Most Popular Bible Verses in Matthew

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Verse ConceptsDestructionGehennaPathways Of SinDamnationMany Seeking SalvationBroadnessNarrow ThingsEasy For PeopleHellGoing To Heavendistractions

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it.

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Verse ConceptsThe Act Of OpeningKnockingFinding ThingsGod Answers PrayerAccess

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

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Verse ConceptsBeing A Lightdisciples, characteristics ofDecayResponsibility, For God's WorldSaltSanctification, Means And ResultsTastePersonal ContactSending Things AwayTastelessnessRestoring ThingsTastelessSournessMoral Decay

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.

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Verse ConceptsWise MenHistoryBethlehemProphecies Concerning ChristOut Of The EastBabies As Prophetic SignsKings of judahNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birthspringtimeepiphany

Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying,

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Verse ConceptsMultitudesSermon On The MountCrowds AvoidedSitting To TeachChrist SeeingChrist With His DisciplesWork EthicEthicscrusades

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him.

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Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram.

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Verse ConceptsTalentsRich, TheLikeningEntrustingLikening ThingsPropertyGifts And Talentsmathlent

For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them.

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Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon.

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Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and DivorceLaw, Ten CommandmentsAvoid AdulteryAdultery In The Church

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery’;

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Verse ConceptsSocial JusticeCaring For OthersUnion With Christ, Significance OfRelationshipsLove Towards Christ, Shown ByBrotherhoodCaringChrist Telling The TruthChrist's True FamilyOther Unimportant PeopleTreating Others

The King will answer and say to them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.’

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Verse ConceptsWisdom, Source Of HumanSpiritual FoundationsStones For ProtectionHearing ChristDoing God's WorksThe Work Of The Wise

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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Verse ConceptsLove Your Neighbour!NeighboursLoving Your Enemies

You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’

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Verse ConceptsJesus As Son Of ManChrist EnquiringWho Is Jesus?Ministry Of The Son Of Man

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”

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Verse ConceptsLampsTypesVirginProphecies Said By JesusLikeningTen PeopleLikening ThingsParables Of The Kingdom

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.

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Verse ConceptsElevenDisciples' Movements

But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated.

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Verse ConceptsLaw, Ten CommandmentsMurderChrist's Knowledge Of The ScripturesGod Speaking Of OldDo Not Murder

You have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not commit murder’ and ‘Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.’

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Verse ConceptsAbominationsReadingHoliness, As Set Apart For GodUnderstandingAbomination Of DesolationSacrilegeNamed Prophets Of The LordThis GenerationImage Of The BeastOlivet Discourseend times prophecymath

“Therefore when you see the abomination of desolation which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand),

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Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFailureComplacencyWicked Described AsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHearing ChristThe Work Of FoolsDoing God's WorksSand And Gravel

Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

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Verse ConceptseagernessDrawing Near To ChristSeeking LifeDoing God's WorksDoing GoodEternal lifeeternityman

And someone came to Him and said, “Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?”

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Verse ConceptsChrist's BaptismIn The JordanBaptismTrinity

Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him.

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Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToExile Of Judah To Babylon

Josiah became the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.

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Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, In Human Relationshipsethics, incentives towardsHerbs And SpicesJudaismLegalismMercy, HumanMind, Of ChristNeglectPharisees, Beliefs OfNeglecting God's ThingsNeglecting DutiesReligionSin, Nature OfUnforgivenessFormalityFinancial AdviceCumminSins Of OmissionFractions, One TenthTithesThe Need For MercyTithing ProduceHerbsHypocritesHypocrisypharisees

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

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Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds AvoidedBoatsPeople Going BeforeCrossing To The Other SideDisciples' Movementslakes

Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.

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Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah.

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Verse ConceptsLikeningFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsSowing Seeds

Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

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Verse ConceptsGreat Things

“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”

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Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodFish

Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he?

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Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah.

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Verse ConceptsStretching OutThose Jesus Healed

Then He *said to the man, “Stretch out your hand!” He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other.

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Verse ConceptsApostles, During Jesus Earthly MinistryRetirementSix DaysChrist Going With PeopleRelationships And Dating

Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves.

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Verse ConceptsArmageddonLast DaysMountainsPrivacySignsCuriosityEnd Of The WorldPeople Sitting DownSigns Of Christ's ReturnWhen?Christ With His Disciplesend times prophecyInformation AgeThe End Of The WorldSigns Of The End TimesThe Second ComingEnd Timesmath

As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

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Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTServants, GoodHuman Authority, Nature OfAuthority Delegated To PeopleMen's OrdersObeying PeopleExamples Of Good Servants

For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

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Verse ConceptsGod, Glory OfFutureClouds And Jesus ChristGod, Power OfSorrowGod's Glory In Jesus ChristSigns In The SkySigns Of Christ's ReturnMourning Due To CatastropheSigns In The UniverseThe Nations Before GodThis GenerationAccompanying The Second ComingCloud of gloryThe Second Comingcloudsmath

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky with power and great glory.

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Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfHearing About ChristThose Frightened Of God

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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Verse ConceptsGreatness Of DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

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Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesChrist SendingDisciples' Movements

When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,

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Verse ConceptsThe Region Of Jordan

Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan;

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Verse ConceptsMorningMetaphorical VineyardsLikeningIn The MorningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomWorkers

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

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Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordDocetismCommunicationDreamsGod, Revelation OfHeaven And AngelsFear, Of UnknownAngels Helping UsThe Holy Spirit Giving LifeConceptionGod AppearingTaking A WifeDirect Communication Through DreamsNativity of Jesus ChristWorry And StressResolving Conflictgabriel

But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.

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Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah.

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Verse ConceptsI Keep The CommandmentsMan's Needs

The young man *said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?”

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Verse ConceptsPeople Rememberingthe Gifts of GodForgiving Others Who Hurt YouPurgatory

Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,

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Verse ConceptsBeing DeceivedManipulationCultsTaking HeedDeceptionSigns Of The End Timesmath

And Jesus answered and said to them, See to it that no one misleads you.

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Verse ConceptsSitting To TeachThe Sealakes

That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea.

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Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofDoctrine, CommunicatedGospel, Descriptions OfMissionaries, Task OfNewsPreaching, Content OfPreaching, Importance OfTeachingJesus As Our TeacherChrist PreachingChrist TeachingDiseaseSicknessHealing SicknessStress And Hard TimesIllnesspreaching

Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people.

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Verse ConceptsHarvestFruitful LabourReapingFew PeopleFew In The KingdomChrist Speaking To Disciples

Then He *said to His disciples, The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.

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Verse ConceptsExcommunicationequipping, physicalKeysKingdom Of HeavenBelonging To HeavenTying Uporganization

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”

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Verse ConceptsFutureFugitivesAngel of the LordCommunicationSafetySpeech, DivineSuffering, Of Jesus ChristViolenceHeaven And AngelsVisions And Dreams In ScriptureProvincesStaying PutAttempts To Kill ChristGod AppearingTaking ChristImmigrantsreuniting

Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.”

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Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and Divorcedivorce, in OTCertificate of divorceBills Of DivorceDivorce PermittedInfidelity

“It was said, ‘Whoever sends his wife away, let him give her a certificate of divorce’;

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Verse ConceptsPersonal ConsecrationFindingHeaven, Inheritance OfSpiritual InvestmentJoy, Of The ChurchKingdom Of God, Entry IntoTreasureParables Of ChristSpiritual TreasuresFigurative FieldsFinding ThingsHidden ThingsBuying God's Giftsales

The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

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Verse Conceptsevangelists, identity ofKingdom Of God, Coming OfMissionaries, Task OfSynagogueTeachingParticular JourneysChrist PreachingChrist TeachingJesus HealingSicknessHealing SicknessIllnesspreaching

Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness.

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Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud.

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Verse ConceptsProphecies Said By JesusLeavingThe Disciples ActionsStatus Of The TempleThings Manifestattention

Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him.

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Verse ConceptsJesus Using Parables

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,

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Verse ConceptsPagansPrayerfulnessHeathenMan's Conduct Towards GodChantingLack Of MeaningWhat Foreigners DoSaying RepeatedlyExamples of secret prayerRewards Of RitualPraying

“And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.

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Verse ConceptsSilenceJewish SectsPharisees Concerned About Christhumorpharisees

But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together.

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Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTdivorce, amongst believersTestingJewish SectsSnares Laid For ChristTesting ChristDivorce PermittedPharisees Concerned About ChristWhy People Did Things

Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?”

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Verse ConceptsPlucking OutReapingThe Disciples ActionsOn The SabbathDiscipleship

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat.

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Verse ConceptsFishesNetsFishermenWalkingTwo DisciplesChrist SeeingFishingLearning From JesusFishBuilding Relationshipslakes

Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

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Verse ConceptsCrowdsChrist Speaking To DisciplesDiscipleship

Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples,

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Verse ConceptsExclusivenessSolemn ChargesEntering CitiesAvoiding ForeignersFirst Among The GentilesTwelve DisciplesChrist SendingChrist's OrdersMissionariesGentilesChristmas Treeevangelizing

These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: “Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans;

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Verse ConceptsRankArmies, Roman

And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him,

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Verse ConceptsDullnessBeing Without UnderstandingDiscipleship

Jesus said, “Are you still lacking in understanding also?

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Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitThornsFigsThistlesDistinguishingpersonality

You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?

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Verse ConceptsExorcismsdriving outdemons, Kinds ofMercifulnessSpiritsDealing With Many PeopleJesus Casting Out DemonsEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesChrist's OrdersJesus HealingCasting Out Demons

When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill.

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Verse ConceptsTimes Of PeopleDaysEnd Of DaysSigns Of The End TimesThe Second ComingThe Rapture

For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah.

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Verse ConceptsTalentsSlothfulnessNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowKnowing God's Character

“But his master answered and said to him, ‘You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed.

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Verse ConceptsOutcasts

Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon.

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Verse ConceptsExorcismsdriving outLying WondersPeople Casting Out DemonsIn The Name Of ChristSpeaking In Christ's NameThe Fact Of That DayDemonsCasting Out DemonsDemonic Influence

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

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Verse ConceptsFishesStomachsTypes Of ChristForetelling Christ's DeathMinistry Of The Son Of ManThree Days And NightsFishmathjonahJesus Foretelling His Resurrection

for just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

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Verse ConceptsContemptdogsJewelsPrudenceAskingUngodlinessWasteWicked Described AsDespisersName CallingSwinePeople Torn To PiecesPigsUnfitting ThingsPetsHurt And Betrayalpork

Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

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Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob.

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Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalOilPrivacySittingPeople Sitting DownChrist Going With PeopleChrist Speaking To DisciplesJesus PrayingExamples of secret prayerbridges

Then Jesus *came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”

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Verse ConceptsJewish Sectsmath

Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

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Verse ConceptsBelonging To HeavenTying UpEarthmath

Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.

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Verse ConceptsAngerdriving outdovesMoney, Uses OfAffirmative ActionTablesTradeBanksProphecies Concerning ChristConfronting SinsSeatsTurning Upside DownEntering The TempleChrist Driving Out PeopleChrist In The TempleThe First TempleFinanceslegacysalesmarketingstories

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

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Verse ConceptsChrist Enquiring

He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

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Verse ConceptsCheeksInsultsSelf DefenceTemperAccepting BeatingsTwo Of Body PartsOther Right PartsRepaying Evil For EvilTurning The Other CheekForgiving Others Who Hurt You

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

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Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsStatusTax CollectorsPharisees Concerned About ChristFinding Fault With Jesustaxespharisees

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

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Verse ConceptsAbstinence as a disciplineAtonementFacesFasting, Of HypocritesNeglecting DutiesDisplayingBeing Seen By ManClean FacesPeople UnwashedWhen?How To FastNo RewardSettling AccountsAppearances ofHypocritesFastingHypocrisyFasting And PrayerSmilingmakeup

Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

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Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSnakesParents SinThings Like SnakesNothing GoodBeware Of Your Speechmath

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

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Verse ConceptsThis GenerationOlivet DiscourseUniversalismSigns Of The End TimesThe Second Comingrebirth

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

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Verse ConceptsLikeningParables Of SowingFigurative FieldsLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSeedsSowing Seeds

He presented another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

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Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristInconsistencyA Little BitActing For OneselfEyesHindrancesHypocrisyWorryingFocusdust

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

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Verse ConceptsFlesh, Description OfSpiritual DiscernmentGod, Revelation OfThe Lord's PrayerRevelation, Responses ToBlessed Through GodOur Father In HeavenRelationship Of Father And SonMan's Teaching

And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

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Verse ConceptsFalse TeachingsCommands, in NTKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfTeachingInferiorityMisteachingGreatness Of DisciplesTeaching The Way Of GodUnimportant ThingsBreaking The Ten Commandmentsrelaxingrelaxation

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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Verse ConceptsMaking VowsFalse WaysGod Speaking Of Oldgrandmas

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

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Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfKingship, DivinePursuing ViolenceTimes Of PeopleSuffering

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.

