Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible



As Jesus moved on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the toll booth [i.e., collecting taxes]. He said to him, "Become my follower." And he got up and followed Him. Verse ConceptsFollowing Jesus ChristCommitment, to Jesus ChristChristlikenessdiscipleship, nature ofHow Disciples Are Calleddelay, humanGospel, Responses ToSelf DenialTax CollectorsCall To ServiceResponding To God's CallInstructions About FollowingPeople Getting Uptaxes

Then after these things happened, Jesus went out [i.e., probably walking along a street] and saw a publican [Note: This was a person with a bad reputation for dishonest tax collecting activities] named Matthew [i.e., the same as Levi. See Mark 2:14] sitting at the toll booth [collecting taxes] and said, "Become my follower." So, Matthew gave up everything, got up and followed Jesus.

Then Jesus went out again, walking along the shore of the lake, and [when] all the crowd came out to Him, He taught them. And as He walked along He saw Levi [i.e., the same person as Matthew. See Matt. 9:9], the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the toll booth [i.e., collecting taxes]. He said to him, "Become my follower." And he got up and followed Him.

Large crowds came to Him, bringing crippled, blind, deaf-mute, disabled and many other [sick] people and laid them down at His feet. And He healed [all of] them, Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsFeetdisabilitiesPopularityMiracles Of ChristPopularity Of ChristCrowds SeekingDumbnessDumbJesus HealingHealing Sickness

About this time, while a crowd of many thousands had assembled, [so large that] people were trampling on one another, Jesus first began telling His disciples, "Watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Verse ConceptsCrowdsAn Innumerable Numberevil, warnings againstPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristPopularityPretenceWarningPopularity Of ChristDealing With Many PeopleTrampling PeopleLeavenedBeginning To TeachDisadvantages Of CrowdsCharacteristics Of PhariseesChrist Speaking To DisciplesShowing HypocrisyHypocrisy

Soon a crowd assembled again so that they could not even eat a meal [i.e., without people crowding all around them]. Verse ConceptsCrowdsPopularity Of ChristPeople EatingDisadvantages Of CrowdsUnable To Do Other ThingsOpportunitypressure

Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River. Verse ConceptsMultitudesFollowing Jesus ChristLargenessPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusBeyond Jordan

Great crowds gathered around Him so that He went and sat down in a boat [just off shore], while the crowd stood on the beach. Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsBoatsPopularitySittingPopularity Of ChristBeachesSitting To Teachgathering


And people from all over the city [of Capernaum] gathered at the door of the house, Verse ConceptsPopularityPopularity Of ChristGathering Friends

Then Jesus went out again, walking along the shore of the lake, and [when] all the crowd came out to Him, He taught them. Verse ConceptsCrowdsPopularityPopularity Of ChristSeashoresChrist Teachinglakes

Large crowds came to Him, bringing crippled, blind, deaf-mute, disabled and many other [sick] people and laid them down at His feet. And He healed [all of] them, Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsFeetdisabilitiesPopularityMiracles Of ChristPopularity Of ChristCrowds SeekingDumbnessDumbJesus HealingHealing Sickness

About this time, while a crowd of many thousands had assembled, [so large that] people were trampling on one another, Jesus first began telling His disciples, "Watch out for the leavening [effect] of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Verse ConceptsCrowdsAn Innumerable Numberevil, warnings againstPharisees, Attitudes To Jesus ChristPopularityPretenceWarningPopularity Of ChristDealing With Many PeopleTrampling PeopleLeavenedBeginning To TeachDisadvantages Of CrowdsCharacteristics Of PhariseesChrist Speaking To DisciplesShowing HypocrisyHypocrisy

Soon a crowd assembled again so that they could not even eat a meal [i.e., without people crowding all around them]. Verse ConceptsCrowdsPopularity Of ChristPeople EatingDisadvantages Of CrowdsUnable To Do Other ThingsOpportunitypressure

Large crowds followed Him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and from beyond [i.e., the east side of] the Jordan River. Verse ConceptsMultitudesFollowing Jesus ChristLargenessPopularityPopularity Of ChristCrowds Around JesusBeyond Jordan

Great crowds gathered around Him so that He went and sat down in a boat [just off shore], while the crowd stood on the beach. Verse ConceptsMultitudesCrowdsBoatsPopularitySittingPopularity Of ChristBeachesSitting To Teachgathering


And people from all over the city [of Capernaum] gathered at the door of the house, Verse ConceptsPopularityPopularity Of ChristGathering Friends

Then Jesus went out again, walking along the shore of the lake, and [when] all the crowd came out to Him, He taught them. Verse ConceptsCrowdsPopularityPopularity Of ChristSeashoresChrist Teachinglakes