Temptations and Trespasses
(Matthew 18:6–9; Mark 9:42–48)
Jesus said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! Mat 18:7Rom 14:131Co 11:191Co 8:13Rom 16:17Mat 16:231Co 10:32Rom 14:20-21 It would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and to be thrown into the sea than to cause one of these little ones to stumble. Mrk 9:42Mat 18:14Mat 18:3-6Mat 18:101Co 8:11-12Mat 26:241Co 9:222Pe 2:1-3
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. Lev 19:17Mat 18:21Mat 18:15-17Pro 9:82Ch 19:6-7Jas 5:19Pro 27:5Deu 4:9 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” Col 3:12-13Mat 18:21-22Rom 12:20Mat 6:14-15Mat 6:121Co 13:4-7Eph 4:31-32Mat 18:16
The Power of Faith
(Matthew 17:19–20)
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” Mrk 9:24Heb 12:2Php 4:132Co 12:8-102Th 1:3Luk 7:13Mrk 6:301Pe 1:22-23
And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. Mat 17:20Mat 21:21Mrk 9:23Mat 13:31-321Co 13:2Luk 13:19Mrk 11:22-23Luk 19:4
Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? Mat 12:11Luk 13:15Luk 14:5 Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink’? Luk 12:37Gen 43:162Sa 12:20 Does he thank the servant because he did what he was told? So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’” 1Co 9:16-171Pe 5:5-6Job 22:2-31Co 15:9-10Job 35:6-7Rom 11:35Pro 16:2-31Ch 29:14-16
The Ten Lepers
(2 Kings 5:1–14)
While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. Luk 9:51-52Jhn 4:3-4 As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. 1 They stood at a distance Lev 13:45-46Luk 5:122Ki 7:3Luk 18:132Ch 26:20-212Ki 5:27Num 5:2-3Num 12:14 and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” Mat 15:22Mat 9:27Mat 20:30-31Luk 18:38-39Mrk 9:22Luk 5:5
When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” 2 And as they were on their way, they were cleansed. Lev 13:1-46Luk 5:142Ki 5:14Mat 3:15Jhn 11:10Mat 8:3-4Isa 65:24Jhn 2:5
When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice. Psa 30:11-12Psa 103:1-4Isa 38:19-22Luk 17:17-18Psa 118:18-19Jhn 9:38Psa 107:20-222Ch 32:24-26 He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan. Act 8:5-25Mat 10:5Rev 19:10Luk 10:32-35Luk 9:52-56Rev 19:4-5Act 1:8Jhn 4:39-42
“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine? Rom 1:21Psa 106:13Gen 3:9Jhn 8:7-10 Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?” Psa 50:23Mat 15:24-28Psa 106:13Isa 42:12Mat 8:12Rev 14:7Mat 20:16Mat 8:10
Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well! 3” Mrk 5:34Luk 7:50Mat 9:22Mrk 10:52Luk 18:42Luk 8:48
The Coming of the Kingdom
(Genesis 19:24–29)
When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs. Jhn 18:36Luk 16:16Luk 19:11Dan 2:44Act 1:6-7Luk 10:11Luk 17:23-24Zec 4:6 Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst. 4” Mat 12:28Rom 14:17Mrk 13:21Col 1:27Luk 10:9-11Mat 24:23-28Luk 17:23Luk 21:8
Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it. Luk 5:35Mat 9:15Jhn 13:33Jhn 16:16-22Jhn 16:5-7Jhn 7:33-36Jhn 8:21-24Mrk 2:20 People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them. Luk 21:8Mat 24:23-26Luk 17:21Mrk 13:21-23 For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day. Mat 24:27Mal 4:1-2Mat 24:30Zec 9:141Th 5:22Pe 3:102Th 2:2Jas 5:8 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. Mat 16:21Luk 9:22Mrk 8:31Jhn 1:11Luk 24:25-26Mat 20:18-19Mat 21:42Isa 53:3
Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man: Mat 24:37-39Gen 7:7-23Luk 17:241Pe 3:19-20Luk 17:222Pe 2:52Pe 3:6Gen 6:5 People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. Luk 12:19-201Th 5:1-3Isa 22:12-14Luk 16:19-231Sa 25:36-38Deu 6:10-12Deu 8:12-14Isa 21:4
It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. Ezk 16:49-50Gen 18:20-21Jas 5:1-5Gen 13:13Gen 19:1-28 But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. Rev 11:82Pe 2:6Jer 50:40Jud 1:7Zep 2:9Deu 29:23-25Isa 13:19Mat 11:23-24
It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 2Th 1:71Co 1:7Rev 1:71Pe 1:131Pe 1:7Luk 21:27Luk 21:34-36Mat 16:27 On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind. Jer 45:5Luk 21:21Mat 16:26Mrk 13:14-16Mat 24:17-21Php 3:7-8Job 2:4Mat 6:25 Remember Lot’s wife! Gen 19:26Heb 10:38-392Pe 2:18-221Co 10:6-12Gen 19:17 Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. Mat 10:39Mrk 8:35-37Jhn 12:25Luk 9:24-25Mat 16:25Rev 2:10 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left. Mat 24:40-412Pe 2:9Mal 3:16-181Th 4:16-17Mrk 13:23Psa 28:3Luk 13:24Psa 26:9 Two women will be grinding grain together: One will be taken and the other left.” 5 Mat 24:41Exo 11:5Jdg 16:21
“Where, Lord?” they asked. Mat 24:28Job 39:29-30Zec 13:8-9Rev 19:17-18Amo 9:1-4Zec 14:2Dan 9:26-271Th 2:16
Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”