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Verse ConceptsJourneyOccupationsTowersVineyardWallsFortsExcavationTreading GrapesLeasinglent

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

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Verse ConceptsAffluenceEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesWealthy People

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

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Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionGuidance, Need For God'sKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLegalismStumbling BlocksShutting The KingdomEntering The KingdomHypocritesHypocrisyGoing To Heavenpietypharisees

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

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Verse ConceptsRebukeSensitivityTouchDrawing Near To ChristLaying On Hands To HealChildren And The KingdomJesus Praying

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

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Verse ConceptsAggressionResistanceRetributionSelf DefenceUnreliabilityJudgement On Murderers

Then Jesus *said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.

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Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristSeducersAll NationsVisualizationTemptationSatanThe DevilResisting TemptationFlat Earth

Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;

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Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersOccupationsWork, As Ordained By GodHumility Of ChristChrist, Names ForChrist's Earthly FamilyWho He Might BeMothers And Sonsnegativity

Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

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Verse ConceptsOut Of The EastNot Believing PeopleTemporary Stay In The Wildernessrumors

So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.

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Verse ConceptsConfrontationPlansTrapSnares Laid For ChristMan TrappingBeware Of Your SpeechMan's Counselpharisees

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

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Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

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Verse ConceptsCriminalsCrimesFaithlessness, As DisobedienceBoysBitterness, Examples OfInnocence, Examples OfShrewdnessSuffering, Nature OfBethlehemInfanticideDeath Of All MalesBeing Found OutWhen?Named Gentile RulersThose Who DeceivedAngry PeopleKilling IsraelitesMassacresThe Death Of BabiesExamples Of Ungodly MenJesus BirthDeath Of A Child

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

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Verse ConceptsEasterJesus Christ, ResurrectionChrist Is RisenWhere From?The ResurrectionRisingRosesfitness

He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

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Verse ConceptsCurtainsAccess To God, Through ChristMost Holy PlaceSplitting RocksThe Ground Being SplitNets TornThe Veil Torn

And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

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Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsThinking ArightTwo SonsMen Working

“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’

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Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToNot MeChrist With People In SpiritNo Helpgathering

He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

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Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceJudaismSnakesAnger Of God, ConsequencesEvil GenerationsDenunciationsName CallingJewish SectsJudgement To ComeThings Like SnakesFleeing From GodBaptised By Johnpharisees

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

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Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

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Verse ConceptsBanquets, Examples OfGuestsHospitality, Examples OfTax CollectorsHospitality Towards ChristServing JesusReclining To EatReceiving Jesus As A GuestJesus Eating

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

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Verse ConceptsElection, Description OfHeaven And AngelsAngels, Ministry To ChristGathered By GodFour WindsChrist SendingThe Gospel WorldwideTrumpets At The EndRebirth Of IsraelAccompanying The Second ComingWeed

And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

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Verse ConceptsStomachsEntering The MouthDefecationOther References To MouthsSexual Purityorganizationprocess

Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?

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Verse ConceptsPassover lambFeastingTypesWhere Are Things?

Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

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Verse ConceptsBaptism, in the GospelsRivers And StreamsIn The JordanSin ConfessedConfession of sinBaptismconfessing

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

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Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristSeafaringCrowds Around JesusActing AloneBoats

Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

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Verse ConceptsFeetChildren, examples ofBowingKneelingChildren, In Jesus MiraclesLaying On Hands To HealWhile Still SpeakingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsThose Jesus HealedChildren In The Miracles Of Jesus Christ

While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

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Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimdisabilitiesSexualityBachelorsThe Lust Of The FleshMasturbationMan's FunctionFrom The WombPeople Of The KingdomJesus BirthGay MarriageSame Sex MarriageBeing SingleStruggles In Relationship

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

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Verse ConceptsMonotonyPrisonersTelling Of Happeningsjail

Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee;

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Verse ConceptsAmbition, negative aspects ofLove, Abuse OfSelfishness, Shown InUnwise PrayersTwo SonsRight DesiresMothers And SonsUnconditional Love

And He said to her, “What do you wish?” She *said to Him, “Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left.”

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Verse ConceptsLast WordsBeyond Jordan

When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan;

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Verse ConceptsEveningVillagesCrowds AvoidedIsolated PersonsChrist Driving Out PeopleBuying FoodThe Disciples ReactionsEvenings For Jesus And His Disciples

When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

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Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.

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Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalRulersWhat Foreigners DoChrist SummoningGentile RulersLording ItPeople With General KnowledgeGentilesExerciseServant Leadershipservanthooddominion

But Jesus called them to Himself and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.

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Verse ConceptsCommitment, to the worldCovetousness, Nature ofKingdom Of HeavenEntering The KingdomDrawbacks To RichesHard To Be Saved

And Jesus said to His disciples, “Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.

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Verse ConceptsWalking On WaterComing To ChristIs It Really?Christ's OrdersMaking Mistakesimpulsiveness

Peter said to Him, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.”

266
Verse ConceptsThe Law ProclaimedProphecies concerningprophets

For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

267
Verse ConceptsSpringTendernessSummerSoftnessNear The Time GenerallyParable Of The Fig TreeSeasons Changingspringtimerebirth

“Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near;

269
Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedUnhappinessDelay, Examples OfSocial SelfishnessJudas Betraying ChristCondemning JesusThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristPrice Set On IndividualsRegretting

Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

273
Verse ConceptsTeachersNames And Titles For The ChristianBrotherhood

But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.

275
Verse ConceptsInsectsAffluenceSpiritual InvestmentRiches, SpiritualStoringTreasureSpiritual TreasuresMothsStoring Treasure On EarthBelonging To HeavenTreasure In Heaven

But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal;

276
Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristBoats

When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.

280
Verse ConceptsMultitudesFollowing Jesus ChristAwarenessProphecies Concerning ChristChrist Knowing About PeopleJesus Healing

But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all,

283
Verse ConceptsBeing AshamedDisclosuresWeights And Measures, DryCandles

nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

284
Verse ConceptsOffspringConceptionLack Of SonsBrothers in lawDyingDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A ChildMarriage Between Man And WomanWifeDeath Of A FatherFamily DeathA Good Husbandspouse

asking, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies having no children, his brother as next of kin shall marry his wife, and raise up children for his brother.’

285
Verse ConceptsMany Seeking SalvationNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsNot Knowing About ChristChrist Telling The TruthUnhearingLooking At God's Works

For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

286
Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualSanhedrinTeachers Of The LawAssembling LeadersAsking Particular QuestionsChrist's OriginThe Chief Priests Convened

Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born.

287
Verse ConceptsBetrothal

And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,

288
Verse ConceptsChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The Lord

This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

289
Verse ConceptsMessiahChrist Concealing ThingsChrist's Orders

Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ.

291
Verse ConceptsGiving Food And DrinkPeople Providing FoodMan's NeedsFeeding The Poor

But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”

292
Verse ConceptsEntering HousesFamily FirstMoving To A New Place

As you enter the house, give it your greeting.

293
Verse ConceptsChrist Concealing Things

and warned them not to tell who He was.

294
Verse ConceptsHealingPersonal ContactTaking By The HandPeople Getting UpServing ChristThose Jesus Healedministering

He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him.

295
Verse ConceptsDelusionsPeople Of God, In NtHeredityAbility, God's PowerHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionWorry And StressRaising ChildrenBuilding Relationships

and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father’; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

296
Verse ConceptsCreditTalentsDepositsInterestMoney, Stewardship OfMoney, Uses OfPossessingBanksGifts And Talentsinvestinglent

Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest.

298
Verse ConceptsBowing To False GodsWorshipping The DevilSatanResisting Temptation

and he said to Him, “All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me.”

299
Verse ConceptsHourAt The Same TimeThose Jesus HealedFaith And Healing

And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed that very moment.

300
Verse ConceptsHearingTeachablenessListening To God

He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

301
Verse ConceptsCup Of SufferingBaptismBitterness

But Jesus answered, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They *said to Him, “We are able.”

302
Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsNot Whole HeartedPersecution, Nature OfPersecution, OriginSuddenlyPeople StumblingChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringWhy It HappenedPersecution

yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he falls away.

304
Verse ConceptsWritten In The Prophetsmanhood

They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet:

305
Verse ConceptsTalentsTen ThingsLarge DenominationsPeople Giving Other ThingsGifts And Talents

Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.’

306
Verse ConceptsUnworthinessWhen?People Providing FoodFeeding The Poor

Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

307
Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineDebtorsOther WivesSettling AccountsUnable To Do Other ThingsDebt

But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made.

308
Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Meekness OfNo ShoutingChrist Being SilentUsing Roads

He will not quarrel, nor cry out;
Nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets.

309
Verse ConceptsBearing Bad Fruit

A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.

310
Verse ConceptsFleeting ImpressionsSuddenlyHearing God's WordRejoicing In God's WordSowing Seedssowing

The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy;

311
Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristCrown Of ThornsFigures Of SpeechBowingCrowns, Worn ByKneelingSceptreThornsPlaitingChrist's Right HandChrist Is King Of IsraelMocking ChristSpoken Greetings

And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”

313
Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsBeing Seen By ManGod Seeing The RighteousHow To FastSeeing PeopleRewardFastingFasting And Prayer

so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

314
Verse ConceptsAlcoholBottles, Figurative UseNewnessWineParables Of ChristAlcohol ConsumptionPutting Off The Old ManBreaking ContainersOld ThingsUnusedFreshPeople KeepingWineskins And Vatstoughness

Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

316
Verse ConceptsGuestsMarriage, Between God And His PeopleMarriage, Customs ConcerningTypesWeddingsParables Of ChristNames And Titles For The ChristianChrist Not Always With PeopleNot MourningWedding GuestsThe Brides Wedding DressTaking ChristWho Will FastJesus As A BridegroomFasting

And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

317
Verse Conceptslakes

and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali.

318
Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ChristCleaningFirst ActionsInside And OutThe Inward BeingCleanlinessPurityFocusInner Beautycleansingmathpharisees

You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

319
Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinBlindness, SymbolicSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfTemptation, Sources OfWorldly WisdomDamage To The BodyDarkness Of EvilEvil EyesDarknessEyesSpiritual Darkness

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

322
Verse ConceptsReversion Of ThingsWorthy PeopleNo PeacePeace To YouRestSelf WorthChristmas TreeGiving Backwelcome

If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace.

323
Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UseRelationship Of Father And Son

He *said to them, My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father.”

324
Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, “So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour?

325
Verse ConceptsFruitfulness, SpiritualFruit, SpiritualFaith, Nature OfAcceptance, Of The GospelThirtySixtiesOne HundredThe Source Of FruitFertile LandLand ProducingHearing God's WordHundredfold Return

And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.”

328
Verse ConceptsInsightPeter, The DiscipleRebukeLack Of InsightNeverContradictingPassionroadblockspeter

Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You.”

329
Verse ConceptsClothNewnessParables Of ChristSchismsSewingOld ThingsRepairingUnusedWorse

But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results.

331
Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfPeople UnwashedDefilement

These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

332
Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitSin, God's Judgment OnUnfruitfulnessFelling TreesBurning Plantscutting

Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

333
Verse ConceptsHypocrisy, Examples OfBeing Found OutInformation In SecretWhen?Kings Summoning

Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.

