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'''[[1:1-17 What significance is to be drawn from the genealogy of Jesus here?]]'''<br>
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==Matthew Study==
[[1:18-21 How are we to understand this?|#1]]<br>
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[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?]]<br>
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2:3-5 Who prophesied Christ's birthplace?<br>
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2:13-15 What do we learn from this?<br>
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<td>'''[[1:1-17 What significance is to be drawn from the genealogy of Jesus here?]]'''</td>
2:16-18 What is the meaning of this prophecy?<br>
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2:23 Where in scripture is this recorded?<br>
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'''[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?]]'''<br>
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<td>[[1:18-21 How are we to understand this?]]</td>
3:1-3 What is the Kingdom of Heaven?<br>
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3:1-6 What is the difference between John's baptism and the baptism commanded by Jesus?<br>
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3:10 What is John referring to here?<br>
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3:11 What does being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire mean?<br>
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<td>'''[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?]]'''</td>
3:13-15 Why did Jesus who knew no sin get baptized by John?<br>
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3:16-17 What is the significance of Father, Son and Holy Spirit being represented here?<br>
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[[4:1-11 What do we learn from what Christ did here?]]<br>
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<td>[[2:3-5 Who prophesied Christ's birthplace?]]</td>  
4:17 See comments on<br>
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'''[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?]]'''<br>
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5:13-16 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?<br>
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<td>[[2:13-15 What do we learn from this?]]</td>
5:17-19 What exactly does Jesus mean by what He says here?<br>
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5:25-26 See comments on<br>
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5:29 What does "if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast if from thee," mean?<br>
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<td>[[2:16-18 What is the meaning of this prophecy?]]</td>
5:31-32 What does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage between Christians?<br>
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5:38-42 How are we to understand this?<br>
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'''[[6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here?]]'''<br>
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<td>[[2:23 Where in scripture is this recorded?]]</td>
6:7-8 If God knows the things we have need of even before we ask Him, why pray at all?<br>
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6:9-13 See comments on<br>
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6:16-18 What does it mean to fast and is it obligatory upon New Testament Christians to do so?<br>
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6:24 To what does the word mammon refer?<br>
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<td>'''[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?]]'''</td>  
'''[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?]]'''<br>
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7:6 What does Jesus mean by, "Do not give holy things to dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine"?<br>
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31 7:7-11 See comments on<br>
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<td>[[3:1-3 What is the Kingdom of Heaven?]]</td>
32 7:13-14 What does it mean to enter in at the strait gate?<br>
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33 7:21 What does Jesus mean when He says that not everyone who calls Him Lord, Lord, will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven?<br>
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'''[[8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him?]]'''<br>
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<td>[[3:1-6 What is the difference between John's baptism and the baptism commanded by Jesus?]]</td>
35 8:11-12 Who is Jesus referring to here and what is outer darkness?<br>
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36 8:16-17 What was Isaiah's prophecy that Jesus fulfilled here?<br>
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37 8:18-22 What is meant by "Let the dead bury their dead"?<br>
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<td>[[3:10 What is John referring to here?]]</td>
38 8:23-27 See comments on<br>
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39 8:28-34 Why did Jesus allow the demons to go into the pigs, causing them to drown?<br>
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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"?]]'''<br>
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<td>[[3:11 What does being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire mean?]]</td>
9:14-15 Who is the bridegroom Jesus refers to here?<br>
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9:16-17 What does Jesus mean by, "no man putteth a new cloth into an old garment...nor new wine in old bottles"?<br>
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9:23-24 What did Jesus mean when He said, "The maid is not dead, but sleeping"?<br>
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<td>[[3:13-15 Why did Jesus who knew no sin get baptized by John?]]</td>
9:32-34 What was the sin of the Pharisees here in what they said?<br>
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'''[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?]]'''<br>
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10:5-7 Why did Jesus forbid the disciples going to the Gentiles here?<br>
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<td>[[3:16-17 What is the significance of Father, Son and Holy Spirit being represented here?]]</td>
10:8 What does "freely ye have received, freely give" mean?<br>
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10:9-14 What do we learn here?<br>
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10:14-15 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here.<br>
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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"?<br>
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<td>'''[[4:1-11 What do we learn from what Christ did here?]]'''</td>
10:28 Who is He who can destroy both soul and body in hell?<br>
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10:32-33 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here?<br>
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10:34-36 What does Jesus mean that He never came to send peace but a sword?<br>
