Month: February 2023

There’s so much happening in this chapter – Jesus’ ‘last supper’ / Passover Feast, Judas’ betrayal, Peter’s denial of Jesus, Jesus being beaten / mocked, as well as other supporting events. “And he… went… to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. And… he said to them, ‘Pray that you may not enter…

This chapter primarily contains Jesus’ prophesy and foretelling of ‘the end times’ including a time of great tribulation, the destruction of Jerusalem (then the whole world), and His second coming. “…’Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be…

This chapter contains several more teachings of Jesus on topics such as His authority, wickedness and condemnation, comparisons between the current age and the age to come (also the physical world vs. the spiritual realm). ” ‘In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had her as wife.’ And Jesus…

This chapter includes the accounts of Zacchaeus, Jesus’ ‘triumphal entry’ into Jerusalem, Him weeping over Jerusalem and clearing out the temple, and a parable about ‘ten minas of gold’. ” ‘The first [nobleman’s servant] came before him… And he said to him, “Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very little,…

This chapter contains more accounts of Jesus’ ministry including parables of humility and pursuing God, commentary on being childlike and repenting of worldly priorities, another foretelling of His death and healing of a blind beggar. ” ‘And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? …For everyone who…

This chapter contains a few topics including Jesus cleansing ten lepers, commentary on the coming kingdom, and a talk about faith / temptation. ” ‘Will any one of you who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, “Come at once and recline at table”?…

This chapter contains some of Jesus’ commentary and parables about possessions / money. The theme is that we can only love God, or worldly possessions, but we can’t serve both, one has to take priority. ” ‘The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd… than…

This chapter contains three well-known parables: the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the ‘lost’ (prodigal) son. ” ‘What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? …Or…

This chapter contains parables of the wedding feast and banquet host, healing on the Sabbath, and the cost of following Jesus. ” ‘If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own [family], and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me…