334
Verse Conceptsethics, basis ofTeachersJesus As Our TeacherAuthority Of Christempowermentliberationpharisees

for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

336
Verse ConceptsExamples Of DeceitAdoration, Of ChristFinding PeopleTelling Of MovementsWorshipping Christ

And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”

337
Verse ConceptsdanceFlutesMusical Instruments, types ofInstrumentalistsNot MourningWedding Songsbreastsdrums

and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

338
Verse ConceptsDisciples' MovementsPeople Following People

Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples.

339
Verse ConceptsCertaintyTouching For HealingJesus HealingFaith And Healing

for she was saying to herself, “If I only touch His garment, I will get well.”

340
Verse ConceptsCessationStopping StillSetting OutThings Going BeforeThings Going UpThings On High

After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was.

341
Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristClothing OthersPeople Stripping PeopleMocking Christ

After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him.

342
Verse ConceptsNeedHumility, Examples OfBaptised Into ChristChrist's BaptismMan's NeedsBaptism

But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?”

343
Verse ConceptsDiscussionsNot Believing PeopleGod Acts From HeavenWhy Do People Not Do This?Man's Teaching

The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’

344
Verse ConceptsSeven ChildrenSecond BeingThird Person

so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh.

345
Verse ConceptsChrist EnquiringAnswering People

Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things.

346
Verse ConceptsRainFoundations Of BuildingsRosesFloods

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

347
Verse ConceptsFive ThousandPeople EatingNumbers Of Males

There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.

348
Verse ConceptsFishesLittle FoodFive ThingsTwo AnimalsFish

They *said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”

349
Verse ConceptsFraudUnmercifulnessExtortion, Examples OfDenariusExtortionGraspingSettling AccountsDebtServant Leadership

But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’

350
Verse ConceptsSmitingThe Smiting Of JesusSpittingSmiting Of The RighteousBatteryBeating JesusSaliva

They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head.

351
Verse ConceptsDrawing Near To ChristCarrying Other Loads

And He said, “Bring them here to Me.”

352
Verse ConceptsRainThe Insecurity Of The WickedSpiritual FailureDestruction Of HousesThings FallingRosesFloods

The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

354
Verse ConceptsKingdomsSatan, Kingdom OfJesus Casting Out DemonsThe DevilCasting Out Demonsgroups

If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

355
Verse ConceptsAstrologyChristmasRejoicingJoyepiphany

When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.

356
Verse ConceptsBodily LimbsSending Things AwayCausing Others To StumbleCutting Off Hands And FeetEvil For The Right HandThe Entrance Of SinUseful ThingsWorry And StressInfidelityLosing Someonecutting

If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.

358
Verse ConceptsGesturesAshesSackcloth And AshesDenunciationsAshes Of HumiliationSigns Of RepentanceWoe To The WickedPerspective

Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

359
Verse ConceptsEnemies Of God

And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ The slaves *said to him, ‘Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?’

360
Verse ConceptsGod, Revelation OfVisions And Dreams In ScriptureWarning IndividualsDifferent ThingsNot going home directlyepiphany

And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way.

361
Verse ConceptsRight Sides

and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left.

362
Verse ConceptsGoing OutsideEvil And FreedomSettling Accounts

Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent.

365
Verse ConceptsMetaphysicsMiracles Of ChristWalking On WaterComing To Christ

And He said, “Come!” And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus.

366
Verse ConceptsKilling ProphetsKilling Disciples

The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third.

367
Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristCrowds AmazedChrist Teaching

When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.

369
Verse ConceptsBeyond Jordancrusades

The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali,
By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles

370
Verse ConceptsReadingReading The ScripturesThe Resurrection

But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God:

371
Verse ConceptsSodom And GomorrahThe Day Of JudgementMore ThanUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingGreat White Throne JudgmentDegrees Of Punishment In HellJudgement Day

Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

372
Verse ConceptsSinkingSave Us!

But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”

373
Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceNames And Titles For The ChurchGod KillingGod Will Kill His PeopleLeasingGod Killing IndividualsEviction

They *said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”

375
Verse ConceptsSonsHanding Over ChristGathering FriendsDanger From Men

And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men;

376
Verse ConceptsHeartlessnessComing To ChristChrist Driving Out PeopleIndividuals ShoutingThe Disciples ReactionsChrist Being SilentChrist With His DisciplesOthers Not Answering

But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us.”

377
Verse ConceptsCancelling DebtsOthers SummoningPeople Forgiving OthersDebt

Then summoning him, his lord *said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

379
Verse ConceptsDawnDarkness, Deliverance FromLight, SpiritualShadowsSpiritual IgnoranceThe Shadow Of DeathSitting In DejectionFear, Of DeathFrom Darkness To LightComing Out Of DarknessFear Of DeathSpiritual Darkness

The people who were sitting in darkness saw a great Light,
And those who were sitting in the land and shadow of death,
Upon them a Light dawned.”

380
Verse ConceptsUncharitablenessPlucking OutEyes Cared ForA Little Bit

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye?

382
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Advice For EffectiveRoofHumility, Examples OfUnworthinessChrist SpeakingJesus HealingFaith And HealingHope And Healing

But the centurion said, “Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

385
Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalParables Of SowingEnemies Of GodWeedPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

386
Verse ConceptsCalvarySkullsInterpreting LanguageBurying placesThe Crosscrucifixion

And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull,

387
Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Entry IntoReceived OutcastsPeople Going BeforeEntering The KingdomTwo SonsObeying PeopleThe Will Of MenGoing To Heavenwhorestaxessurprises

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you.

388
Verse ConceptsEveningAttitudes Of PrayerfulnessHabitsLonelinessPrayer, Practicalities OfRetirementSolitudeIsolated PersonsActing AloneEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesJesus Praying

After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone.

389
Verse ConceptsExaggerationsZeal, Without KnowledgeVolunteeringcats

Then a scribe came and said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go.”

390
Verse ConceptsDuring One NightTaking Christ

So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt.

391
Verse ConceptsProphets KilledHypocrisy

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

392
Verse ConceptsGod AppearingDeath Of A Family MemberDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A MotherFamily Death

But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said,

393
Verse ConceptsTalentsActivity BegunLarge DenominationsDebtReconciliationaccounting

When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him.

394
Verse ConceptsFuneralsNoiseMourningMusical Instruments, types ofMournersWailingDisorder Among PeopleInstrumentalistsDisadvantages Of Crowds

When Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,

395
Verse ConceptsResentment, Against PeopleTwo DisciplesTen PeopleUnnamed People Angry With Others

And hearing this, the ten became indignant with the two brothers.

396
Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeethics, socialCivic DutiesLoyaltyMiracles Of ChristCitizens, Christian DutiesCoinsDivine Power Over NatureCitizenshipDo Not HinderFishtaxes

However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me.”

397
Verse ConceptsAncestorsNothing MissingMan's Work FinishedGuiltmeasurement

Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers.

398
Verse ConceptsFloggingMediatorSuffering, Of BelieversTownCharacter AssassinationBeating BelieversCrucifiedKilling Will HappenOthers CrucifiedWise Men In The Church

Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,

400
Verse ConceptsFame, Of ChristdoctorsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfInsanityFameMoonNewsParalyticsProvincesSpreading StoriesGood NewsJesus HealingThose DemonisedBringing Men To JesusMental IllnessHealing SicknesssyriaDemonic Influence

The news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He healed them.

401
Verse ConceptsdiseasesSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfParalyticsPhysical PainPleasurableness

and saying, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented.”

402
Verse ConceptsFood Is FittingBreadGood ChildrenKidsPetshumor

And He answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

403
Verse ConceptsStealingChrist With People On EarthActual ThievesCrucifiedInsulting ChristOthers Crucifiedthieves

The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words.

404
Verse ConceptsFaultsLimbs WitheredQuestioning ChristDiseased HandsJesus HealingThe Sabbath And ChristFinding Fault With JesusJesus Healing On Sabbath

And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse Him.

406
Verse ConceptsTouchMiracles Of ChristCompassion, Of ChristPersonal ContactReceived OutcastsChrist's HandsTouching For HealingChrist WillingHealing LepersHealing And Comfort

Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

408
Verse ConceptsExorcismsJesus Casting Out DemonsPeople Casting Out DemonsAccused Of Being DemonisedCasting Out Demonsempowerment

If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

409
Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithWatching ChristThe Disciples ReactionsFear Of Christghosts

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear.

410
Verse Conceptsdiscipleship, nature ofNetsMendingTwo DisciplesBoatsFishingRepairingChrist Summoning

Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them.

411
Verse ConceptsMoneyChildren BlessedExemptCitizensHelping Otherstaxes

When Peter said, “From strangers,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are exempt.

412
Verse ConceptsRelationship Of Father And Son

Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight.

414
Verse ConceptsRetirementSitting To TeachMoving Onlakes

Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there.

415
Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodEternal JudgmentThe Day Of JudgementUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingJudgement Day

Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you.

416
Verse ConceptsAbility, Of ChristDrawing Near To ChristEntering HousesAssentingBlindness

When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They *said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”

417
Verse ConceptsAffirmative ActionEntering HousesThinking ArightAssentingWhat Foreigners DoTax To Be Paidtaxes

He *said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs or poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?”

418
Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTLeprosyOccupationsPriesthood, In NtPriests, Tasks In Nt TimesWitness To The GospelChrist Concealing ThingsChrist's OrdersPeople Made Knownpriests

And Jesus *said to him, See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

420
Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofMourningVoicesLamentingPeople Passing AwayMourning DeathNo ComfortDeathDeath Of A Child

A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
And she refused to be comforted,
Because they were no more.”

422
Verse ConceptsFigurative FieldsGood PeopleWhy Does This Happen?Sowing Seeds

The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?’

423
Verse ConceptsGovernorsPreaching Gospel To ForeignersWitness To The GospelGentile RulersWorry And StressAnxiety And StressWitnessingtestimonyorganizationtestifying

and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

424
Verse ConceptsScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The Lord

Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled:

425
Verse ConceptsPitilessnessBe Patient!Settling AccountsBeing Patientpatient

So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’

426
Verse ConceptsMultitudesFollowing Jesus ChristLargenessPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusBeyond Jordan

Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan.

427
Verse ConceptsSecond BeingSaying RepeatedlyAcceptanceworkingmanwillstories

The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go.

428
Verse ConceptsOther Sad PeopleTelling Of Happenings

So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened.

429
Verse ConceptsJesus HealingFaith And Healing

Jesus *said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

431
Verse ConceptsPlants Growing UpBearing FruitThings Manifest

But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also.

432
Verse ConceptsPraying LoudlydisabilitiesHighwayPassing ByCrying To JesusIndividuals ShoutingHearing About ChristUsing RoadsTwo Needy Men

And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!”

433
Verse ConceptsAttitudes Of ThankfulfnessRiches, Nature OfSittingThankfulnessThanksgivingThanksgiving Before MealsFive ThingsFeeding GroupsReclining To EatThe Disciples ActionsBreaking Of BreadTwo AnimalsGiving Food And DrinkJesus PrayingThanking God For FoodDividing Food

Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds,

434
Verse ConceptsPrejudiceRepentance, Importance OfUnbelief, As Response To GodWay, TheSkepticismBelieving ProphetsNot Believing PeoplePeople Changing Their MindsRepentancePeople Who Did RightRewards Of Ritual

For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him.

435
Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature of

Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

436
Verse ConceptsTetrarchWarning IndividualsNamed Gentile RulersKings Of All Israel Or Judah

But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,

437
Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical BodySleep, PhysicalStormsTirednessSwampedlakes

And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep.

439
Verse ConceptsMan Keeping WatchParables Of ChristWithheld KnowledgeKnowingThe Time UnknownThe Lord As A Thiefthieves

But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

440
Verse ConceptsChrist EnquiringPharisees Concerned About ChristEducationpharisees

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question:

442
Verse ConceptsBaskets, Uses OfFrugalityDivine SuppliesDivine Power Over NaturePeople EatingPlenty Through ChristRemaining FoodBreaking Of BreadTwelve Things

and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.

