Vocabulary
Publican
tax collector
Jesus did not do many miracles in his own hometown for this reason.
because of their unbelief.
This city is not mentioned in the Old Testament. It was the home of Joseph and Mary and here the angel announced to the Virgin the birth of the Messiah. Here Jesus grew up from his infancy to manhood and here he began his public ministry in the synagogue.
Nazareth
He was sitting at the custom house [preparer of taxes] when Jesus said, "follow me."
Matthew
Jesus gave this reason for speaking in parables.
Because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand
"For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."
This is an example of a ...
A paradox.
A statement that is seemingly contradictory.
After Jesus healed the man who was sick of the palsy, Jesus told him this..
Thy sins be forgiven
This River is the setting of some of the Bible’s most iconic scenes as the location of Jesus' baptism.
Jordan River
This was the home of Jesus during at least thirty years of his life. The first three Gospels are chiefly taken up with our Lord's public ministry in this province.
Galilee
Parables are for _________ because they illustrate the truth about salvation.
believers
sepulcher
tomb
This woman was healed when she touched Jesus' garment. She suffered from this ailment...
Issue of blood [menstruation without ceasing] for twelve years.
Jesus’ first miracle was performed in this place.When the wedding party ran out of wine, Jesus commanded the servants to fill up six stone jars with water. After he is offered a cup from one of the jars, the chief steward of the wedding discovers that he is drinking wine.
Cana
A place of the skull and where Jesus was crucified.
Golgotha
In the parable of the pearl of a great price, the pearl symbolizes ________.
Heaven
palsy
paralysis with involuntary tremors
When a great multitude followed Jesus, he did this...
Jesus showed compassion and healed them all.
Jewish upper class who rejected the Old Testament except the Mosaic law books. They did not believe in the resurrection or the afterlife.
Sadducees
Lawyers who copied the scriptures especially the Mosaic laws.
Scribes
"Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn't leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing."
The lost sheep is symbolic of a/an...
unrepentant sinner
lamentation
grief; sorrow; weeping
When Peter walked on water, why did he start to sink?
He was afraid.
Known mostly as the one for whom Salome danced and who ordered John the Baptist to be beheaded.
Also ruled Galilee in Jesus’ time.
Herod Antipas
When Jesus was in the synagogue, he healed a man with a withered hand. This angered a certain group because Jesus healed on the sabbath day. They wanted to kill Jesus because of it.
Pharisees
In the parable of the sower, the good seed is the son of man (Jesus), the field is the world, the good seed is _________ and the tares are the _________.
children of the kingdom; children of the wicked one