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<td>''4:17 See comments on Mt 3:1-3''</td>
10:37-38 What does it mean that whoever wants to follow Jesus must deny themselves and take up their cross?<br>
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10:39 How can one find his life by losing it?<br>
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10:40-42 What is the underlying teaching here for Christians?<br>
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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?]]'''<br>
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<td>'''[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?]]'''</td>  
11:11 What does Jesus mean that the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than John the Baptist?<br>
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11:12 Who are the "violent" that take the Kingdom of Heaven by force?<br>
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11:16-19 Why did Jesus liken the Pharisees to children in the market place?<br>
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<td>[[5:13-16 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?]]</td>
11:20-24 See comments on<br>
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11:28-30 What is the yoke Jesus refers to here?<br>
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'''[[12:1-8 What does Jesus mean here when He says that He is Lord even of the Sabbath day?]]'''<br>
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<td>[[5:17-19 What exactly does Jesus mean by what He says here?]]</td>
12:15-21 Where in Scripture is this prophecy and has it yet been completely fulfilled?<br>
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12:25 What does Jesus mean by "...a house divided against itself shall not stand"?<br>
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12:30 What exactly is Jesus teaching here?<br>
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<td>[[5:29 What does "if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast if from thee," mean?]]</td>
12:31-32 What is the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?<br>
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12:36-37 What are the idle words that men will have to give an account thereof in the day of judgement?<br>
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12:38-40 Did Jonah die in the belly of the whale?<br>
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<td>[[5:31-32 What does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage between Christians?]]</td>
12:41-42 See also comments on<br>
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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...?<br>
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12:46-47 Are Jesus' "brethren" here other children of Mary and Joseph - Jesus' half-brothers - or cousins and kinsfolk as some teach?<br>
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<td>[[5:38-42 How are we to understand this?]]</td>
'''[[13:3 What are parables?]]'''<br>
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13:3-9 What is this parable called and what does it teach?<br>
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13:10-11 Did Jesus deliberately speak in parables so that the Pharisees could not understand the truth to get saved?<br>
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<td>''5:25-26 See comments on''</td>
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"?<br>
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13:24-30 What does the parable of the tares of the field teach?<br>
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13:31-32 What does the parable of the mustard seed teach?<br>
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13:33 What does the leaven in the parable of the leaven symbolize?<br>
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  <td>'''[[6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here?]]'''</td>
13:44 What is the treasure the Kingdom of Heaven is likened to in the parable of the hidden treasure?<br>
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13:45-46 What does the pearl of great price symbolize in this parable?<br>
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13:47-50 What is Jesus teaching in the parable of the net?<br>
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<td>''6:9-13 See comments on''</td>
13:52 What is the theme of Jesus' teaching in the parable of the householder?<br>
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13:53-58 What does it mean that Jesus did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief?<br>
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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?]]'''<br>
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<td>[[6:7-8 If God knows the things we have need of even before we ask Him, why pray at all?]]</td>
14:22-31 What does Peter's failed attempt to walk on water teach?<br>
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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"?<br>
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15:15-20 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?<br>
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<td>[[6:16-18 What does it mean to fast and is it obligatory upon New Testament Christians to do so?]]</td>  
89 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"?<br>
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90 15:29-38 See comments on<br>  
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'''[[See comments on Mt 16:1-4]]'''<br>
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<td>[[6:24 To what does the word mammon refer?]]</td>
16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?<br>
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16:13-18 (A) Is Peter the rock upon which the church is built, and if not, who or what is?<br>
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'''[[(B) How is church defined?]]'''<br>
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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?<br>
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<td>'''[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?]]'''</td>  
16:21-23 Why did Jesus refer to Peter as Satan here?<br>
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16:24 See comments on<br>
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16:25-26 See comments on<br>
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<td>''7:7-11 See comments on''</td>
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?<br>
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'''[[17:1-9 What is the significance of what happened to Jesus here?]]'''<br>
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17:14-21 Is Jesus teaching here that before some demons can be cast out Christians must first pray and fast?<br>
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<td>[[7:6 What does Jesus mean by, "Do not give holy things to dogs, nor cast your pearls before swine"?]]</td>
17:24-26 What does Jesus mean here by "...then are the children free"?<br>
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17:27 How did Jesus know that there would be money for the temple tax in the fish's mouth?<br>
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'''[[18:3 How do adults become as little children so they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven?]]'''<br>