443
Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToExile Of Judah To Babylon

After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel.

444
Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineMetaphorical VineyardsWhat Do They Do?Farming

Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?”

445
Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfLaughterSleep, And DeathChrist Driving Out PeopleNot DyingDeath AvertedMocking ChristDeath Of A ChildFun

He said, “Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep.” And they began laughing at Him.

446
Verse ConceptsChrist, The Seed OfThinking ArightChrist's Origin

“What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?” They *said to Him, “The son of David.”

447
Verse ConceptsWindFar From HereThe Sea Stirred Uplakes

But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary.

449
Verse ConceptsThe If's Of SatanAccusation, Satan's RoleThe Perfect TempleDestruction Of The TempleChrist Going DownWho Is Jesus?Saving OneselfRebuilding The TempleSatan Opposing God's Word

and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”

450
Verse ConceptsMaking Christ KnownSpreading Stories

This news spread throughout all that land.

452
Verse ConceptsSon Of ManPower Of Christ, ShownJesus As Son Of ManChrist's Authority Over SinBedsGet Up!Forgiveness

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—then He *said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your bed and go home.”

453
Verse ConceptsTaking Christ

So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel.

455
Verse ConceptsBeggarsDemons, Punishment OfJesus Casting Out DemonsPigsDemonsThe DevilCasting Out Demonsporkjumping

The demons began to entreat Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

457
Verse ConceptsWorryNearness Of DeathChrist Waking UpDeath Looms NearSave Us!Eclipseawakening

And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”

458
Verse ConceptsMan Keeping WatchPeople Sitting Down

And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there.

459
Verse ConceptsAmazingDemons, Delivered FromJesus As Son Of DavidCrowds AmazedWho Is Jesus?

All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, “This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?”

460
Verse ConceptsTalentsAbundance, SpiritualPossessingAdding BlessingThose To Whom God GivesTaking God's ThingsGifts And TalentsAbundance

For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away.

461
Verse ConceptsExorcismsHousesSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfVictory, Over Spiritual ForcesLimitations Of StrengthTying Uppossessions

Or how can anyone enter the strong man’s house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

462
Verse ConceptsBad PeopleSin, Nature OfConversationSpeaking, Wisdom InRenewed HeartFruits Of RighteousnessTreasuriesLike Good PeopleA Good Man

The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil.

463
Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofGod Of The FathersJacob, The PatriarchGod In Relation To ManLife And DeathLiving ThingsDeath Of A FatherLiving For God

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.”

464
Verse ConceptsCowardiceDisadvantages Of CrowdsFearing Other PeopleIndividual ProphetsMan's Teaching

But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.”

465
Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordSoliloquyNot Serving God

But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is not coming for a long time,’

466
Verse ConceptsAttempts To Kill ChristDeath Of Office HoldersTaking ChristDeath Of A ChildDeath Of A Mother

“Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.”

467
Verse ConceptsPitsAnimals FallingOne Material ThingThe Sabbath And ChristHoles In The GroundJesus Healing On Sabbathhelping

And He said to them, What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?

469
Verse ConceptsFaith, Nature OfFaith, Growth InIndecisionDoubtWorryDoubt RebukedStretching OutChrist's HandsTaking By The HandNot Believing In Jesus

Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, You of little faith, why did you doubt?”

470
Verse ConceptsGreatness Of Christ

But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here.

471
Verse ConceptsValuesPrice Of PeopleDo Good!Intrinsic Importance Of ManThe Sabbath And ChristWhat Value Is Man?Self WorthWorthValue

How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

472
Verse ConceptsCrumbsTablesHumility, Examples OfRemaining FoodNoting What Animals EatPetspoop

But she said, “Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”

473
Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeChrist Would Risereuniting

But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

474
Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsServants Of PeopleGod Sends Prophets

When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce.

475
Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For ChristHeartlessnessChrist Going DownReasons For Faith In ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelSaving OneselfThose Not Saved

He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him.

476
Verse ConceptsThe Day Of JudgementUnbearable ThingsGod TroublingJudgement DayJudgement

Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.”

477
Verse ConceptsMetaphorical VineyardsDriving Out ChristChrist Was Killed

They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

478
Verse ConceptsInheritance, MaterialAttempts To Kill Christ

But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, ‘This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.’

479
Verse ConceptsKissing ChristGreetingsRabbiTreacheryKissesSalutationsComing To ChristSpoken Greetings

Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, “Hail, Rabbi!” and kissed Him.

481
Verse ConceptsChrist Concealing Things

And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.

482
Verse ConceptsWeights And Measures, DistancesHerdsSwinePigsMany CreaturesAnimals Eatingdistancepork

Now there was a herd of many swine feeding at a distance from them.

483

Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.

484
Verse ConceptsKneelingPatience, In Christian LivingBe Patient!Settling Accounts

So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’

485
Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithCrowds Around JesusSeeking FoodTemporary Stay In The WildernessWhere Are Things?Feeding The Poor

The disciples *said to Him, “Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”

487
Verse ConceptsDisciples Of John The BaptistCorpses Of Other PeopleTelling What People Did

His disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus.

488
Verse ConceptsDivine MessengerRespect For Peoplereverence

But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’

489
Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsPraise, Reasons ForMarvellingReverence, And God's NatureAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesCrowds Amazed

But when the crowds saw this, they were awestruck, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

492
Verse ConceptsComplacencyPeople StumblingNot StumblingCaused By Goddenial

But Peter said to Him, “Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away.”

493
Verse ConceptsConsecrated BreadSabbath, In NtReading The ScripturesChrist And The ScripturesReading The Bible

But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions,

494
Verse ConceptsReclining To Eat

And He directed the people to sit down on the ground;

495
Verse ConceptsThe Sabbath And Christ

For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”

496
Verse ConceptsSympathyImitating Good PeopleThe Need For Mercyforgiving others

Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’

498

Departing from there, He went into their synagogue.

500
Verse ConceptsPeople VisitingWhen?

When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’

501
Verse ConceptsdesiresBurnt offeringNominal ReligionValuing KnowledgeCondemning The InnocentGod's DesiresRight SacrificesThe Need For Mercy

But if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion, and not a sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.

503
Verse ConceptsComplaintsRitualThe Disciples ActionsPharisees Concerned About ChristThe Sabbath And ChristThe SabbathJesus Healing On Sabbathpharisees

But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”

505
Verse ConceptsSlavesHumbling Oneself

and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave;

506
Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”

507
Verse ConceptsChildren Of EvilKilling ProphetsWitness Against OneselfProphets Killedprophetstestifying

So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.

508
Verse ConceptsPriests, Function In Ot TimesShowbreadEntering The Tabernacle

how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?

509
Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsJesus Using Parables

All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable.

510
Verse ConceptsKneelingBowing Before MessiahMothersMothers Love For Her ChildrenMothers And SonsMotherhood

Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him.

511
Verse ConceptsPrisonersHearing About ChristDisciples Of John The BaptistChrist's WorkDiscipleshipjail

Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

513
Verse ConceptsChief priestsTwelve DisciplesThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristMoney Management

Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests

514
Verse ConceptsReading The ScripturesChrist And The ScripturesThe Sabbath And ChristLack Of HolinessBreaking God's Law

Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent?

515
Verse ConceptsRooftopBeelzebubHousetopsGo And PreachFaintnessFrom Darkness To LightOvertaken By DarknessSpreading StoriesDisclosuresUnder One's BreathDarknessAnxiety And Stress

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops.

516
Verse ConceptsCessationStopping StillChrist SummoningRight Desires

And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, “What do you want Me to do for you?”

517
Verse ConceptsBuildingArchitectureGod, The RockMasonsOccupationsSymbolsRejection Of ChristProphecies Concerning ChristSpiritual FoundationsCapstoneBuildersChrist The RockReading The ScripturesScripture SaysWhat God DoesRejectionReading The Bibleconstructionimportance

Jesus *said to them, “Did you never read in the Scriptures,
The stone which the builders rejected,
This became the chief corner stone;
This came about from the Lord,
And it is marvelous in our eyes’?

518
Verse ConceptsGesturesShaking The HeadInsulting ChristAbusenagging

And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads

519
Verse ConceptsVisionPersonal ContactChrist Concealing ThingsChrist's Orders

And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: “See that no one knows about this!”

520
Verse ConceptsPreparing God's WayHeraldMissionaries, Call OfForerunnersDivine MessengerWho Is John The Baptist?God Sends ProphetsIn FrontFulfilled Prophecies Prove Inspiration

This is the one about whom it is written,
Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way before You.’

521
Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordWisdom, Human ImportanceEmployeesEntrustingWho Is The One?People Providing Foodmath

Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time?

522
Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristThe Disciples ReactionsNo One Available

When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, “Then who can be saved?”

523
Verse ConceptsSorrowUnhappinessThe Third Day Of The WeekChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseOther Sad People

and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day.” And they were deeply grieved.

524
Verse ConceptsMouthsDisclosuresChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyFrom The BeginningOthers Using ParablesWritten In The ProphetsGod's Things Concealed

This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
I will open My mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

525
Verse ConceptsChrist's Earthly FamilyCrowds SeekingConversationWhile Still SpeakingOutside The HouseSiblingsSibling Love

While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.

526
Verse ConceptsParables Of ChristJesus Using ParablesFarmingSowing Seeds

And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow;

528
Verse ConceptsSeafaringBoatsCrossing To The Other Side

Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city.

529
Verse ConceptsDeafnessBlindness, HealingsdiseasesHearingKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLamenessNewsPoverty, Remedies ForWalkingDisabled PersonsNatural DeafnessThe Healed WalkingThe Deaf HearingHealing LepersThose Helping The PoorBlindness

the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

532
Verse ConceptsPeople Changing Their MindsPeople UnwillingObeying People

And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went.

533
Verse ConceptsEmpty Places

Behold, your house is being left to you desolate!

534
Verse ConceptsLast ThingsRight Hand Of GodSittingSon Of ManSecond Coming Of ChristRight SidesAssentingMaranathaAccompanying The Second ComingAll Authority Has Been Given To Jesusmath

Jesus *said to him, You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

536
Verse ConceptsFigures Of SpeechThe Disciples WordsWhy Does Jesus Do This?Discipleship

And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?”

537
Verse ConceptsDistinguishing

So then, you will know them by their fruits.

538
Verse ConceptsChurchProblem SolvingPagansSin, God's Judgment OnTax CollectorsDisfellowshipAvoiding ForeignersEach Local ChurchTreating OthersConflictGoing To ChurchFamily Conflict

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

539
Verse ConceptsdiseasesHeart, HumanSin, And God's CharacterSonsParalyticsAttitudes Of FaithChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversBedsSaved By FaithChrist ForgivingGod Has ForgivenTake Courage!Overcoming ObstaclesNervousness

And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven.”

540
Verse ConceptsEvil GenerationsSeeking A SignNo SignsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

But He answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet;

541
Verse ConceptsKneeling

When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying,

542
Verse ConceptsAdoration, Of ChristFeetGreetingsResurrection Of Christ, AppearancesSalutationsMeeting GodWorshipping ChristSpoken Greetings

And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.

543
Verse ConceptsFalse ChristsNot Believing PeopleTrusting God In Difficult TimesSigns Of The End TimesEnd Timeschrist

Then if anyone says to you, ‘Behold, here is the Christ,’ or ‘There He is,’ do not believe him.

544
Verse ConceptsAcquittalBeware Of Your SpeechThe Power Of WordsJudging Others ActionscondemnationmathAcquitting The Just

For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

549
Verse ConceptsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfPeter, The DiscipleFeverMother In LawsEntering HousesSicknessGrandmothersgrandmas

When Jesus came into Peter’s home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever.

550
Verse ConceptsFalse Accusations, Examples OfChristlikenessBeelzebubGrowth Of EvilSlavesBecoming Like PeopleRelatives Also InvolvedAccused Of Being Demonised

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

551
Verse ConceptsExploitationsJudaismMission, Of IsraelPharisees, Beliefs OfPassing OverSonsTravelHypocrites, Description OfGehennaProselytesSea TravelOnly One PersonDouble PenaltyCrossing To The Other SideHypocrisy

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

553
Verse Conceptsequipping, physicalChief priestsCrowdsLargenessWhile Still SpeakingTwelve DisciplesClubsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people.

