Thematic Bible: Concerning his kingdom


Thematic Bible



And on the next day as they returned from Bethany he was hungry; and seeing a fig tree at a distance having leaves, he went to see if he could find any thing on it. And having come to it, he found nothing except leaves, for it was not time for figs. And he spoke and said to it, Let no one eat fruit of you forever! And his disciples heard him.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets, and stoning those sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a bird gathers her brood under her wings, but you would not! Behold, your house is left to you desolate; for I tell you that you shall not see me henceforth, till you say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord!

And when he came near and saw the city he wept over it, saying, O, that you had known, even you, and indeed in this your day, the things which are for your peace! But now they are hid from your eyes. For days of [trouble] will come upon you, and your enemies shall throw an embankment around you, and shut you in, and press you on every side, read more.
and destroy you and your children with you, and not leave stone upon stone in you; because you knew not the time of your visitation. And going into the temple he cast out those that sold, saying to them, it is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. AND he taught daily in the temple; and the chief priests, and scribes, and the first of the people sought to destroy him. And they found nothing that they could do; for all the people were attentive to hear him.



Then Jesus said to them, When you shall lift up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am [the Christ]; and I do nothing of myself; but I speak these things as the Father has taught me; Verse ConceptsExaltation Of ChristDoctrine, From GodGospel, Descriptions OfSpeech, DivineJesus Christ, Relation To FatherProphecies Said By JesusAuthority Of ChristThe Existence Of ChristGod TeachingNot AloneChrist's Crucifixion ForetoldThe FatherSpeaking The Word God Gives

But first he must suffer many things, and be rejected by this generation. Verse ConceptsNecessitySuffering, Of Jesus ChristRejection Of ChristFirst ActionsRejection

Hear another parable: There was a man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and made a hedge around it, and dug a wine vat in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. And when the time of the fruits approached he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive his fruits. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. read more.
Again he sent other servants more than the first; and they treated them in the same manner. And afterwards he sent them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him and take his inheritance. And they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those husbandmen? They said to him, He will inflict on those men a miserable death, and let out his vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons. Jesus said to them, Have you never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of a corner? this is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes? I tell you, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation yielding its fruits. (Added verse not retained in Sawyer)

And you, Capernaum, which are exalted even to heaven, shall go down even to hades; for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. Verse ConceptsThe DeadHadesSkyCitiesProphecies Said By JesusHumbling The ProudPermanenceAbasing PeoplePutting Things DownSky, Figurative Usegays

And you, Capernaum, even to heaven will you be exalted? even to hades shall you be cast down. Verse ConceptsThe DeadHadesProphecies Said By JesusPutting Things Down

And as they were eating, he said, I tell you truly, that one of you will betray me. Verse ConceptsTrapProphecies Said By JesusJudas Betraying ChristPeople EatingChrist Telling The TruthAt The Same Timetraitors

But he answered and said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, he shall betray me. The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it would be good for him if that man had not been born. And Judas, who betrayed him, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi? He said to him, As you say.