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<td>[[7:13-14 What does it mean to enter in at the strait gate?]]</td>
18:6 Who is Jesus actually referring to here as "these little ones"?<br>
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18:10 Does this scripture teach that every child of God has a so-called "guardian angel"?<br>
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18:15-17 What is Jesus teaching here?<br>
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<td>[[7:21 What does Jesus mean when He says that not everyone who calls Him Lord, Lord, will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven?]]</td>
18:18-20 See comments on<br>
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18:23-35 What does this discourse about an unmerciful servant teach?<br>
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'''[[19:3-9 See comments on]]'''<br>
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19:10-12 Is Jesus enjoining celibacy here?<br>
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  <td>'''[[8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him?]]'''</td>
19:13-15 What does Jesus mean here by His reference to little children as "...for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"?<br>
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19:16-22 Why did the rich young ruler not get saved?<br>
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19:23-26 Is Jesus teaching here that it is impossible for rich people to get saved without God's help?<br>
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  <td>''8:23-27 See comments on''</td>
19:28-29 To what does Jesus refer here?<br>
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19:30 What does Jesus mean by "But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first"?<br>
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'''[[20:16 What does Jesus mean by His closing statement here that many be called, but few chosen (KJV)?]]'''<br>
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  <td>[[8:11-12 Who is Jesus referring to here and what is outer darkness?]]</td>
20:20-28 What do we learn from this?<br>
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'''[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?]]'''<br>
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21:9 What does the word "Hosanna" mean?<br>
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<td>[[8:16-17 What was Isaiah's prophecy that Jesus fulfilled here?]]</td>
21:16 What does Jesus mean here?<br>
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21:17-22 What lesson do we learn from Jesus cursing the fig tree and causing it to die?<br>
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21:23-27 See comments on<br>
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  <td>[[8:18-22 What is meant by "Let the dead bury their dead"?]]</td>
21:28-32 What is Jesus illustrating here in this story about a man's two sons?<br>
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21:33-41 What does this parable of a householder teach?<br>
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21:42-45 What is meant by "the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?<br>"
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  <td>[[8:28-34 Why did Jesus allow the demons to go into the pigs, causing them to drown?]]</td>
'''[[22:1-14 See comments on]]'''<br>
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22:21 What does Jesus mean by what He says here?<br>
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22:23-30 Is Jesus teaching here that angels are sexless and therefore unable to procreate?<br>
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22:31-32 How are we to understand this?<br>
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<td>'''[[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"?]]'''</td>  
22:36-40 See comments on<br>
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22:41-45 How is this question answered?<br>
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'''[[23:8-12 Does Jesus forbid the use of titles by New Testament Christians here?]]'''<br>
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  <td>[[9:14-15 Who is the bridegroom Jesus refers to here?]]</td>
23:16-22 How are we to understand what Jesus says here?<br>
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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?<br>
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23:34-36 What is Jesus prophesying here?<br>
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  <td>[[9:16-17 What does Jesus mean by, "no man putteth a new cloth into an old garment...nor new wine in old bottles"?]]</td>
'''[[24:1-3 What will be the sign of Christ's second coming and the end of this present age?]]'''<br>
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24:32-33 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?<br>
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24:34 What generation is Jesus referring to here?<br>
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<td>[[9:23-24 What did Jesus mean when He said, "The maid is not dead, but sleeping"?]]</td>
'''[[25:1-13 What does this story of the ten virgins teach?]]'''<br>
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25:14-30 What does this story of a man going on a journey and giving to his servants various talents teach?<br>
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25:31-46 What judgement is Jesus talking of here?<br>
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  <td>[[9:32-34 What was the sin of the Pharisees here in what they said?]]</td>
'''[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?]]'''<br>
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26:14-16 Was Judas Iscariot ever saved, or was he always of the devil, as some teach?<br>
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26:17-19 What is the significance of the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread for New Testament Christians?<br>
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26:26-29 Are Christians to interpret what Jesus says here about eating His body and drinking His blood literally or symbolically?<br>
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<td>'''[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?]]'''</td>  
26:29 What does Jesus teach us in this verse?<br>
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26:31-35 See comments on<br>
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26:36-44 Considering that Jesus knew that His purpose on earth was to die, why was He so distressed here?<br>
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<td>[[10:5-7 Why did Jesus forbid the disciples going to the Gentiles here?]]</td>
26:47-51 Who struck the servant of the high priest with a sword?<br>
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26:59-61 When did Jesus say that He was able to destroy the temple of God and build it in three days?<br>
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26:64 What coming is Jesus referring to here – the rapture or His Second Advent?<br>
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<td>[[10:8 What does "freely ye have received, freely give" mean?]]</td>
'''[[27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved?]]'''<br>
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27:6-10 Where in scripture is this prophecy?<br>