555
Verse ConceptsAbundance, SpiritualConcealment, Of GodMysteryUnderstandingGod Revealing MysteriesThose To Whom God Givessecrets

Jesus answered them, To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted.

556
Verse ConceptsAffirmationsdoubt, results ofIndecisionMountains RemovedPlucking OutChrist Telling The TruthIn The Heart Of The SeaOther MiraclesFaith Moving MountainsMoving On

And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen.

557
Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistKingdom Of God, Characteristics OfInferiorityChrist Telling The TruthGreatness Of DisciplesGreatness Of JohnWhat Value Is Man?Woman's Place

Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

558
Verse ConceptsResurrection, Of The DeadSaintsThe Act Of OpeningOpening PitsCorpses Of Other PeopleRosesJesus Death

The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;

560
Verse ConceptsEvil SpiritsRestlessnessParables Of ChristNames And Titles For SatanComing Out Of PeopleDry PlacesDemonic Influence

Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it.

561
Verse ConceptsBackWeakness, PhysicalCarrying The CrossOutward CompulsionThe Cross

As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross.

562
Verse ConceptsCrowdsReedsFicklenessThings ShakingLooking And SeeingTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

563
Verse ConceptsTwin Brotherszealotstaxes

Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;

564
Verse ConceptsCups, Literal UseThanking God For FoodAlcoholicsThe Blood Of JesusGiving ThanksThankscommunion

And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you;

566
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus Christelders, as community leadersChief priestsPlottingChrist Would Be KilledMan's CounselJesus Deathpriests

Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death;

567
Verse ConceptsGospel, Confirmation OfNazarethChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyBranches, Illustrating MessiahScriptures Fulfilled

and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.”

569

Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.

570
Verse ConceptsFoodExaggerationsDoughKingdom Of God, Coming OfParablesWeights And Measures, DryYeastLeavenParables Of ChristLeavenedHidden ThingsThree Other ThingsOther Volume Measureswomanhood

He spoke another parable to them, The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened.”

572
Verse ConceptsdoctorsHealingSin, Deliverance From GodPhysicianGod As DoctorHealth AchievedMan's NeedsIllnessHelping Those In Need

But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick.

573
Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfHypocrites, Description OfDisplayingLong ThingsBroadnessFringe Of ClothesBeing Seen By ManSeeing PeopleGarmentspeoplephariseesdeeds

But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments.

574
Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance Of

Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent.

577
Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfLossRestitutionDonationsFinding ThingsSaving OneselfLosing One's Life

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

578
Verse ConceptsWeather ForecastsThe BibleReading The BibleSigns Of The End TimesColorWeather In The Last Daysweathertomorrowsailinganswerswill

But He replied to them, When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’

579
Verse ConceptsExaggerationsHumourNeedlesSharp ToolsEntering The KingdomEasy For PeopleOther OpeningsKingdom Of GodGoing To HeavenimpossibleThe Narrow Gate

Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

583
Verse ConceptsLawlessnessGathered By GodCausing Others To StumbleBringing People Out Of Other PlacesChrist SendingGod Judges The WickedWeedMarijuana

The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,

585
Verse ConceptsCopperBeltsPursesBrassLacking MoneyMoney Boxcats

Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts,

588
Verse ConceptsKingdom Of God, Coming OfTasteProphecies Said By JesusNot DyingFew In The KingdomDeath AvertedNo DeathDeath Of A ChildThe Second Comingexperiencepossibilities

“Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.”

591
Verse ConceptsMaryNativity of Jesus ChristJesus BirthRelationships With Boyfriendmums

Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah.

592
Verse ConceptsSheepUnfaithfulness, To PeopleInadequate ShepherdingProphecies Concerning ChristThe Smiting Of JesusScattered Like SheepGod Beating PeoplePeople StumblingDuring One NightChrist Would Be KilledHurt And Betrayal

Then Jesus *said to them, “You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered.’

593
Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristDiseases, Kinds OfMiracles Of ChristTwo Needy MenBe Merciful!Blindnessfollowing

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”

594
Verse ConceptsFaithlessness, As DisobedienceKingdom Of God, Entry IntoLossUnfruitfulnessIsrael HardenedTaking God's Things

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it.

595
Verse ConceptsDesertsJohn The BaptistWildernessMessiahStraight PathsIndividuals ShoutingMaking RoadsIn Order Of RankScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The LordPaths

For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said,
The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight!’”

596
Verse ConceptsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithWho Is Jesus?Hope Deferred

and said to Him, “Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?”

598
Verse ConceptsNot Seeing ChristThe Fact Of His ComingIn God's Name

For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’”

599
Verse ConceptsLast WordsJesus Using Parablesfinishing

When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there.

601
Verse ConceptsTortureJudicial PunishmentSettling AccountsDebtAnger And Forgiveness

And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him.

603
Verse ConceptsHell, Description OfNames For HeavenHell, As An ExperienceForksSin, God's Judgment OnThreshing FloorToolsWinnowingWicked Described AsEternal JudgmentLight As ChaffReapingBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesWeed

His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

605
Verse ConceptsNowGospel, Essence OfA Righteous People

But Jesus answering said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *permitted Him.

610
Verse ConceptsPassover lambProphecies Said By JesusTwo DaysHanding Over ChristChrist Would Be KilledChrist's Crucifixion ForetoldJesus Deathcrucifixion

You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion.”

612
Verse ConceptsRich, TheServanthood, In SocietyLikeningLikening ThingsParables Of The KingdomSettling Accountsaccounting

“For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves.

613
Verse ConceptsSheep, FigurativeMore ThanIsrael HardenedLost People

but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

614
Verse ConceptsThe Present AgeThe Future AgeBlasphemyGod Not ForgivingGod Will ForgiveHellHell Is EverlastingForgivenessGod's ForgivenessFunForgiveness KjvAbuseforgiving

Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.

617
Verse ConceptsTax CollectorsLove Your Neighbour!No RewardRewardReciprocityLoving YourselfForgiving Others Who Hurt YouLove And FamilyUnconditional Lovetaxes

For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

618
Verse ConceptsCrucifixion, Of ChristJews, TheNames And Titles For ChristMessianic Titles, King Of The JewsChrist Is King Of Israelaccusationscrucifixion

And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, “THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.”

619
Verse ConceptsSoldiersMustering TroopsRoyal HousesSoldiers Treatment Of Christ

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him.

621
Verse ConceptsChrist Going With PeopleTwo SonsDepression

And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed.

622
Verse ConceptsRevenge, And RetaliationProphecies Said By JesusCities In IsraelChrist Telling The TruthIsrael FleeingThe Timing Of His ComingPersecutionMoving To A New Placeisraelfinishing

“But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

623
Verse ConceptsValuesScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The LordPrice Set On Individuals

Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of the one whose price had been set by the sons of Israel;

625
Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristBlessed Through God

And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.”

626
Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtJesus Christ, Omniscience OfHow Jesus Knows The HeartDisharmonyMan's ThoughtsChrist Knowing About PeoplePeople Destroying Foreign NationsDisunitydivision

And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand.

628
Verse ConceptsAngel of the LordearthquakesTombsRollingAngels Doing God's WorkOthers Going Down

And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it.

629
Verse ConceptsSatan, Compared With AnimalsBirds EatingUsing RoadsAnimals EatingBirdsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up.

631

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper,

632
Verse ConceptsRepulsive FoodProvision From RocksBreadBeing A Good FatherFishparenthood

Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone?

633
Verse ConceptsGenerationsGospel, Confirmation OfProof, As EvidenceSigns Of The TimesUnbelief, As Response To GodJesus Christ, ResurrectionEvil GenerationsConfronting SinsSeeking A SignNo Signs

An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah.” And He left them and went away.

634
Verse ConceptsHearing ChristTelling Of Jesus

Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see:

637
Verse ConceptsFlatteryKnowing God's WaysHonestyWay, TheJewish SectsChrist Telling The TruthChrist TeachingTeaching The Way Of GodGod's Word Is True

And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any.

639
Verse ConceptsCrowdsListeningAdvice, Receiving God's AdviceChrist Summoning

After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, “Hear and understand.

642
Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitGod, Power OfUnfruitfulnessMiracles Of ChristFigsDivine Power Over NatureFoliage

Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered.

643
Verse ConceptsCollectionsMoney, Uses OfTaxDouble MoneyTax To Be Paidtaxesefficiency

When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?”

644
Verse ConceptsSheddingAncestorsKilling ProphetsProphets KilledTimes Of People

and say, ‘If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

645
Verse ConceptsThe Next DayPreparing Foodpreppinganniversarycredibility

Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate,

646
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfDoorsBanquets, Events CelebratedExclusionShutting SecurelyShutting The KingdomAttitudes While Waiting For Second Coming

And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut.

647
Verse ConceptsFriendship, Examples OfMothers And Sons

Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

648
Verse ConceptsMiscegenation (racial Intermarriage)

Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse.

649
Verse ConceptsCourtyardDenying ChristChrist With People On Earthdenial

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, “You too were with Jesus the Galilean.”

650
Verse ConceptsFingersYokesBindingJoining ThingsShouldersHeavy BurdensFingers Of PeopleNo Helprelaxationweight

They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger.

653
Verse ConceptsBeing A LeaderDifferent TeachingsHumbling OneselfLeadersServant LeadershipBeing Differentgreatness

It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant,

654
Verse ConceptsClaimsJews, TheKingship, DivineStandingTreasonInterrogatingAssentingChrist Is King Of Israel

Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?” And Jesus said to him, It is as you say.”

655
Verse ConceptsBowingKneelingCleansing The BodyChrist WillingHealing Cancercancer

And a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

656
Verse ConceptsJudaismTeachers Of The LawPeople Going BeforeWhy Do Others Do This?

And His disciples asked Him, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

657
Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesHealthMiracles, Responses ToAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesCrowds AmazedThe Healed WalkingDumbnessDumbShowing Forth His PraiseSpecific Praising Of GodThe Dumb Speaking

So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel.

658
Verse ConceptsNeedWagesWaterBeverages, LiteralCold, Literal UseChrist's Knowledge Of BelieversMan Providing WaterReward For WorksGivingRewardLosing Someone

And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.”

659
Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, Shown ByFriendship, Examples OfSeeing At A Distancedistanceministering

Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him.

660
Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesLack Of DiscriminationSievingflyingbugsknots

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!

661
Verse ConceptsPeter, The DisciplePredictionsDenying ChristChrist Predicting The FutureCommunicating Three TimesChickensBird SoundsChrist Telling The TruthDuring One Nightdenial

Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

663
Verse ConceptsTetrarchHearing About ChristRulers Of A Fourth

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus,

664
Verse ConceptsClothingdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfPurity, Nature OfTasselsTen To Fourteen YearsFringe Of ClothesBleedingHuman Blood ShedTouching For HealingBlood

And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak;

665
Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, Physical Body

Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry.

671
Verse ConceptsGenerationsWicked Described AsLikeningMarketplacesCommerceComparingLike ChildrenLikening Peoplehumor

“But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children,

672
Verse ConceptsFaultsComplaintsLaw, Jesus Christ's Attitude ToTraditionsPeople UnwashedBreaking Man's LawHow People EatFinding Fault With Jesuselders

“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

674
Verse ConceptsCommands, in NTOrthodoxy, In NtFor The Sake Of ThingsWhy Do You Do This?Breaking God's Lawdisobedience

And He answered and said to them, “Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

675
Verse ConceptsInconsistencyHypocrites, Description OfNot Imitating EvilWhat Do They Do?Mere TalkKeeping Man's WordObeying Peoplepracticefollowingpharisees

therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.

677
Verse ConceptsBanquets, ActivitiesReadinessKilling Domesticated AnimalsGod Sends ProphetsPreparing Food

Again he sent out other slaves saying, ‘Tell those who have been invited, “Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast.”’

