The Sower and the Seed
The rocky soil receives the word with joy but falls away because it lacks this
What is root?
After the storm is calmed, the disciples ask, "Who then is this, that even these obey him?"
What are the wind and the sea?
Jesus describes the crowds as harassed and helpless, like sheep without this
What is a shepherd?
After Jesus feeds the 5000, this many baskets of leftovers are collected
What are 12 baskets?
After being freed from demons, the man in Mark 5 is sent to proclaim what God had done–specifically in this location
What is the Decapolis?
In Jesus's parable, the seed represents this
What is the word of God (the message of the Kingdom)?
Following the calming of the storm Jesus meets a man possessed by many demons. The demons beg Jesus to allow them to enter this group of animals
What are the pigs (swine)?
Jesus tells his disciples that the harvest is plentiful, but these are few
What are the workers (laborers)?
Jesus first asks this disciple where bread could be bought to feed the crowd
Who is Phillip?
When asked for a sign in Matthew 12, Jesus points to the experience of this Old Testament prophet as the only sign given
Who is Jonah?
Paul says he came to Corinth not with eloquence or wisdom, but proclaiming this central message
What is Christ crucified?
Hebrews teaches that the Son sustains all things by this expression of his power
What is His powerful word?
The message Jesus gave to his disciples to proclaim as He sent them out
What is The kingdom of heaven is at hand?
When many disciples turned back following Jesus's hard teaching about eating his flesh and drinking his blood, Peter confesses that Jesus alone has these
What are the words of eternal life?
In Mark 5, Jesus encounters a man possessed by many demons in this region
What is the region of the Gerasenes?
Jesus says the good soil produces a crop yielding these amounts
What are thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold?
Hebrews says that the Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of this
What is God's nature/being?
Jesus instructs the 12 to go only to these people, not Gentiles or Samaritans
Who are the lost sheep of Israel?
Jesus says the work God desires is this
What is to believe in the One He has sent?
Quote Colossians 1:16-17
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
In Mark 4, Jesus says the farmer sleeps and rises while the seed grows in this surprising way
What is by itself/automatically?
Collosians 1:15 calls Jesus the visible expression of this invisible reality
What is the image of the invisible God?
John the Baptist is executed because he condemned this unlawful relationship
What is Herod's marriage to Herodias, his brother's wife?
In John 6 Jesus identifies Himself as this essential food source
What is the bread of life?
Quote Matthew 6:31 & 33
Therefore do not be anxious, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?” But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.