1. Feeding Five Thousand
Scriptures: Luke 9:10-17; Mark 6:30-44; Mat 14:13-21; John 6:1-14 Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Luke 9:10-17 The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them, and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida. 11 But the multitudes, perceiving it, followed him. He welcomed them, and…
2. Walking on Water
Scriptures: John 6:15-21; Mark 6:45-56; Mat 14:22-34 Jesus Walks on Water John 6:15-21 Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself. 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, 17 and they entered into the boat,…
1. The Bread of Life
Scriptures: John 6:22-42 I Am the Bread of Life John 6:22-42 On the next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except the one in which his disciples had embarked, and that Jesus hadn’t entered with his disciples into the boat, but his…
2. Words of Eternal Life
Scriptures: John 6:60-71 The Words of Eternal Life John 6:43-71 43 Therefore Jesus answered them, “Don’t murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught…
1. A Matter of the Heart
Scriptures: Mark 7:1-23; Matthew 15:1-20 What Defiles a Person Mark 7:1-13 Then the Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered together to him, having come from Jerusalem. 2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is unwashed, hands, they found fault. 3 (For the Pharisees and all the Jews, don’t…
2. The Faith of a Canaanite Woman
Scriptures: Mark 7:24-37; Mat 15:21-31 The Faith of a Canaanite Woman Matthew 15:21-28 Jesus went out from there, and withdrew into the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 Behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those borders, and cried, saying, “Have mercy on me, Lord, you son of David! My daughter is severely possessed by a…
3. Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
Scriptures: Mark 8:1-10; Mat 15:32-29 Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand Matthew 15:29-39 Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and he went up into the mountain, and sat there. 30 Great multitudes came to him, having with them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many others, and they put them down at his…
4. The Pharisees Demand a Sign
Scriptures: Mark 8:11-26; Mat 16:1-12 The Leaven of the Pharisees and Herod Matthew 16:1-12 The Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing him, asked him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ 3 In the morning,…
5. Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ
Scriptures: Luke 9:18-22; Mark 8:27-30; Mat 16:13-20 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ Matthew 16:13-20 Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?” 14 They said, “Some say John the Baptiser, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one…
6. Following Jesus Means Taking Up Your Cross
Scriptures: Mark 8:31-9:1; Mat 16:21-28; Luke 9:23-27 Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus Mark 8:31-9:1 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke to them…