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1:1-17 What significance is to be drawn from the genealogy of Jesus here? |
1:18-21 How are we to understand this? |
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2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there? |
2:3-5 Who prophesied Christ's birthplace? |
2:13-15 What do we learn from this? |
2:16-18 What is the meaning of this prophecy? |
2:23 Where in scripture is this recorded? |
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3:1 Who was John the Baptist? |
3:1-3 What is the Kingdom of Heaven? |
3:1-6 What is the difference between John's baptism and the baptism commanded by Jesus? |
3:10 What is John referring to here? |
3:11 What does being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire mean? |
3:13-15 Why did Jesus who knew no sin get baptized by John? |
3:16-17 What is the significance of Father, Son and Holy Spirit being represented here? |
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4:1-11 What do we learn from what Christ did here? |
4:17 See comments on Mt 3:1-3 |
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5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here? |
5:13-16 What do we learn from what Jesus says here? |
5:17-19 What exactly does Jesus mean by what He says here? |
5:29 What does "if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast if from thee," mean? |
5:31-32 What does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage between Christians? |
5:38-42 How are we to understand this? |
5:25-26 See comments on |
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6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here? |
6:9-13 See comments on |
6:7-8 If God knows the things we have need of even before we ask Him, why pray at all? |
6:16-18 What does it mean to fast and is it obligatory upon New Testament Christians to do so? |
6:24 To what does the word mammon refer? |
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7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean? |
7:7-11 See comments on |
7:6 What does Jesus mean by, "Do not give holy things to dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine"? |
7:13-14 What does it mean to enter in at the strait gate? |
7:21 What does Jesus mean when He says that not everyone who calls Him Lord, Lord, will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven? |
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8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him? |
8:23-27 See comments on |
8:11-12 Who is Jesus referring to here and what is outer darkness? |
8:16-17 What was Isaiah's prophecy that Jesus fulfilled here? |
8:18-22 What is meant by "Let the dead bury their dead"? |
8:28-34 Why did Jesus allow the demons to go into the pigs, causing them to drown? |
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9:1-8 What was the point of Jesus' question, "which is easier to say, thy sins are forgiven thee, or arise, take up thy bed and walk"? |
9:14-15 Who is the bridegroom Jesus refers to here? |
9:16-17 What does Jesus mean by, "no man putteth a new cloth into an old garment...nor new wine in old bottles"? |
9:23-24 What did Jesus mean when He said, "The maid is not dead, but sleeping"? |
9:32-34 What was the sin of the Pharisees here in what they said? |
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10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them? |
10:5-7 Why did Jesus forbid the disciples going to the Gentiles here? |
10:8 What does "freely ye have received, freely give" mean? |
10:9-14 What do we learn here? |
10:14-15 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here. |
10:23 What did Jesus mean when He said, "Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel till the Son of Man comes"? |
10:28 Who is He who can destroy both soul and body in hell? |
10:32-33 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here? |
10:34-36 What does Jesus mean that He never came to send peace but a sword? |
10:37-38 What does it mean that whoever wants to follow Jesus must deny themselves and take up their cross? |
10:39 How can one find his life by losing it? |
10:40-42 What is the underlying teaching here for Christians? |
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11:2-3 Why did John the Baptist who knew who Jesus was, send his disciples to ask Jesus if He really was the Messiah? |
11:11 What does Jesus mean that the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than John the Baptist? |
11:12 Who are the "violent" that take the Kingdom of Heaven by force? |
11:16-19 Why did Jesus liken the Pharisees to children in the market place? |
11:20-24 See comments on |
11:28-30 What is the yoke Jesus refers to here? |
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12:1-8 What does Jesus mean here when He says that He is Lord even of the Sabbath day?' |
12:15-21 Where in Scripture is this prophecy and has it yet been completely fulfilled? |
12:25 What does Jesus mean by "...a house divided against itself shall not stand"? |
12:30 What exactly is Jesus teaching here? |
12:31-32 What is the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit? |
12:36-37 What are the idle words that men will have to give an account thereof in the day of judgement? |
12:38-40 Did Jonah die in the belly of the whale? |
12:41-42 See also comments on |
12:43-45 What does Jesus mean by His saying that when an unclean spirit returns to his house and finds it empty he will re-enter the house with seven other spirits more wicked than himself etc...? |
12:46-47 Are Jesus' "brethren" here other children of Mary and Joseph - Jesus' half-brothers - or cousins and kinsfolk as some teach? |
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13:3 What are parables? |
13:3-9 What is this parable called and what does it teach? |
13:10-11 Did Jesus deliberately speak in parables so that the Pharisees could not understand the truth to get saved? |
13:12 What does Jesus mean by His saying, "whoever hath, to him shall be given...but whoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath"? |
13:24-30 What does the parable of the tares of the field teach? |
13:31-32 What does the parable of the mustard seed teach? |
13:33 What does the leaven in the parable of the leaven symbolize? |
13:44 What is the treasure the Kingdom of Heaven is likened to in the parable of the hidden treasure? |
13:45-46 What does the pearl of great price symbolize in this parable? |
13:47-50 What is Jesus teaching in the parable of the net? |
