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After the Babylonian captivity, Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

Verse ConceptsBabylon, Israel Exiled ToExile Of Judah To Babylon

After they had gone, there appeared an angel of the Lord to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Rise, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt; stay there till I tell you. For Herod is going to search for the child and destroy him."

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

and they left the boat and their father at once, and went after him.

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus Christdiscipleship, nature of

You are the salt of the earth. But if salt becomes insipid, what can make it salt again? After that it is fit for nothing, fit only to be thrown outside and trodden by the feet of men.

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

So Jesus rose and went after him, accompanied by his disciples.

Verse ConceptsDisciples' MovementsPeople Following People

After finishing these instructions to his twelve disciples, Jesus removed from there to teach and preach among their towns.

Verse ConceptsTeachingMissionary WorkLast WordsChrist TeachingTwelve DisciplesChrist Speaking To DisciplesDiscipleshipFinishing Strong

Then he ordered the crowds to recline on the grass, and after taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, blessed them, and after breaking the loaves handed them to the disciples, and the disciples handed them to the crowds.

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

He took the seven loaves and the fish and after giving thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.

Verse ConceptsThankfulnessThanksgiving Before MealsSeven ThingsBreaking Of BreadGiving Food And DrinkThanking God For FoodDividing FoodFish

and after agreeing with the labourers to pay them a shilling a day he sent them into his vineyard.

Verse ConceptsAgreeing For GoodMoney, Uses OfNegotiationCoinsAgreeingOnce A Day

and noticing a fig tree by the roadside he went up to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May no fruit ever come from you after this!" And instantly the fig tree withered up.

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

I was a stranger but you never entertained me, I was unclothed but you never clothed me, I was ill and in prison but you never looked after me.'

Verse ConceptsSocial SelfishnessOppressing ForeignersClothing The NeedyNaked In PovertyPeople VisitingNot Welcoming ChristReceiving Jesus As A Guestjail

He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them saying, "Drink of it, all of you;

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

I tell you, after this I will never drink this produce of the vine till the day I drink it new with you in the Realm of my Father."

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

After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

Verse ConceptsSingingSongsThose Singing Praisecommunion

At that hour Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you sallied out to arrest me like a robber, with swords and cudgels? Day after day I sat in the temple teaching, and you never seized me.

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

After a little the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them too. Why, your accent betrays you!"

Verse ConceptsStandingThings RevealedNervousnessSpeech

After binding him, they led him off and handed him over to Pontius Pilate the governor.

Verse ConceptsGovernorsHanding Over ChristTying Up

and after making fun of him they stripped him of the mantle, put on his own clothes, and took him off to be crucified.

Verse ConceptsIndignities Suffered By ChristClothing OthersPeople Stripping PeopleMocking Christ

the tombs were opened, and a number of bodies of the saints who slept the sleep of death rose up ??53 they left the tombs after his resurrection and entered the holy city and appeared to a number of people.

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

and put it in his new tomb, which he had cut in the rock; then, after rolling a large boulder to the opening of the tomb, he went away.

Verse ConceptsTombsSepulchresCaves For BuryingRollingJesus TombUnusedAnother's Burial PlaceChristmas Treecrusades

Next day (that is, on the day after the Preparation) the high priests and Pharisees gathered round Pilate

Verse ConceptsThe Next DayPreparing Foodpreppinganniversarycredibility

and said, "We remember, sir, that when this impostor was alive he said, 'I will rise after three days.'

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivinePeople RememberingChrist Would RiseWhilst Alive

who, after meeting and conferring with the elders, gave a considerable sum of money to the soldiers

Verse ConceptsIndeterminate Sums Of MoneyMan's Counselelders

He announced, "After me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to stoop and untie the string of his sandals:

Verse ConceptsShoesSelf AbasementUndoing FasteningsBowing Before Messiah

After John had been arrested, Jesus went to Galilee preaching the gospel of God;

Verse ConceptsGospel, Descriptions OfPrisonersChrist Preaching

And after convulsing him the unclean spirit did come out of him with a loud cry.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsComing Out Of PeopleConvulsionsIndividuals ShoutingThose Demonised

When he entered Capharnahum again after some days it was reported that he was at home,

Verse ConceptsIndividuals going homeTelling Of Jesus

So he took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village; then, after spitting on his eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked him, "Do you see anything?"

Verse ConceptsSpittingSalivaLaying On Hands To HealEyes Cared ForThe Faculty Of Sight

And it did come out, after shrieking aloud and convulsing him violently. The child turned like a corpse, so that most people said, "he is dead";

Verse ConceptsExorcismsConvulsionsThe Finality Of DeathDeath Is Final

for he was teaching his disciples, telling them that the Son of man would be betrayed into the hands of men, that they would kill him, and that when he was killed he would rise again after three days.

Verse ConceptsPredictionsSuffering, Of Jesus ChristProphecies Said By JesusChrist Predicting The FutureHanding Over ChristChrist TeachingChrist Speaking To DisciplesChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseDanger From MenHurt And Betrayal

who will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him; then after three days he will rise again."

Verse ConceptsFloggingBeating JesusSalivaChrist Would Be KilledChrist Would RiseMocking Christ

Then he said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you after this!" The disciples heard him say it.

Verse ConceptsUnfruitfulnessThe Disciples Reactions

Jesus noted his intelligent answer and said to him, "You are not far off the Realm of God." After that no one ventured to put any more questions to him.

Verse ConceptsNot Asking OthersAnsweringGod's Blessings Are NearLosing CourageQuestioning GodSchoolanswers

They got distressed at this, and said to him one after another, "Surely it is not me?" "Surely it is not me?"

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfUnhappinessWho Is The One?Other Sad People

And as they were eating he took a loaf, and after the blessing he broke and gave it to them, saying, "Take this, it means my body."

Verse ConceptsBody Of Christ, SymbolizedLord's SupperSacramentsEating Christ's BodyBreaking Of BreadThanking God For FoodThe Lord's SupperTable Grace

He also took a cup and after thanking God he gave it to them, and they all drank of it;

After the hymn of praise they went out to the Hill of Olives.

Verse ConceptsSingingSongsChantingThose Singing Praise

But after my rising I will precede you to Galilee."

Verse ConceptsChrist Would Rise

Day after day I was beside you in the temple teaching, and you never seized me. However, it is to let the scriptures be fulfilled."

Verse ConceptsAccomplishingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingArresting ChristScriptures Fulfilledfulfillment

But he denied it again. After a little the bystanders once more said to Peter, "To be sure, you are one of them. Why, you are a Galilean!"

Verse ConceptsDissentClosing Up

Immediately morning came, the high priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and all the Sanhedrin, and after binding Jesus they led him off and handed him over to Pilate.

Verse Conceptsenemies, of Jesus Christelders, as community leadersBad Decision Making ExamplesRopesTeachers Of The LawCommitteesHanding Over ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesThe Chief Priests ConvenedTying Up

Then, after making fun of him, they stripped off the purple, put on his own clothes, and took him away to crucify him.

Verse ConceptsPredestination, Spiritual EventsClothing OthersPeople Stripping PeoplePurple ClothesMocking ChristFun

He, after buying a linen sheet, took him down and swathed him in the linen, laying him in a tomb which had been cut out of the rock and rolling a boulder up against the opening of the tomb.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadFuneralsClothembalmingLinenTombsExcavationLowering PeopleRollingJesus Tomb

After this he appeared in another form to two of them as they were walking on their way to the country.

Verse ConceptsTwo DisciplesThe CountrysideChrist Appearing

Then after speaking to them the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God,

Verse ConceptsGospel, Historical Foundation OfJesus Christ, Ascension OfExaltation Of ChristRight SidesGoing To Heaven

while they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the miracles that endorsed it. (b) But they gave Peter and his companions a brief account of all these injunctions. And, after that, Jesus himself sent out by means of them from east to west the sacred and imperishable message of eternal salvation.

Verse ConceptsApostles, Function In Early ChurchConfirmationApostles, IdentficationMiracles, Nature OfMission, Of The ChurchMissionaries, Support ForPreaching, Effects OfWork, Divine And HumanMinisters, Way They Should TeachThe Witness Of GodSigns And Wonders Of The GospelMiracles Authenticate God's MessageDiscipleshippreachingfollowing

Then, after his term of service had elapsed, he went home.

Verse ConceptsEnd Of ActionsIndividuals going homeluck

After those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and for five months she concealed herself.