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27:24-25 What do we learn from what is said here?<br>
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  <td>[[10:9-14 What do we learn here?]]</td>
27:45-46 What reason would cause God to forsake Jesus?<br>
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27:50 Was this day that Jesus died "Good Friday" as so many in the church teach?<br>
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27:52-53 What happened to all these bodies that came up out of their graves?<br>
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  <td>[[10:14-15 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here.]]</td>
27:57-60 What is the significance of this passage of scripture?<br>
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[[#Matthew Study|28:19-20 (A) Is this a command to the church, or a commission, as so many believe?]]<br>
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(B) What is the real significance of water baptism, and who is authorized to do it?<br>
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  <td>[[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"?]]</td>
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<td>[[10:28 Who is He who can destroy both soul and body in hell?]]</td>
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  <td>[[10:34-36 What does Jesus mean that He never came to send peace but a sword?]]</td>
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  <td>[[10:37-38 What does it mean that whoever wants to follow Jesus must deny themselves and take up their cross?]]</td>
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<td>[[10:39 How can one find his life by losing it?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[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?]]'''</td>
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  <td>[[11:11 What does Jesus mean that the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than John the Baptist?]]</td>
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  <td>[[11:16-19 Why did Jesus liken the Pharisees to children in the market place?]]</td>
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  <td>''11:20-24 See comments on''</td>
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  <td>[[11:28-30 What is the yoke Jesus refers to here?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[12:1-8 What does Jesus mean here when He says that He is Lord even of the Sabbath day?]]''''</td>  
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  <td>[[12:15-21 Where in Scripture is this prophecy and has it yet been completely fulfilled?]]</td>
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<td>[[12:25 What does Jesus mean by "...a house divided against itself shall not stand"?]]</td>
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  <td>[[12:30 What exactly is Jesus teaching here?]]</td>
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  <td>[[12:31-32 What is the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?]]</td>
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  <td>[[12:36-37 What are the idle words that men will have to give an account thereof in the day of judgement?]]</td>
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<td>[[12:38-40 Did Jonah die in the belly of the whale?]]</td>
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  <td>[[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...?]]</td>
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  <td>[[12:46-47 Are Jesus' "brethren" here other children of Mary and Joseph - Jesus' half-brothers - or cousins and kinsfolk as some teach?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[13:3 What are parables?]]'''</td>
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<td>[[13:3-9 What is this parable called and what does it teach?]]</td>  
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  <td>[[13:10-11 Did Jesus deliberately speak in parables so that the Pharisees could not understand the truth to get saved?]]</td>
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<td>[[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"?]]</td>
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  <td>[[13:24-30 What does the parable of the tares of the field teach?]]</td>
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  <td>[[13:31-32 What does the parable of the mustard seed teach?]]</td>
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  <td>[[13:33 What does the leaven in the parable of the leaven symbolize?]]</td>
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<td>[[13:44 What is the treasure the Kingdom of Heaven is likened to in the parable of the hidden treasure?]]</td>
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  <td>[[13:45-46 What does the pearl of great price symbolize in this parable?]]</td>
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  <td>[[13:47-50 What is Jesus teaching in the parable of the net?]]</td>
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  <td>[[13:52 What is the theme of Jesus' teaching in the parable of the householder?]]</td>
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<td>[[13:53-58 What does it mean that Jesus did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[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?]]'''</td>  
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<td>[[14:22-31 What does Peter's failed attempt to walk on water teach?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[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"?]]'''</td>  
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  <td>[[15:15-20 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?]]</td>
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<td>[[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"?]]</td>
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<td>''15:29-38 See comments on''</td>
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<td>''Mt 16:1-4 See comments on Mt 16:1-4''</td>
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<td>'''[[16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?]]'''</td>  
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<td>[[16:13-18 (A) Is Peter the rock upon which the church is built, and if not, who or what is?]]</td>
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<td>[[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?]]</td>
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  <td>[[16:21-23 Why did Jesus refer to Peter as Satan here?]]</td>
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<td>''16:24 See comments on''</td>
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<td>''16:25-26 See comments on''</td>
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<td>[[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?]]</td>
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  <td>'''[[17:1-9 What is the significance of what happened to Jesus here?]]'''</td>
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<td>[[17:14-21 Is Jesus teaching here that before some demons can be cast out Christians must first pray and fast?]]</td>
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  <td>[[17:24-26 What does Jesus mean here by "...then are the children free"?]]</td>