678
Verse ConceptsNetsMixed MultitudeFishingParables Of The KingdomFishPatience In Relationshipsgatheringlakes

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind;

679
Verse ConceptsTeachingMissionary WorkLast WordsChrist TeachingTwelve DisciplesChrist Speaking To DisciplesDiscipleshipFinishing Strong

When Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

680
Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherChrist Teaching

He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying,

681
Verse ConceptsChrist Was Killed

The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified.

682
Verse ConceptsPlucking Out

But he *said, ‘No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them.

683
Verse ConceptsArrestingOld Age, Attitudes ToAssembling LeadersRivers

Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

684
Verse ConceptsShallownessWicked Described AsSuddenlyThings Going UpPlanting SeedsSeedsSpilling Your Seed On The GroundThe EnvironmentSowing Seeds

Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil.

686
Verse ConceptsLegalismHypocrites, Description OfProfessingAge DiscriminationNot Helping WidowsToo Many WordsHypocritesHypocrisy

[Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows’ houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.]

687
Verse ConceptsMorningSignsWeather ForecastsSigns Of Christ's ReturnIn The MorningAppearances ofHypocritesHypocrisyDiscernmentSigns Of The End TimesStaying Strong During Hard TimesWeather In The Last Daysweather

And in the morning, ‘There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times?

689
Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfProphecies Concerning ChristCoinsThirtyJudas Betraying ChristPrice Set On Individuals

and said, “What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?” And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him.

691
Verse ConceptsNecessityWoeDenunciationsCausing Others To StumbleSure KnowledgeWoe To The WickedTemptationOvercoming AdversityOvercoming Obstacles

“Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!

692
Verse ConceptsCompassion, Of Christethics, socialHeart, DivineMercy, Of Jesus ChristPoverty, Attitudes TowardsReceptivenessUnselfishnessJesus Christ, Love OfFaintingChrist SummoningChrist With His DisciplesTired In ActivityFastingDiscipleshipNervousnessFeeding The Poor

And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way.”

693
Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery, DefinedMurderSanctity Of LifeWitnesses, FalseAvoid AdulteryDo Not MurderDo Not StealEighth Commandment

Then he *said to Him, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, You shall not commit murder; You shall not commit adultery; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness;

695
Verse ConceptsdoxologyCovenant, God's with DavidPraise, Manner And Methods OfJesus As Son Of DavidCrowds Around JesusGroups ShoutingSpecific Praising Of GodThings On HighSave Us!The Fact Of His ComingIn God's Namemath

The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting,
“Hosanna to the Son of David;
Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord;
Hosanna in the highest!”

696
Verse ConceptsPearlsSeeking For Concrete ThingsParables Of The Kingdomjewelryseeking

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls,

697
Verse ConceptsExorcismsDiseases, Kinds OfLonelinessDumbnessDumbThose Demonised

As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him.

698
Verse ConceptsLove, Abuse OfThe DelugeBeforeEating And DrinkingEntering The ArkMarriage No MoreDaysMarriage KjvFloodsThe Raptureovereatingpoopmarraigematrimonyalcoholism

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark,

701
Verse ConceptsGesturesTumultCrowdsInnocence, Examples OfResponsibility, Examples OfSymbolsWashingExcitementDisorder Among PeopleResponsibility For Blood ShedJesus Christ, SinlessnessPlea Of Innocence

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this Man’s blood; see to that yourselves.”

702
Verse ConceptsComing Out Of PeopleBeware Of Your SpeechOther References To MouthsDefilementThe Tonguemath

But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man.

704
Verse ConceptsLeatherClothingBeltsAsceticism, People PracticingHairsInsectsJohn The BaptistLocustsWaistsHoneyHairclothHair GarmentsChristmas Tree

Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.

705
Verse ConceptsGovernorsHanding Over ChristTying Up

and they bound Him, and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor.

706
Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleTwelve DisciplesDiscipleshipChristmas TreeStruggles In Relationshipzealots

Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

707
Verse ConceptsLargenessCrowds Around Jesus

As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him.

708
Verse ConceptsRestoring Things

And He answered and said, “Elijah is coming and will restore all things;

709
Verse ConceptsBabies, Figurative UseReadingLipsNeverAssentingReading The ScripturesChildren And The KingdomPraise To God Is FittingBabies Used As A Spiritual Imagebaby

and said to Him, “Do You hear what these children are saying?” And Jesus *said to them, “Yes; have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies You have prepared praise for Yourself’?”

711
Verse ConceptsRetirementTwelve DisciplesChrist With His Disciples

As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,

713
Verse ConceptsSingingSongsThose Singing Praisecommunion

After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

717
Verse ConceptsLast WordsChrist Speaking To Disciplesfinishing

When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples,

718

Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

719
Verse ConceptsPossessingAdding BlessingSubtracting From PeopleThose To Whom God GivesTaking God's ThingsMore Than Enough

For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him.

721
Verse ConceptsSafetySatan, As DeceiverSeductionThe If's Of SatanGod Carrying PeopleStriking RocksBeing Struck With StonesWho Is Jesus?Angels Looking After PeopleAngelic GuardianshipResisting Temptationjumping

and *said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,
He will command His angels concerning You’;
andOn their hands they will bear You up,
So that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”

723
Verse ConceptsCrowds Around JesusCrowds AvoidedCrossing To The Other Side

Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea.

725
Verse ConceptsAttorneyLawyersQuestioning ChristTesting ChristTesting God

One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him,

726
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristJudas Betraying Christzealots

Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him.

727
Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionMaternal LoveBeggarsMercy, Of Jesus ChristSonsSpiritsJesus As Son Of DavidDemons Harming IndividualsBe Merciful!Those DemonisedDemons Causing TormentBeing A Woman Of GodharassmentDemonic Influence

And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed.”

728
Verse ConceptsClaimsTrust, Importance OfBelieving In GodChrist Pleasing GodOthers Believing In God

He trusts in God; let God rescue Him now, if He delights in Him; for He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”

730
Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionHouse Of GodSacrilegePeople In CavesStatus Of The Templethievesmarketing

And He *said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a robbersden.”

731
Verse ConceptsAdulterersAdultery and Divorcedivorce, amongst believersHardness Of HeartHardnessFrom The BeginningDifferent TeachingsDivorce PermittedWhy People Did Thingsthe Law of mosesInfidelitytoughness

He *said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way.

732
Verse ConceptsKnowing Right And WrongStatus Of The TempleUnimportant ThingsSwearing

“Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.’

733
Verse ConceptsFaultsPrisonersRopesTying UpNamed Wives

For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

736
Verse ConceptsThe Shortness Of TimeDestruction Of The TempleBuilding Stones RejectedPutting Things Down

And He said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down.”

737
Verse ConceptsAbelAbel and CainBlood, Figurative UseMartyrdom, Examples OfSheddingResponsibility For Blood ShedKilling ProphetsKilling Named IndividualsNamed Prophets Of The Lord

so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

738
Verse ConceptsReprobatesBeing Without UnderstandingScriptures FulfilledThe Faculty Of SightNamed Prophets Of The Lordfulfillment

In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,
You will keep on hearing, but will not understand;
You will keep on seeing, but will not perceive;

739
Verse ConceptsJesus As Our TeacherLast WordsCrowds AmazedChrist TeachingFinishing Strong

When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching;

741
Verse ConceptsFalse ConfidenceWaiting Till Marriage

Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep.

742
Verse ConceptsGreatness Of JohnIndividual ProphetsWhy Do You Do This?

But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet.

743
Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfJudgment SeatJudgesWise CouncelSittingSleeplessnessWivesVisions And Dreams In ScriptureChrist, Names ForJudgement SeatLeave Them AloneWife

While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, “Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him.”

744
Verse ConceptsQueensSolomon, Character OfSouthOld Testament People As TypesGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementPeople From Far AwayThe Dead Are RaisedJudgmentsJudgement DayJudgementcondemnation

The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.

745
Verse ConceptsBeing FirstClarityExamining YourselfFirst ActionsPlucking OutA Little BitActing For OneselfEyesHypocritesHypocrisyRemoving People From Your Lifecriticismdust

You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

746
Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToGenerationsThe Number FourteenFourteenExile Of Judah To BabylonChrist's OriginNativity of Jesus ChristJesus Birth

So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations.

747
Verse ConceptsTemptation, ResistingTestingTesting GodNew Testament Claiming Old Testament Is InspiredTemptationResisting Temptationexams

Jesus said to him, On the other hand, it is written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

748
Verse ConceptsecstasyRunning With NewsTelling Of Jesus

And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples.

749
Verse ConceptsHourMidnightMeeting God

But at midnight there was a shout, ‘Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.’

750
Verse ConceptsAlcoholKingdom Of God, Coming OfLove FeastNot Drinking WineFreshRelationship Of Father And SonKingdom Of GodAlcoholic Beveragescommunion

But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

751
Verse ConceptsHillsSheepShepherds, As OccupationsWatchfulness, DivineLost SheepThe Number NinetyOne HundredThinking ArightGod Searching For PeopleAbandoning ThingsNinetiesMissing SomeoneBeing LostLosing Someone

“What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?

752
Verse ConceptsGod, As ShepherdRulersWatchfulness, DivineNames And Titles For ChristChrist Is King Of IsraelUnimportant Things

And you, Bethlehem, land of Judah,
Are by no means least among the leaders of Judah;
For out of you shall come forth a Ruler
Who will shepherd My people Israel.’”

754
Verse ConceptsChief priestsChrist Being SilentOthers Not AnsweringThe Chief Priests Condemning Christeldersaccusations

And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer.

755
Verse ConceptsDisclosuresVeilsAcquiring KnowledgeHidden ThingsDo Not Fear Mensecrets

“Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

756
Verse ConceptsDonkeysRopesAnimal OffspringOpposite SidesEntering CitiesFinding ThingsBinding As Animals

saying to them, “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me.

757
Verse ConceptsSpiritual Blindness, In UnbelieversDullnessNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingJesus Using ParablesWhy God Did ThingsListening To God

Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

758
Verse ConceptsEscaping To MountainsSigns Of The End Times

then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains.

759
Verse ConceptsCrimsonClothingRobesPeople Stripping PeopleRed Clothes

They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him.

762
Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSabbath, In NtTownAmazement, Of Jesus ChristTeaching WisdomChrist's WisdomChrist TeachingWhere From?

He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

763
Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsFeetdisabilitiesPopularityMiracles Of ChristPopularity Of ChristCrowds SeekingDumbnessDumbJesus HealingHealing Sickness

And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them.

766
Verse ConceptsDeafnessConversion, examples ofHardened HeartsEyes, Figurative UseEarsHardness Of HeartHeart, Fallen And RedeemedIndifferenceWilful IgnoranceInsensibilityDullnessSpiritual DeafnessNature Of The HeartTurning To GodRefusing To HearEvil EyesNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsBeing Without UnderstandingFeelingGod HealsUnhearing

For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they would see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart and return,
And I would heal them.’

767
Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningSimplicityLoving Children

And He called a child to Himself and set him before them,

768
Verse ConceptsArresting ChristFriends FailingMan's Work FinishedFriendship Kjv

And Jesus said to him, Friend, do what you have come for.” Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him.

771
Verse ConceptsNoah's FloodFloods

and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.

772
Verse ConceptsNightDivine Power Over Naturelakes

And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea.

773
Verse ConceptsProphecy, In NtMessianic Titles, The ProphetCrowds Around JesusJesus The ProphetWho He Might Be

And the crowds were saying, “This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee.”

775
Verse ConceptsThe SunInstabilityPeople WitheredScorchingRoses

But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

776
Verse ConceptsBearing Bad FruitFruitAxesRootsSin, God's Judgment OnToolsFelling TreesBurning PlantsBad Items

The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.

777
Verse ConceptsOther WivesThose Who Committed AdulterySaul And David

Jesse was the father of David the king.David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah.

778
Verse ConceptsFatigueHourHanding Over ChristChrist With His DisciplesNear The Time PersonallyTimes Of The ChristTo Be Given Into One's Hands

Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

779
Verse ConceptsCripplesEternal DeathFeetInjury To FeetEternal JudgementThrowing PeopleCausing Others To StumbleEntering LifeFire Of HellCutting Off Hands And FeetTwo Of Body PartsAvoid Being HinderedHellLake Of Fire

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire.

