Thematic Bible: Marks


Thematic Bible






The naive or inexperienced person [is easily misled and] believes every word he hears,
But the prudent man [is discreet and astute and] considers well where he is going.
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfShrewdnessPrudenceThinkingScience


and say ‘We piped the flute for you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed sad dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and cry aloud.’ Verse ConceptsdanceFlutesMusical Instruments, types ofInstrumentalistsNot MourningWedding Songsbreastsdrums

but he is under [the authority of] guardians and household administrators or managers until the date set by his father [when he is of legal age]. Verse ConceptsGuardiansSubmissionThe Right TimeSpiritual Immaturityparenting

Was it I who conceived all these people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them in your arms as a nurse carries the nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers’? Verse ConceptsArmsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfNursesThe Promise Of A Baby

For everyone who lives on milk is [doctrinally inexperienced and] unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a spiritual infant. Verse ConceptsSpiritual MalnutritionChildren, attitudes towardsBabies, Figurative UseMilkReceiving God's WordLike ChildrenChange And GrowthMaturitybabyexperience

For though by this time you ought to be teachers [because of the time you have had to learn these truths], you actually need someone to teach you again the elementary principles of God’s word [from the beginning], and you have come to be continually in need of milk, not solid food. Verse ConceptsNeedElementsChildishnessSpiritual VitalityTeachersTeachingSpiritual ImmaturityTeaching In The ChurchBeginning To TeachStaying Strong And Not Giving UpEating MeatMaturity