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Then the disciples divined that he had been speaking to them about John, the Baptist.

Verse ConceptsUnderstandingProper UnderstandingThe Disciples Reactions

What does it seem to you? if there be to any man a hundred sheep, and one of them have been led astray, does he not, having left the ninety-nine upon the mountains, having gone, seek the one led astray?

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

"I tell all of you with certainty, whatever you prohibit on earth will have been prohibited in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will have been permitted in heaven.

Verse ConceptsBelonging To HeavenTying UpEarthmath

Therefore the kingdom of Heaven has been compared to a certain king who desired to make an accounting with his servants.

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

His fellow-servants, therefore, seeing, the things that were done, were grieved exceedingly, - and went and made quite plain to their master all the things which had been done.

Verse ConceptsOther Sad PeopleTelling Of Happenings

'And having been wroth, his lord delivered him to the inquisitors, till he might pay all that was owing to him;

Verse ConceptsTortureJudicial PunishmentSettling AccountsDebtAnger And Forgiveness

There are eunuchs who have been eunuchs from their birth, there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by men, and there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the Realm of heaven. Let anyone practice it for whom it is practicable."

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

The young man said to Him, "I have [already] been observing all of these commandments. What do I [still] lack?"

Verse ConceptsI Keep The CommandmentsMan's Needs

When he went out about five, he found some other men standing there, and said to them 'Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?'

Verse ConceptsHourOne DayWhy Do You Do This?

And when those came who had been hired about the eleventh hour, they received each one a denarius.

Verse ConceptsFarming

But when those came who had been hired first, they thought that they would receive more; and they received each one a denarius.

Verse ConceptsGrowth In WealthThinking ArightFirst Ones

And he said to them: You shall drink my cup, and be immersed with the immersion with which I am immersed: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it has been prepared by my Father.

Verse ConceptsCups, Figurative UseRelationship Of Father And Son

And He saith to them, "It has been written, 'My house, shall be called a house of prayer; but ye are making it a den of robbers!'"

Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionHouse Of GodSacrilegePeople In CavesStatus Of The Templethievesmarketing

Jesus answering said to them, Truly do I say to you, If ye have faith, and do not doubt, not only shall ye do what hath been done to the figtree, but should ye even say to this mountain, Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, it would be done.

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

and if we say 'a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet."

Verse ConceptsCowardiceDisadvantages Of CrowdsFearing Other PeopleIndividual ProphetsMan's Teaching

Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who have been invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, ActivitiesReadinessKilling Domesticated AnimalsGod Sends ProphetsPreparing Food

Then he says to his servants, 'The marriage feast, indeed is ready; but those who had been invited were not worthy;

Verse ConceptsUnworthinessPreparing Food

The crowds, who had been listening to him, were greatly struck with his teaching.

Verse ConceptsAmazement, Of Jesus ChristCrowds AmazedChrist Teaching

But the Pharisees, hearing how the mouths of the Sadducees had been stopped, came together;

Verse ConceptsSilenceJewish SectsPharisees Concerned About Christhumorpharisees

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

Verse ConceptsWhiteWicked Described AsSepulchresThe Inward BeingBonesFigurative BurialsWhitewashingBeauty Of ThingsUnclean ThingsHypocritesHypocrisyInner Beauty

that upon you may come all the righteous blood which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just to the blood of Zachariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the temple and the altar.

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

Behold, your house has been left to you desolate

Verse ConceptsEmpty Places

But this you do know, that, had the owner of the house known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the watch, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.

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

Who, then is that trustworthy, careful servant, who has been placed by his master over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

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

"But if that wicked servant says to himself, "My master has been delayed,'

Verse ConceptsServants Of The LordSoliloquyNot Serving God

the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;

Verse ConceptsIgnorance Of Christ’s ReturnLack Of ExpectationThe Time UnknownThe Second Coming

And, at midnight, an outcry hath been made - Lo! the bridegroom! Be going forth to meet him!

Verse ConceptsHourMidnightMeeting God

Straight away he who had been given the five talents went and did trade with them, and made five more.

Verse ConceptsTalentsFive Things

In the same way he who had been given the two got two more.

Verse ConceptsTalentsTwo Other Things

The one who had been given five talents came bringing another five and reported, 'Master, you entrusted me with five talents. Look, I have earned five more with them.'