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<td>[[17:27 How did Jesus know that there would be money for the temple tax in the fish's mouth?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[18:3 How do adults become as little children so they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven?]]'''</td>  
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  <td>[[18:6 Who is Jesus actually referring to here as "these little ones"?]]</td>
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<td>[[18:10 Does this scripture teach that every child of God has a so-called "guardian angel"?]]</td>
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  <td>[[18:15-17 What is Jesus teaching here?]]</td>
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<td>''18:18-20 See comments on''</td>
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  <td>[[18:23-35 What does this discourse about an unmerciful servant teach?]]</td>
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  <td>''19:3-9 See comments on Mt 5:31-32''</td>
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  <td>'''[[19:10-12 Is Jesus enjoining celibacy here?]]'''</td>
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  <td>[[19:13-15 What does Jesus mean here by His reference to little children as "...for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven"?]]</td>  
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  <td>[[19:16-22 Why did the rich young ruler not get saved?]]</td>
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<td>[[19:23-26 Is Jesus teaching here that it is impossible for rich people to get saved without God's help?]]</td>
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  <td>[[19:28-29 To what does Jesus refer here?]]</td>
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  <td>[[19:30 What does Jesus mean by "But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first"?]]</td>
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  <td>'''[[20:16 What does Jesus mean by His closing statement here that many be called, but few chosen (KJV)?]]'''</td>
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  <td>[[20:20-28 What do we learn from this?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?]]'''</td>
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  <td>[[21:9 What does the word "Hosanna" mean?]]</td>
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<td>[[21:16 What does Jesus mean here?]]</td>
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  <td>[[21:17-22 What lesson do we learn from Jesus cursing the fig tree and causing it to die?]]</td>
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<td>''21:23-27 See comments on''</td>
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  <td>[[21:28-32 What is Jesus illustrating here in this story about a man's two sons?]]</td>
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  <td>[[21:33-41 What does this parable of a householder teach?]]</td>
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<td>[[21:42-45 What is meant by "the stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?]]</td>
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<td>''22:1-14 See comments on Mt 20:16.''</td>
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<td>'''[[22:21 What does Jesus mean by what He says here?]]'''</td>
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  <td>[[22:23-30 Is Jesus teaching here that angels are sexless and therefore unable to procreate?]]</td>
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<td>[[22:31-32 How are we to understand this?]]</td>
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<td>''22:36-40 See comments on''</td>
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  <td>[[22:41-45 How is this question answered?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[23:8-12 Does Jesus forbid the use of titles by New Testament Christians here?]]'''</td>
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<td>[[23:16-22 How are we to understand what Jesus says here?]]</td>
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<td>[[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?]]</td>
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<td>[[23:34-36 What is Jesus prophesying here?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[24:1-3 What will be the sign of Christ's second coming and the end of this present age? ]]'''</td>  
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<td>[[24:32-33 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?]]</td>
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<td>[[24:34 What generation is Jesus referring to here?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[25:1-13 What does this story of the ten virgins teach? ]]'''</td>  
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<td>[[25:14-30 What does this story of a man going on a journey and giving to his servants various talents teach?]]</td>
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  <td>[[25:31-46 What judgement is Jesus talking of here?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[ 26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?]]'''</td>  
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<td>[[26:17-19 What is the significance of the Passover and the feast of unleavened bread for New Testament Christians?]]</td>
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  <td>[[26:26-29 Are Christians to interpret what Jesus says here about eating His body and drinking His blood literally or symbolically?]]</td>
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<td>''26:31-35 See comments on''</td>
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  <td>[[26:29 What does Jesus teach us in this verse?]]</td>
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  <td>[[26:36-44 Considering that Jesus knew that His purpose on earth was to die, why was He so distressed here?]]</td>
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<td>[[26:47-51 Who struck the servant of the high priest with a sword?]]</td>
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  <td>[[26:59-61 When did Jesus say that He was able to destroy the temple of God and build it in three days?]]</td>
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  <td>[[26:64 What coming is Jesus referring to here – the rapture or His Second Advent?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved? ]]'''</td>  
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  <td>[[27:6-10 Where in scripture is this prophecy?]]</td>
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<td>[[27:24-25 What do we learn from what is said here?]]</td>
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  <td>[[27:45-46 What reason would cause God to forsake Jesus?]]</td>
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  <td>[[27:50 Was this day that Jesus died "Good Friday" as so many in the church teach?]]</td>
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  <td>[[27:52-53 What happened to all these bodies that came up out of their graves?]]</td>
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<td>[[27:57-60 What is the significance of this passage of scripture?]]</td>
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[[Category:Bible Questions]]

Latest revision as of 00:52, 6 January 2019

Matthew Study

'CP' denotes 'compare passage'

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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?