780
Verse ConceptsForgetting ThingsThe Disciples ActionsNo FoodMisunderstandings

And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread.

782
Verse ConceptsHousesKeysTeachers Of The LawChristian TraditionsPeople Of The KingdomtrainingNew

And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

783
Verse ConceptsTeachablenessCrowds AvoidedFigurative FieldsEntering HousesChrist With His Disciples

Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field.”

785
Verse ConceptsMoses, Significance OfPeople AppearingConversationfitness

And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

786
Verse ConceptsGod, Living And Self sustainingSilenceSpeech, Power And Significance OfAdjurationChrist Being SilentWho Is Jesus?Called Himself The ChristRivers

But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, “I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God.”

787
Verse ConceptsBachelorsThose To Whom God GivesBeing Single

But He said to them, Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given.

788
Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPainSorrowSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessWeakness, PhysicalAnxiety, Examples OfStaying PutAfflicted To DeathSuicidal Thoughts

Then He *said to them, My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me.”

790
Verse ConceptsSeeing The Risen ChristChrist's True FamilyTelling Of Jesus

Then Jesus *said to them, Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

791
Verse ConceptsScribesChrist Would Be KilledThe Elderlypriests

Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas;

792
Verse ConceptsMutinyReclining To EatEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesTwelve Disciples

Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples.

794
Verse ConceptsBlindness, SymbolicPlucking OutCausing Others To StumbleEntering LifeFire Of HellEyes HarmedTwo Of Body PartsAvoid Being HinderedHellEyes

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.

795
Verse ConceptsRootsPlucking OutOur Father In HeavenRelationship Of Father And SonPlanting Seeds

But He answered and said, Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

796
Verse ConceptsEntering CitiesTelling Of HappeningsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

797
Verse ConceptsCrowds SeekingOnly One PersonPeople Releasing Others

Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people any one prisoner whom they wanted.

798
Verse ConceptsFate Of IndividualsJudas IscariotBetrayalGospel, Confirmation OfNecessityWoeNever Being BornJudas Betraying ChristPersonal GoodWoe To The WickedHurt And Betrayal

The Son of Man is to go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

801
Verse Conceptsdivorce, in OTCertificate of divorceBills Of DivorceDivorce PermittedWhy Do Others Do This?

They *said to Him, “Why then did Moses command to give her a certificate of divorce and send her away?”

802
Verse ConceptsUnnamed Prophets Of The LordWho He Might Beothers

And they said, “Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.”

803
Verse ConceptsEnd Of The WorldWeed

So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age.

804
Verse ConceptsAmazingAffirmationsFaith, Growth InMission, Of Jesus ChristAttitudes Of FaithMarvelling

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, “Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel.

805
Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsBoatsPopularitySittingPopularity Of ChristBeachesSitting To Teachgathering

And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

808
Verse ConceptsPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seeds

Hear then the parable of the sower.

810
Verse ConceptsPalacesProperty, HousesRich ApparelRoyal HousesFine ClothesSoftnessNature Of KingsWhy Do You Do This?

But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings’ palaces!

812
Verse ConceptsearthquakesCenturionCrucifixion, Of ChristGuardsMan Keeping WatchWitnessing, Importance OfFear, Of UnknownArmies, RomanMessianic Titles, Son Of GodSaid To Be The ChristWitnessingJesus Deathcrucifixion

Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, “Truly this was the Son of God!”

813
Verse ConceptsJudas Betraying ChristGet Up!People Not Far Away

Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!”

814
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristNot Recognising PeopleEvil DesiresChrist Like PeopleWho Is John The Baptist?

but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.”

815
Verse ConceptsPurity, Nature OfCursingEntering The MouthComing Out Of PeopleFood PermittedOther References To MouthsDefilementMarijuana

It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man.”

818
Verse Conceptsdrinking, abstention fromWineDrugs, Illegal NarcoticsProviding WineAnaestheticBitter FoodMixed WineAlcoholic BeveragesDrugs

they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink.

820
Verse ConceptsdaughtersFaith, And Blessings Of GodMiracles, Responses ToComfort, Sources OfTurning RoundHow Healing CameTake Courage!Those Jesus HealedHealing And ComfortFaith And Healingmath

But Jesus turning and seeing her said, “Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well.” At once the woman was made well.

822
Verse ConceptsSatan, Titles ForSatan, As DeceiverSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfNames And Titles For SatanSatan, Work OfSowing In VainUsing RoadsNot Understanding SayingsOther References To The HeartParables Of The KingdomTaking God's ThingsSeeds

When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road.

823
Verse ConceptsAgreements, LegalThree Witnessesdiscipline, divineTwoLove To Others Shown InTwo Or ThreeReconciliationConflictGoing To ChurchFamily ConflictThe ElderlyResolving Conflictmathothers

But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every fact may be confirmed.

824
Verse ConceptsTributesThinking ArightTax To Be Paid

Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”

826
Verse ConceptsLast JudgmentLast DaysPunishment Of the WickedEnd Of The WorldPlucking OutThe End Of The WorldEnd Times

So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous,

827
Verse ConceptsGuestsProperty, HousesTownWorthinessMotionlessnessStaying PutEntering CitiesWorthy PeopleThose Looking For PeopleStaying PositiveMoving To A New Place

And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city.

829
Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodWord Of GodNot Honouring ParentsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredRespecting ParentsRespecting AuthorityFathers Responsibilities

he is not to honor his father or his mother.’ And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

830
Verse ConceptsCloaksDressPeople Giving ClothesOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsAdding EvilRobbing People

If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also.

831
Verse ConceptsPersonal ContactTouching For HealingAccording To ThingsFaith KjvFaith And Healing

Then He touched their eyes, saying, It shall be done to you according to your faith.”

832
Verse ConceptsThe DeadHadesSkyCitiesProphecies Said By JesusHumbling The ProudPermanenceAbasing PeoplePutting Things DownSky, Figurative Usegays

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.

833
Verse ConceptsFeetBowingKneelingCrying To JesusGod Help!

But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, “Lord, help me!”

834
Verse ConceptsSepulchres

Pilate said to them, “You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how.”

835
Verse ConceptsCrossing To The Other Side

When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret.

837
Verse Conceptsevangelism, nature ofevangelists, identity ofPreaching, Effects OfGreatness Of ChristThe Final JudgementSigns Of RepentanceThe Dead Are RaisedJudgement

The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

838
Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsAbilityTalentsDiversity Of GiftsFive ThingsJourneyOne Material ThingTwo Other ThingsLarge DenominationsSpecific Sums Of MoneyGifts And Talentsinvesting

To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey.

842
Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualAttempts To Kill ChristSeeking For Abstract ThingsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christaccusations

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

844
Verse ConceptsExorcismsHell, As An ExperienceMillenniumDemons, Punishment OfTortureUntimelinessNot The TimeWhat Have We In Common?God TroublingDemonsResolving ConflictDemonic Influence

And they cried out, saying, “What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?”

845
Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail

Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

846
Verse ConceptsCrushingGod, The RockGrinding PeopleChrist The RockHurt And Betrayalwaterfallscrushes

And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust.”

848
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristHatredWorldly DilemmasChrist Would Be Killedcrucifixion

Pilate *said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?” They all *said, “Crucify Him!”

849
Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalSmall Things God UsesBig ThingsSmall ThingsPlants Growing UpHerbsBirdsPlanting SeedsChange And GrowthSeedssoaring

and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

850
Verse ConceptsReceiving Sight

They *said to Him, “Lord, we want our eyes to be opened.”

851
Verse ConceptsGenerosity, HumanSin, Nature OfSins Of OmissionChrist Telling The TruthChrist's True FamilyOther Unimportant PeopleSurrender

Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’

852
Verse ConceptsAgreeing For GoodMoney, Uses OfNegotiationCoinsAgreeingOnce A Day

When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard.

853
Verse ConceptsCelebrationsBanquets, ActivitiesGuestsBirthdays CelebratedFathers Birthdayheroes

But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

854
Verse ConceptsReapersGod Sending ProphetsWorkers

Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

855
Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus ChristRight Hand Of GodRight SidesChrist Is LordChrist OvercomingSubject To GodAll Enemies Under God's Feet

The Lord said to my Lord,
Sit at My right hand,
Until I put Your enemies beneath Your feet”’?

856
Verse ConceptsdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfCrying To JesusPeople TumblingConvulsionsBurning PeopleBe Merciful!Demons Causing TormentwaterfallsDemonic Influence

Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.

857
Verse ConceptsEvil EyesDo Not Be StingyMoney Blessingsmagic

Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?’

861
Verse ConceptsPeople Providing FoodFeeding The Poorhungerjail

for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

862
Verse ConceptsHearing

He who has ears, let him hear.”

863
Verse ConceptsExorcismsDemons EnteringJesus Casting Out DemonsDeath Of CreaturesPigsOthers Going Downporklakes

And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters.

864
Verse ConceptsGuardsLegalismWarningLeavenJewish SectsLeavenedzealotspharisees

And Jesus said to them, “Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

866
Verse ConceptsPower, God's SavingSuperstitionWho He Might BeWhy It Happenedanniversary

and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

867
Verse ConceptsCropsThirtySixtiesOne HundredFertile LandLand ProducingHundredfold ReturnPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seedssowing

And others fell on the good soil and *yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.

868
Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimPeter, The DiscipleSelf DenialSaints, As PilgrimsPilgrims, Examples OfNever Giving Upfollowing

Then Peter said to Him, “Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?”

869
Verse ConceptsChief priestsdiligenceResentment, Against GodScribesShoutingChildren And The KingdomAngry With ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesSave Us!

But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant

870
Verse ConceptsCloaksTasselsOuter GarmentsFringe Of ClothesTouching For HealingJesus Healing

and they implored Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured.

871
Verse ConceptsBinding cornHarvestSicklesBindingEternal JudgmentMixed MultitudeJoining ThingsGathering FoodBurning PlantsGod's StorehousesPlants Growing UpGrowing

Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, “First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”

873
Verse ConceptsGenerationsUnbelief, And Life Of FaithUnbelief, Examples OfDoubt RebukedPerversionDisgustTwisted WaysDrawing Near To ChristNot Believing In JesusBefore God ActsChrist Not Always With PeopleUnbelief Toward Christ

And Jesus answered and said, “You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”

874
Verse ConceptsInnocent BloodSocial SelfishnessJudas Betraying ChristResponsibility For Blood ShedWe Have Sinned

saying, “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? See to that yourself!”

875
Verse ConceptsSevering Body Partscutting

And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear.

878
Verse ConceptsThe Holy Spirit, And ScriptureChrist Is LordSpeaking By The SpiritWhy Do Others Do This?

He *said to them, “Then how does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying,

879
Verse ConceptsConfusionPeter, The DiscipleBoothsThree Other ThingsChrist WillingGood Activityshelter

Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

880
Verse ConceptsBlackWhiteWhite HairBlack HairOne Material ThingAppearance Of HairWorryingColorSwearingHair

Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

881
Verse ConceptsStumbling Over ChristUnderestimationProphecy Ignoredhonour

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

882
Verse ConceptsFive PeopleFoolish People

Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent.

883
Verse ConceptsNot SowingNot Reaping What You SowOne Material ThingLarge DenominationsStrictnessKnowing God's CharacterReaping What You SowTalents

“And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed.

884
Verse ConceptsMan Going DownVisions From GodChrist Concealing ThingsChrist Would RiseChrist's Orders

As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”

885
Verse ConceptsVisitingStaying Temporarily

And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there.

886
Verse ConceptsMemoriesMemorialProphecies Said By JesusMemorials For PeopleThe Gospel PreachedTelling What People DidWhereverpreachingmathremembrance

Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her.”

888
Verse ConceptsMedicineWineIndividuals RunningVinegar

Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink.

889
Verse ConceptsInsightLegalismUnderstandingLeavenedProper UnderstandingMisteachingpharisees

Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

890
Verse ConceptsTrapProphecies Said By JesusJudas Betraying ChristPeople EatingChrist Telling The TruthAt The Same Timetraitors

As they were eating, He said, Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me.”