13:52 What is the theme of Jesus' teaching in the parable of the householder? |
13:53-58 What does it mean that Jesus did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief? |
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14:13-21 What is the significance of there being twelve baskets of food left over after more than five thousand were fed from five loaves and two fishes? |
14:22-31 What does Peter's failed attempt to walk on water teach? |
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15:1-9 What was the scribes and Pharisees' purpose in saying to their parents, "it is a gift, by whatsoever you might be profited by me"? |
15:15-20 What do we learn from what Jesus says here? |
15:21-28 What did Jesus mean by saying "it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs"? |
15:29-38 See comments on |
Mt 16:1-4 See comments on Mt 16:1-4 |
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16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize? |
16:13-18 (A) Is Peter the rock upon which the church is built, and if not, who or what is? |
(B) How is church defined? |
16:19 By telling Peter that He would give him the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven, did Jesus give Peter precedence in authority over the other disciples, as some teach? |
16:21-23 Why did Jesus refer to Peter as Satan here? |
16:24 See comments on |
16:25-26 See comments on |
16:28 What did Jesus mean when He said, "There be some standing here which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom? |
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17:1-9 What is the significance of what happened to Jesus here? |
17:14-21 Is Jesus teaching here that before some demons can be cast out Christians must first pray and fast? |
17:24-26 What does Jesus mean here by "...then are the children free"? |
17:27 How did Jesus know that there would be money for the temple tax in the fish's mouth? |
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18:3 How do adults become as little children so they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven? |
18:6 Who is Jesus actually referring to here as "these little ones"? |
18:10 Does this scripture teach that every child of God has a so-called "guardian angel"? |
18:15-17 What is Jesus teaching here? |
18:18-20 See comments on |
18:23-35 What does this discourse about an unmerciful servant teach? |
19:3-9 See comments on Mt 5:31-32 |
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19:10-12 Is Jesus enjoining celibacy here? |
19:13-15 What does Jesus mean here by His reference to little children as "...for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"? |
19:16-22 Why did the rich young ruler not get saved? |
19:23-26 Is Jesus teaching here that it is impossible for rich people to get saved without God's help? |
19:28-29 To what does Jesus refer here? |
19:30 What does Jesus mean by "But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first"? |
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20:16 What does Jesus mean by His closing statement here that many be called, but few chosen (KJV)? |
20:20-28 What do we learn from this? |
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21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved? |
21:9 What does the word "Hosanna" mean? |
21:16 What does Jesus mean here? |
21:17-22 What lesson do we learn from Jesus cursing the fig tree and causing it to die? |
21:23-27 See comments on |
21:28-32 What is Jesus illustrating here in this story about a man's two sons? |
21:33-41 What does this parable of a householder teach? |
21:42-45 What is meant by "the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? |
22:1-14 See comments on Mt 20:16. |
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22:21 What does Jesus mean by what He says here? |
22:23-30 Is Jesus teaching here that angels are sexless and therefore unable to procreate? |
22:31-32 How are we to understand this? |
22:36-40 See comments on |
22:41-45 How is this question answered? |
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23:8-12 Does Jesus forbid the use of titles by New Testament Christians here? |
23:16-22 How are we to understand what Jesus says here? |
23:23 When Jesus acknowledged the obligation of the Jews to tithe here does that mean it is also obligatory for New Testament Christians to tithe? |
23:34-36 What is Jesus prophesying here? |
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24:1-3 What will be the sign of Christ's second coming and the end of this present age? |
24:32-33 What do we learn from what Jesus says here? |
24:34 What generation is Jesus referring to here? |
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25:1-13 What does this story of the ten virgins teach? |
25:14-30 What does this story of a man going on a journey and giving to his servants various talents teach? |
25:31-46 What judgement is Jesus talking of here? |
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26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place? |
26:14-16 Was Judas Iscariot ever saved, or was he always of the devil, as some teach? |
26:17-19 What is the significance of the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread for New Testament Christians? |
26:26-29 Are Christians to interpret what Jesus says here about eating His body and drinking His blood literally or symbolically? |
26:31-35 See comments on |
26:29 What does Jesus teach us in this verse? |
26:36-44 Considering that Jesus knew that His purpose on earth was to die, why was He so distressed here? |
26:47-51 Who struck the servant of the high priest with a sword? |
26:59-61 When did Jesus say that He was able to destroy the temple of God and build it in three days? |
26:64 What coming is Jesus referring to here – the rapture or His Second Advent? |
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27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved? |
27:6-10 Where in scripture is this prophecy? |
27:24-25 What do we learn from what is said here? |
27:45-46 What reason would cause God to forsake Jesus? |
27:50 Was this day that Jesus died "Good Friday" as so many in the church teach? |
27:52-53 What happened to all these bodies that came up out of their graves? |
27:57-60 What is the significance of this passage of scripture? |
28:19-20 (A) Is this a command to the church, or a commission, as so many believe? |
(B) What is the real significance of water baptism, and who is authorized to do it? |