Thematic Bible: Despised


Thematic Bible



"Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? Verse ConceptsCraftsmenCarpentersOccupationsWork, As Ordained By GodHumility Of ChristChrist, Names ForChrist's Earthly FamilyWho He Might BeMothers And Sonsnegativity


And the passers-by kept jeering at him, wagging their heads and saying. "Ah! you who were to 'destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days,' save yourself! Come down from the cross!


Many of them kept saying. "He has a demon and is mad! Why do you listen to him?" Verse ConceptsHealthPrejudiceLunaticsAccused Of Being DemonisedReckoned InsaneThe DevilDemonic Influence









"It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition! Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT










"The Pharisee stood apart and thus began to pray by himself. "'O God, I thank thee that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax gatherer; Verse ConceptsExtortion, Examples OfAttitudes, in prayerHypocrisy, Description OfPrejudiceStandingStatusTax CollectorsHypocrites, Description OfSelf DelusionEvildoersNot Like PeopleAvoid AdulteryWe Thank GodConfession of sin















When they heard this they were infuriated, and were minded to kill the apostles; Verse ConceptsAngry With ChristAttempting To Kill Specific PeopleWork Ethic

When they had heard these words, those in the synagogue were filled with fury; they rose, hurried him outside the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, intending to cast him down headlong.

For John had often told Herod, "It is not right for you to live with your brother's wife." So Herodias hated him, and wished to put him to death;








The world's base things has God chosen, and the things that are not, to bring to naught the things that are; Verse ConceptsChosen InstrumentsHumilityArrogant ExistenceChosen DisciplesOther Unimportant PeopleimportanceJustification Excluding Boasting

When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; when defamed, we conciliate. We have been made, as it were, scum-o'-the-earth, the very refuse of the world, to this very hour! Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfBackbitingdirtGrace, In Human RelationshipsKindnessPersecution, Forms OfSlanderSpeech, Positive Aspects OfDuties To EnemiesDefamationUseless Peoplerumors









"It is praiseworthy, is it," he exclaimed, "to reject the command of God that you may keep your tradition! Verse ConceptsCommands, in NT


















Thus by your tradition which you have handed down you set at naught the word of God; and you do many other things like that." Verse ConceptsAdding to the BibleRejection Of GodRejection Of God's WordWord Of GodRejecting God's WordThe Word Of Godculture