891
Verse ConceptsMultitudesChief priestsPersuasionInciting To EvilCorrupt PriestsBarabbasAttempts To Kill Christ

But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death.

892
Verse ConceptsChrist's Fulfilment Of ProphecyScriptures FulfilledWritten In The Prophets

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

893
Verse ConceptsLoving ForeignersClothing The NeedyNaked In PovertyWelcoming ChristWhen?ImmigrantsFeeding The Poorwelcome

And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

894
Verse ConceptsHeadsOintmentTablesSacrificial GivingBoxesReclining To EatStone ItemsExpensive

a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table.

895
Verse ConceptsAgony, God's JudgmentBitingHell, As Incentive To ActionTeethGnashing Of TeethPeople Cut In PiecesMourning In RegretHypocritesHypocrisyfate

and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

896
Verse ConceptsLack Of InsightDullnessLeavenedNot Understanding Sayings

How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

897
Verse ConceptsChief priestsSanhedrinHanding Over ChristCondemning JesusOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristDeath Penalty For Heresy

“Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death,

899
Verse ConceptsGrowth In ProclamationIndividuals ShoutingDisadvantages Of Crowdsrebuking

The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”

900
Verse ConceptsKissing ChristJudas Betraying ChristArresting ChristSigns Attending Christtraitors

Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, “Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him.”

901
Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfFootstoolsFeetNames For JerusalemCitySwearing

or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.

902
Verse ConceptsPeter, The DiscipleJesus Using Parables

Peter said to Him, “Explain the parable to us.”

903
Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyMan's Counselelders

And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers,

904
Verse ConceptsCoinageMoney, Uses OfTreasuriesResponsibility For Blood ShedIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristMoney's DeficienciesMoney Boxpriests

The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, “It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood.”

905
Verse ConceptsFloggingThe Third Day Of The WeekHanding Over ChristBeating JesusSuffering From ForeignersChrist Would RiseChrist's Crucifixion ForetoldMocking Christ

and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up.”

906
Verse ConceptsResentment, Against GodComing To ChristStumbling Over ChristChrist With His Disciples

Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”

908
Verse ConceptsOlive OilOil For LampsFoolish PeopleNot Equippedboyfriends

For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them,

909
Verse ConceptsHypocrites, Description OfGod's Attitude To FoolsGreat ThingsStatus Of The TempleSanctification

You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold?

910
Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristLeavingHearing Christ

And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away.

911
Verse ConceptsEvil Eyes

Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy.

912
Verse ConceptsEntering CitiesWho Is Jesus?

When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, “Who is this?”

913
Verse ConceptsIndividual ProphetsLeave Them Alone

But the rest of them said, “Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him.”

914
Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away.

915
Verse ConceptsGiving, Of TalentsTalentsLordship, Human And DivineAfter A Long TimeSettling AccountsThe Timing Of His Comingaccounting

“Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them.

916
Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivinePeople RememberingChrist Would RiseWhilst Alive

and said, “Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I am to rise again.’

917
Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLamenessChrist In The TempleJesus HealingHealing Sickness

And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them.

918
Verse ConceptsMan's WaysNaked In ShameDistinctive ClothingGarments

and he *said to him, ‘Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?’ And the man was speechless.

919
Verse ConceptsMultitudesCowardicePublic OpinionDisadvantages Of CrowdsAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleFearing Other PeopleIndividual Prophets

Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet.

920
Verse ConceptsGod KillingBurning CitiesGod KillsAngry People

But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire.

921
Verse ConceptsBanquets, CharaceristicsMealsLoving Other ThingsSeeking Honourimportance

They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues,

922
Verse ConceptsCommendationChrist Knowing About PeopleDo Not HinderWomen's Beauty

But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me.

923
Verse ConceptsHasteChrist Going BeforeSeeing The Risen ChristTelling Of Jesusreuniting

Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you.”

924
Verse ConceptsWelcoming BelieversReward For WorksRewardChristmas Treefriendliness

He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

925
Verse ConceptsRabbiAssentingWho Is The One?traitors

And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” Jesus *said to him, You have said it yourself.”

926
Verse ConceptsImprisonmentsPrisonersBarabbasPeople Made Known

At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas.

927
Verse ConceptsSpreadingCutting Off BranchesCrowds Around JesusFoliageUsing Roads

Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road.

928
Verse ConceptsSeven ThingsFour Thousand

Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up?

929
Verse ConceptsHeaven, God's ThroneHeaven, Glimpsed By HumansGod Sitting In GlorySwearing BySwearing

And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.

930
Verse ConceptsSevenSeven ThingsSmall CreaturesFew ThingsFish

And Jesus *said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

931
Verse ConceptsJudas Betraying ChristDippingtraitors

And He answered, He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me.

932
Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Parental ExamplesMothers, Examples OfInciting To EvilSkullsPots For Cooking And Eating

Having been prompted by her mother, she *said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.”

933
Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningIndividual Prophets

And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, “This man is calling for Elijah.”

934
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfThe Act Of OpeningOpening To Others

Later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’

935
Verse ConceptsJesus Using ParablesUnderstanding God's Wordpharisees

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them.

936
Verse ConceptsSleep, PhysicalThe Disciples ActionsDuring One NightDiscipleshiprumors

and said, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

937
Verse ConceptsThe DeadBurials, FeaturesOintmentPerfumePreparation For Burial

For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial.

938
Verse ConceptsAttitudes, to other peopleLoving ForeignersNaked In PovertyWhen?Serving ChristFeeding The Poorhunger

Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

939
Verse ConceptsForeknowledgeGod, Purpose OfGuestsEntering CitiesNear The Time PersonallyOther References To The DisciplesTimes Of The ChristGuest Rooms

And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, “My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.”’”

940
Verse ConceptsStandingMothersbridges

Someone said to Him, “Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You.”

942
Verse ConceptsFamilyWho Is The One?Christ's True FamilyMothersmomsSiblingsSibling Love

But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, “Who is My mother and who are My brothers?”

943
Verse ConceptsFullness Of The KingdomMixed MultitudeUsing RoadsWedding GuestsHighways

Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests.

944
Verse ConceptsAnimal OffspringRiding DonkeysAutomobiles

and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats.

945
Verse ConceptsNot Knowing PeopleChrist Telling The TruthTelling The Truth

But he answered, ‘Truly I say to you, I do not know you.’

946
Verse ConceptsRoofHousetopsRooftopMan Going DownThe End Of The WorldSigns Of The End TimesInner BeautyEnd Times

Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.

947
Verse ConceptsFaith, Growth InWorryDoubt RebukedNot Believing In JesusChrist Knowing About PeopleConversation

But Jesus, aware of this, said, You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread?

948
Verse ConceptsChief priestsCorrupt PriestsMocking ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesFunpriests

In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying,

949
Verse ConceptsConversationNo Food

They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “He said that because we did not bring any bread.”

950
Verse ConceptsGreetingsPagansOutdoingMore ThanWhat Foreigners DoFriendsFamily LoveLove And FamilyFamily And FriendsTreating Others

If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?

951
Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFive ThingsFive Thousand

Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up?

952
Verse ConceptsField Of BloodCovered With BloodGiven Names To This DayPeople Naming Things

For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day.

954
Verse ConceptsIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnLack Of ExpectationThe Time UnknownThe Second Coming

the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know,

955
Verse ConceptsGiving To GodMaking VowsNo HelpBeing Devoted to GodmomsFinancesSupportTrust In Relationshipshelpingparenthood

But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or mother, “Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God,”

956
Verse ConceptsThankfulnessThanksgiving Before MealsSeven ThingsBreaking Of BreadGiving Food And DrinkThanking God For FoodDividing FoodFish

and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

957
Verse ConceptsTearing Of ClothesGesturesBlasphemy, Falsely AccusedHearing ChristThose Who Tore ClothesBlasphemyMan's Needs

Then the high priest tore his robes and said, “He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy;

958
Verse ConceptsInfallible ProofsSealing Things

And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone.

959
Verse ConceptsMalice Of The WickedKilling ProphetsOppressors

and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them.

960
Verse ConceptsGreat ThingsOffering SacrificesHolier Than ThouSanctificationimportance

You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?

961
Verse ConceptsThornsChokingPlants Growing UpNot Giving UpPlanting SeedsSeedsSowing Seeds

Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out.

962
Verse ConceptsCommunicating Three TimesSaying RepeatedlyJesus Praying

And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more.

963
Verse ConceptsGiving To OthersPeople Promising

so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

964
Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toCourage, Examples OfMarriage ControlledBreaking God's Law

For John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.”

965
Verse ConceptsPearlsBuying God's GiftExpensiveWorthValueeverything

and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.

966
Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofSevenEvil GenerationsSeven SpiritsDemons EnteringMore ThanWorseBackslidersDemonsCasting Out Demonshomecoming

Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.”

967
Verse ConceptsMealsGod Sends ProphetsPeople UnwillingWedding GuestsCelebration

And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come.

968
Verse ConceptsThe DeadFuneralsClothembalmingLinenJesus CorpseClean Clothes

And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,

969
Verse ConceptsOil For LampsExtinguishingFoolish People

The foolish said to the prudent, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’

971
Verse ConceptsProstrationFear, Of UnknownAnxiety, Examples OfThe Disciples ReactionsFear Of Christ

When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified.

974
Verse ConceptsIsolated PersonsWatching Christcredibility

And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone.

975
Verse ConceptsGuestsSwearing OathsOther Sad PeopleThe King's OrdersBirthdays Celebrated

Although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths, and because of his dinner guests.

976
Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ReactionsAngry People

But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste?

977
Verse ConceptsJews, TheSpreading StoriesFalse Religion To This DayIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyObeying PeopleSaving Money

And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely spread among the Jews, and is to this day.

978
Verse ConceptsComplacencyFarmersMerchandiseLeaving

But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business,

979
Verse ConceptsPortraitsInscriptionsWho Is This?imagetaxes

And He *said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?”

980
Verse ConceptsGod's Call, EveryoneWedding FeastsFinding PeopleUsing RoadsWedding GuestsHighwaysMarriage Kjvmarraigeroyaltyevangelizing

Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.’

981
Verse ConceptsChrist, Humanity OfWhy Does This Happen?

If David then calls Him ‘Lord,’ how is He his son?”

982

Then Pilate *said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”

983
Verse ConceptsCaesarDisclosuresTax To Be PaidMoney Blessingstaxes

Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.

984
Verse ConceptsAgreeing For GoodWronging Other People

But he answered and said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius?

985
Verse ConceptsFurnacesThrowing PeopleFire Of HellMourning Due To CatastropheMourning In Regret

and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

986
Verse ConceptsHourOne DayWhy Do You Do This?

And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he *said to them, ‘Why have you been standing here idle all day long?’

987
Verse ConceptsDemons, Delivered FromRejection Of ChristLeaving

And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they implored Him to leave their region.

990
Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Christ's MiraclesSuddenlyThe Disciples ReactionsWhy Does This Happen?

Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?”

991
Verse ConceptsEquality In PaymentHeatNoonWeather, God's Sovereignty OverApparent InjusticeOne HourHeavy BurdensHot WeatherHard WorkA New DayworkingstoriesWeather Causing Sufferings

saying, ‘These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’

992
Verse ConceptsThe Disciples Actions

The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

993
Verse ConceptsBarabbasRight DesiresPeople Releasing Othersfree

So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?”

994
Verse ConceptsFameMaking Christ KnownSpreading StoriesSpreading The Gospel

But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land.

996
Verse ConceptsTalentsFive Things

Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents.

997
Verse ConceptsAssentingDo You Understand?

“Have you understood all these things?” They *said to Him, “Yes.”

998
Verse ConceptsOthers Not AnsweringPeople Getting UpRivers

The high priest stood up and said to Him, “Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?”

999
Verse ConceptsDisorder Among PeopleAt The Same Time

But they were saying, “Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people.”

1000
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWho Is The One?In TurnOther Sad PeopleHurt And Betrayalego

Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, “Surely not I, Lord?”

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