Life and Ministry of Jesus
He was born in this town, fulfilling Micah’s prophecy and setting Matthew’s narrative in motion.
What is Bethlehem?
Matthew 2:1
This disciple was a tax collector when Jesus called him.
Who is Matthew?
Matthew 9:9
Jesus compared the Kingdom of Heaven to a man who sowed this kind of seed.
What is good seed?
Matthew 13:24
Jesus begins the Sermon with these statements describing the blessed.
What are the Beatitudes?
Matthew 5:3–12
Jesus healed this man by touching him after he said, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
Who is the leper?
Matthew 8:2–3
Right after His baptism, Jesus was led into this place to be tempted by the devil for forty days and nights.
What is the wilderness?
Matthew 4:1
Jesus sent the Twelve out with authority over unclean spirits and sickness in this chapter.
What is chapter 10?
Matthew 10:1
This small item is used by Jesus to illustrate how the Kingdom grows into something large.
What is a mustard seed?
Matthew 13:31–32
Jesus teaches a model prayer known by this common name.
What is the Lord’s Prayer?
Matthew 6:9–13
Jesus calmed this by rebuking the winds and the waves.
What is the storm?
Matthew 8:26
Jesus called these two brothers who are both fishermen, while they were casting their nets; they immediately followed Him.
Who are Peter and Andrew?
Matthew 4:18–20
This disciple doubted Jesus’ power during the storm, prompting Jesus to call him “little faith.”
Who is Peter?
Matthew 14:28–31
In the Parable of the Weeds, Jesus said the harvest represents this event.
What is the end of the age?
Matthew 13:39–40
Jesus says anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has committed adultery here.
What is in his heart?
Matthew 5:28
Jesus healed the centurion’s servant with only this.
What is His word?
Matthew 8:8–13
After healing a paralytic, Jesus proved His authority by declaring He had the power to do this.
What is forgive sins?
Matthew 9:2–6
Jesus told the disciples that among those born of women, no one had arisen greater than this man, yet the least in the Kingdom is greater than him.
Who is John the Baptist?
Matthew 11:11
This parable describes the Kingdom as treasure hidden in a field, worth selling everything to obtain.
What is the Parable of the Hidden Treasure?
Matthew 13:44
Jesus commands His followers not to do this, because tomorrow has enough trouble of its own.
What is worry about tomorrow?
Matthew 6:34
After feeding five thousand men, not counting women and children, Jesus did this miracle showing mastery over nature.
What is walking on water?
Matthew 14:25
When John the Baptist questioned whether Jesus was the Messiah, Jesus told John’s disciples to report these specific signs of His ministry, drawn from Isaiah’s prophecies.
What is the blind seeing, the lame walking, lepers cleansed, the deaf hearing, the dead raised, and good news preached to the poor?
Matthew 11:4–5
The Pharisees criticized Jesus’ disciples for doing this on the Sabbath, which led Jesus to defend them using the example of David eating the consecrated bread.
What is plucking and eating grain?
Matthew 12:1–4
In the Parable of the Tenants, the tenants kill this person last, thinking they will gain the vineyard.
Who is the son?
Matthew 21:37–39
Jesus warns that not everyone who calls Him “Lord, Lord” will enter the Kingdom, but only those who do this.
What is do the will of the Father?
Matthew 7:21
When the Pharisees demanded a sign from Jesus, He told them the only sign they would receive was this one, which pointed to His own death and resurrection.
What is the sign of Jonah?
Matthew 12:38–40