Thematic Bible: Touched by others


Thematic Bible



"I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,



"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water."

"Where is your Father?" they asked him. "You have neither known me nor my Father," answered Jesus. "If you had known me, you would have known my father also."

"This is truly astonishing," said the man in reply, "that you do not know where he is from, and yet he has opened my eyes.


"For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.



You know, do you not, that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid!




If what you have heard from the beginning is abiding in you, you also will ever abide in the Son and in the Father.


Presently some Pharisees came up and tested him, by asking if it was lawful for a man to divorce his wife.


Then a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him. "Master," he said "what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"




But a woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him, and touched the tassel of his cloak. For she said to herself, "If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured." But Jesus turned and saw her and said, "Be of good courage, daughter, your faith has healed you." And the woman was healed from that hour.

For he had healed so many that all the people who had ailments pressed upon him so as to touch him.

Then they crossed over and came to land at Gennesaret; and when the men of that country recognized him, they sent into all the country round about, and brought to him all the sick, and kept begging him to let them touch the tassel of his cloak??nd all who touched were completely cured.

The whole crowd were trying to touch him, because power emanated from him and cured them all.


and this voice we ourselves heard, borne to us out of heaven, when we were with him on the holy hill.


Six days later Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and brought them by themselves up a high mountain apart from the rest.

And as he was praying the appearances of his countenance became different, and his clothing became white and dazzling.



"You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice."