritan women at the well; John the Baptist says Jesus is greater: John 3:1–4:45; …
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; …
Shut the gates and keep the Sabbath
Foreigners are cast out of the assembly. Nehemiah returns to Babylon, only to hear that the tithing and offerings system …
The time of Malachi
Malachi calls on the people to return to God, and for the priests to serve Him according to the Law: …
The joy of tithes and offerings
Volunteers move to occupy Jerusalem, the finished walls are dedicated and the tithe and offering system is re-established: Nehemiah 11–12; …
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