Verse ConceptsTalentsFive ThingsEntrustingLarge DenominationsGifts And Talentsinvesting

and having been afraid, having gone away, I hid thy talent in the earth; lo, thou hast thine own!

Verse ConceptsTalentsPossessingHidden Things

And Jesus having been in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

Then Jesus saith to them, "All ye will be made to stumble because of Me this night; for it has been written, 'I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad.'

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

However, after I have been raised, I will go to Galilee ahead of you."

Verse ConceptsChrist Going BeforeChrist Would Risereuniting

And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?

Verse ConceptsHourPainPrayerlessnessSleep, PhysicalUnreliabilityOverconfidenceOne HourChrist With His DisciplesStress And Hard Times

And He came [back] again and found them asleep, because they had not been able to keep their eyes open.

Verse ConceptsEvil Eyes

Then said Jesus to the crowds, "Have you come out as if to fight with a robber, with swords and bludgeons to apprehend me? Day after day I have been sitting teaching in the Temple, and you did not arrest me.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsUnceasingAlways Being ActiveSitting To TeachChrist TeachingArresting ChristClubsThe Lord As A Thief

saying, "Prophesy to us, you 'Christ.' Tell us who hit you?" [Note: By this time Jesus had been blindfolded. See Mark 14:65].

Verse ConceptsWho Is The Doer?Jesus The ProphetProphesy!

Then [when] Judas, the one who had betrayed him, saw that he had been condemned, he regretted [what he had done] [and] returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and elders,

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

So, they conferred together [and decided] to buy "The Potter's Field" with the money [Note: This was probably an abandoned field where clay had been obtained for making pottery], for use in burying people who were not from the local area.

Verse ConceptsForeignersBuying and sellingMoney, Uses OfPotterProphecies Concerning ChristCemeteryReal EstateMan's Counselcrusades

Then what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled, who said, "And they took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one who had been priced, [on] whom a price had been set by the sons of Israel,

Verse ConceptsValuesScriptures FulfilledNamed Prophets Of The LordPrice Set On Individuals

But, feast by feast, the governor had been wont to release one unto the multitude, a prisoner whom they were desiring.

Verse ConceptsCrowds SeekingOnly One PersonPeople Releasing Others

they therefore having been gathered together, Pilate said to them, 'Whom will ye I shall release to you? Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?'

Verse ConceptsBarabbasRight DesiresPeople Releasing Othersfree

While he was still on the Bench, his wife sent this message to him--"Do not have anything to do with that good man, for I have been very unhappy to-day in a dream on account of him."

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

they gave him some wine to drink which had been mixed with gall; but after tasting it, Jesus refused to drink it.

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

When the Roman captain and the soldiers who were with him, guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and all that happened, they were greatly terrified and said, "Certainly this man must have been God's Son."

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

There were many women there, watching from a distance, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee and had been attending on him.

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

And, when, evening, arrived, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, whose name was Joseph, who also, himself, had been discipled unto Jesus.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceEvenings For Jesus And His DisciplesWealthy People

And put it in the resting-place which had been cut out of the rock for himself; and after rolling a great stone to the door of it he went away.

Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

saying - Sir! we have been put in mind that, that deceiver, said, while yet living, - After three days, will I, arise.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivinePeople RememberingChrist Would RiseWhilst Alive

Therefore give orders that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples come [and] steal him and tell the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first."

Verse ConceptsThe Disciples ActionsChrist Would RiseWorse

There had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord had come down from heaven, and gone and rolled away the stone, and was sitting upon it.

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

And the messenger answering said to the women, 'Fear not ye, for I have known that Jesus, who hath been crucified, ye seek;

Verse ConceptsChrist Was Killed

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

Verse ConceptsEasterJesus Christ, ResurrectionChrist Is RisenWhere From?The ResurrectionRisingRosesfitness

And go quickly, tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead, and behold, he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Behold, I have told you."

Verse ConceptsHasteChrist Going BeforeSeeing The Risen ChristTelling Of Jesusreuniting

Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and showed to the chief priests all the things that had been done.

Verse ConceptsEntering CitiesTelling Of HappeningsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

and having been gathered together with the elders, counsel also having taken, they gave much money to the soldiers,

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyMan's Counselelders