The Gospels
This Gospel writer was a tax collector before Jesus called him to follow.
Matthew
God created the world in this number of days before resting on the seventh.
Six
This epistle says “faith without works is dead.
James
Paul was known by this name, Saul, before his conversion on the road to this city.
Damascus
John 11:35
Jesus wept
In this Gospel, Jesus turns water into wine at a wedding in Cana, the first of the signs it records.
The gospel according to John
This prophet was swallowed by a great fish after running from God’s command to preach to Nineveh
Jonah
This letter opens with “Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ” and encourages believers facing suffering to be ready to give a reason for their hope.
1 Peter
This epistle contains the famous “love chapter,” which includes the line “Love is patient, love is kind.
1 Corinthians
Find the verse that opens the famous psalm about the Lord as a shepherd
Psalm 23
Only this Gospel includes the parable of the Prodigal Son and the story of Zacchaeus climbing a sycamore tree.
The gospel according to Luke
This woman, a Moabite, told her mother-in-law Naomi, “Your people will be my people and your God my God.
Ruth
This epistle states “God is love” and is traditionally attributed to the same author as the fourth Gospel.
1 John
The “fruit of the Spirit” list, including love, joy, and peace, appears in this letter to a region in modern-day Turkey
Galatians
Find where Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
John 14:6
This is the number of times Jesus asks Peter “Do you love me?” at the shore of the Sea of Galilee after the resurrection.
Three
The prophet Elijah challenged the prophets of this false god to a contest on Mount Carmel.
Baal
This letter, one of the shortest in the New Testament, warns against false teachers and references the archangel Michael disputing with the devil over Moses’ body.
Jude
Paul wrote this short letter urging a slaveholder to receive back his runaway slave Onesimus as a brother.
Philemon
Find the proverb that tells us to trust in the Lord with all our heart and not lean on our own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5
In Matthew’s account, these are the three gifts the Magi present to the infant Jesus.
Gold, frankincense, and myrrh
These are the three friends of Daniel who were thrown into the fiery furnace for refusing to bow to Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
This unattributed epistle presents Jesus as a superior high priest and includes the “Hall of Faith” chapter.
Hebrews
In this letter, written from prison, Paul says “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” and he also describes Christ’s self-emptying in a famous hymn.
Philippians
Find the verse that defines faith as “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Hebrews 11:1