Key Characters
This prophet was imprisoned by Herod Antipas after rebuking Herod for marrying his brother's wife, Herodias.
Who is John the Baptist?
Four men lowered their paralyzed friend through this part of a house so Jesus could heal him.
What is the roof?
Before choosing His twelve apostles, Jesus spent this entire amount of time on a mountainside in prayer to God.
What is all night (an entire night)?
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus declared that believers are called to be these two preserving and illuminating elements of the earth.
What are "salt" and "light"?
Complete this Beatitude from Matthew 5: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called..."
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is "sons of God." (or children of God)?
This tax collector left his booth to follow Jesus and hosted a large banquet with sinners in Jesus' honor.
Who is Matthew (Levi)?
On a Sabbath in the synagogue, Jesus healed a man with this specific physical condition, exposing the hard hearts of the watching religious leaders.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is a withered (shriveled) hand?
The Pharisees accused Jesus’ hungry disciples of breaking the Sabbath law when they performed this action in the grainfields.
What is plucking and eating heads of grain?
Jesus declared that the Sabbath was made for this recipient, not this recipient for the Sabbath.
What is man?
In Matthew 6:33, Jesus commanded: "Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and..."
What is "all these things will be added to you"?
When accused of breaking Sabbath rules by plucking grain, Jesus pointed to this Old Testament king who entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Who is David?
Before telling the paralyzed man to take up his mat and walk, Jesus said these controversial words that provoked charges of blasphemy.
What is "Your sins are forgiven"?
When questioned why His disciples did not fast like John's disciples or the Pharisees, Jesus compared Himself to this festive wedding figure.
What is the Bridegroom?
In Matthew 6, Jesus warned that no one can serve two masters, specifically showing the difference between devotion to God with devotion to this.
What is mammon (or money)?
n Mark 2:28, Jesus declared this title of ultimate authority over the day of rest: "So the Son of Man is..."
What is "Lord even of the Sabbath"?
These two brothers, sons of Zebedee, were among the twelve disciples whom Jesus nicknamed "Sons of Thunder."
Who are James and John?
In response to John the Baptist's questioning messengers, Jesus cited these specific miraculous signs being fulfilled, including the blind seeing, the lame walking, and the dead being raised.
What are the Messianic prophecies (The prophecies about what the Messiah would do)?
Herodias’s daughter danced before Herod and his guests on his birthday, prompting a promise that led to this request on a platter.
What is the head of John the baptist?
Jesus taught that anyone harboring this unresolved emotion toward a brother is subject to judgment, equating it in principle to murder.
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What is anger/hate?
In response to the religious leaders questioning why He dined with outcasts, Jesus declared: "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but..."
What is "sinners to repentance"?
After John sent his disciples from prison to ask Jesus if He was the "Expected One," Jesus told the crowds that among those born of women, none was greater than John—yet anyone in this group is greater than he.
What is the least in the kingdom of God (or kingdom of heaven)?
To demonstrate to the scribes that the Son of Man had authority on earth to forgive sins, Jesus performed this physical command to the paralytic.
What is commanding him to "Get up, take up your mat, and go home"?
Jesus used the illustration of new wine bursting old containers to explain why His new covenant ministry could not be confined to old ritual systems.
What are wineskins?
When asked whether it is lawful to heal on the Sabbath, Jesus established the moral principle that it is lawful to do this on the Sabbath day.
What is "to do good" (or save life)?
Jesus says we (His children) are more valuable than these two things in his first sermon.
What are birds of the air and the flowers?