Parables/Stories
In this parable, a son wastes his inheritance but is welcomed home with open arms by his father.
The Prodigal Son
"Let my people go."
Moses
The number of days and nights it rained during the Great Flood.
40
Jesus was born in this "City of David."
Bethlehem
This bird returned to Noah’s ark with an olive branch in its beak.
Dove
Jesus told a story about this "neighborly" man who helped a traveler after a priest and a Levite passed him by.
The Good Samaritan
"Am I my brother’s keeper?"
Cain
The number of baskets of scraps left over after Jesus fed the 5,000.
12
The walls of this city came tumbling down after the Israelites marched around them for seven days.
Jericho
Samson used the jawbone of this animal to defeat a thousand Philistines.
Donkey
In the Parable of the Ten Virgins, this is the specific item five of them forgot to bring enough of.
Oil (for their lamps)
"Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God."
Ruth
The total number of books found in the Protestant Bible.
66
Moses received the Ten Commandments on top of this mountain.
Mount Sinai
God provided this specific type of bird for the Israelites to eat in the desert.
Quail
In the Parable of the Pearl of Great Price, a merchant sells everything he has to buy a single pearl; in a similar parable, a man does the same after finding a treasure hidden here.
A field
"I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of his robe filled the temple."
Isaiah
The number of years Jacob had to work in total to marry Rachel.
14
This is the river where John the Baptist baptized Jesus.
Jordan River
This prophet was fed by ravens
Elijah
In the Parable of the Wedding Banquet, the King casts a guest into the "outer darkness" for this specific reason.
Not wearing a wedding garment
As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord."
Joshua
The number of stones David actually picked up from the stream before fighting Goliath.
5
Paul was traveling to this city when he saw a blinding light and heard the voice of Jesus.
Damascus
In the book of Revelation, the four living creatures are described as looking like a lion, an ox, a man, and this bird.
Eagle