Verse ConceptsConceptionFive Months And MoreHiding From PeopleMonthsHaving A Babyluck

There was also a prophetess, Hannah the daughter of Phanuel, who belonged to the tribe of Asher; she was advanced in years, having lived seven years with her husband after her girlhood

Verse ConceptsProphetessSeven YearsAgeWaiting Till Marriagemumsmarraigematrimonyvirginity

After spending the full number of days they came back, but the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know of this;

Verse ConceptsStaying PutNot Knowing About Christparenthood

John said to them all, "I baptize you with water, but after me one who is mightier will come, and I am not fit to untie the string of his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritBaptism, in the GospelsSending Of The Holy SpiritThe Outpouring Of The Holy Spirit,ShoesThe Holy Spirit, And SanctificationPromises Of The Holy SpiritWater For BaptismUndoing FasteningsSymbols of the Holy Spirit

And after exhausting every kind of temptation the devil left him till a fit opportunity arrived.

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overLeavingRight Time For The DevilEnd Of ActionsTemptationOpportunityResisting Temptation

But Jesus checked it, saying, "Be quiet, come out of him." And after throwing him down before them the daemon did come out of him without doing him any harm.

Verse ConceptsExorcismsSilenceJesus Casting Out DemonsThose Jesus HealedDemonic Influence

On going outside after this he noticed a taxgatherer called Levi sitting at the tax-office and said to him, "Follow me";

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to Jesus ChristChristlikenessApostles, Descriptiondiscipleship, nature ofInstructions About Followingtaxes

Besides, no one wants new wine [immediately] after drinking old; 'The old,' he says, 'is better.'"

Verse ConceptsOld ThingsDrunkennessNew

As a large crowd was gathering and as people were resorting to him from town after town, he addressed them in a parable.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsCrowds Around Jesusgathering

It was about eight days after he said this, when he took Peter, John, and James, and went up the hillside to pray.

Verse ConceptsEight DaysChrist Going With People

After that the Lord commissioned other seventy disciples, sending them in front of him two by two to every town and place that he intended to visit himself.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofMissionaries, Call OfCompanionshipMissionary Work, Examples OfSeventyTwo DisciplesPeople Going BeforeSeventiesChrist SendingMissionariesDiscipleshipgroups

He knew what they were thinking about, so he said to them, "Any realm divided against itself comes to ruin, house after house falls down;

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsCivil StrifeThoughtHow Jesus Knows The HeartWeakness In DivisionChrist Knowing About People

After he had gone away, the scribes and Pharisees commenced to follow him up closely and cross-question him on many points,

Verse ConceptsQuestioning ChristOpposition To Christ From ScribesPharisees Concerned About ChristSchoolpharisees

I will show you whom to fear ??fear Him who after he has killed has power to cast you into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear Him.

Verse ConceptsGospel, Responses ToPunishment, By GodGehennaReverence To GodGod KillingGod KillsFear God!

After this there will be five at issue in one house, three divided against two and two against three,

Verse ConceptsFive PeoplePeople OpposedTwo Or ThreeFamiliesFamily LoveFamily Firstdivision

For which of you wants to build a tower and does not first sit down to calculate the expense, to see if he has enough money to complete it? ??29 in case, after he has laid the foundation and then is unable to finish the building, all the spectators start to make fun of him,

Verse ConceptsAccountancyBeing FirstBeing In DebtForethoughtsCounting MoneyFirst ActionsMan's Work FinishedTime ManagementFinancesThe BibleFinishing Strongbridgesconstructionstructureaccountingfinishing

But as soon as this son of yours arrives, after having wasted your means with harlots, you kill the fatted calf for him!'

Verse ConceptsBitterness, Examples OfProstitutionWantonnessFat AnimalsKilling Domesticated AnimalsEating Cattle

Men will say, 'See, here he is!' 'See, there he is!' but do not go out or run after them,

Verse ConceptsPeople Following Peoplefollowing

Now his people hated him and sent envoys after him to say, 'We object to him having royal power over us.'

Verse ConceptsenvoyHatredSelf WillHating GodUnsuitable RuleCitizens

Day after day he taught within the temple. The high priests and scribes tried to have him put to death, and so did the leaders of the people,

Verse ConceptsScribesTeachers Of The LawAmazement, Of Jesus ChristPlottingUnceasingAlways Being ActiveChrist TeachingChrist Would Be KilledOpposition To Christ From Scribes

Then Herod and his troops scoffed at him and made fun of him, and after arraying him in a bright robe he remitted him to Pilate.

Verse ConceptsClothingMockeryRidicule, Objects OfSoldiersPersecution Of ChristFine ClothesMocking ChristSoldiers Treatment Of ChristFunassertiveness

As they led him off they caught hold of Simon a Cyrenian on his way from the country and laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus.

Verse ConceptsBackCarrying The CrossOutward CompulsionThe Crosslungs