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==="...PROVE ALL THINGS; HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD..." 1Th 5:21 'cp' means 'Compare Passage'===
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<td>'''[[1:1-17 What significance is to be drawn from the genealogy of Jesus here?]]'''</td>
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<td>'''[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?]]'''</td>
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<td>[[2:13-15 What do we learn from this?]]</td>
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<td>[[2:16-18 What is the meaning of this prophecy?]]</td>
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<td>[[2:23 Where in scripture is this recorded?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?]]'''</td>
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<td>[[3:1-3 What is the Kingdom of Heaven?]]</td>
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<td>[[3:1-6 What is the difference between John's baptism and the baptism commanded by Jesus?]]</td>
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<td>[[3:10 What is John referring to here?]]</td>
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<td>[[3:11 What does being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire mean?]]</td>
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<td>[[3:13-15 Why did Jesus who knew no sin get baptized by John?]]</td>
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<td>[[3:16-17 What is the significance of Father, Son and Holy Spirit being represented here?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[4:1-11 What do we learn from what Christ did here?]]'''</td>
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<td>''4:17 See comments on Mt 3:1-3''</td>
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<td>'''[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?]]'''</td>
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<td>[[5:13-16 What do we learn from what Jesus says here?]]</td>
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<td>[[5:17-19 What exactly does Jesus mean by what He says here?]]</td>
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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>
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<td>[[5:31-32 What does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage between Christians?]]</td>
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<td>[[5:38-42 How are we to understand this?]]</td>
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<td>''5:25-26 See comments on''</td>
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  <td>'''[[6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here?]]'''</td>
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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>
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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>
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<td>[[6:24 To what does the word mammon refer?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?]]'''</td>
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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>
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<td>[[7:13-14 What does it mean to enter in at the strait gate?]]</td>
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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>
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  <td>'''[[8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him?]]'''</td>
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  <td>[[8:11-12 Who is Jesus referring to here and what is outer darkness?]]</td>
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<td>[[8:16-17 What was Isaiah's prophecy that Jesus fulfilled here?]]</td>
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  <td>[[8:18-22 What is meant by "Let the dead bury their dead"?]]</td>
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  <td>[[8:28-34 Why did Jesus allow the demons to go into the pigs, causing them to drown?]]</td>
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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>
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  <td>[[9:14-15 Who is the bridegroom Jesus refers to here?]]</td>
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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>
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<td>[[9:23-24 What did Jesus mean when He said, "The maid is not dead, but sleeping"?]]</td>
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  <td>[[9:32-34 What was the sin of the Pharisees here in what they said?]]</td>
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<td>'''[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?]]'''</td>
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<td>[[10:5-7 Why did Jesus forbid the disciples going to the Gentiles here?]]</td>
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<td>[[10:8 What does "freely ye have received, freely give" mean?]]</td>
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  <td>[[10:9-14 What do we learn here?]]</td>
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  <td>[[10:14-15 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here.]]</td>
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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>[[10:32-33 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here?]]</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>[[10:40-42 What is the underlying teaching here for Christians?]]</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>[[11:12 Who are the "violent" that take the Kingdom of Heaven by force?]]</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>[[11:28-30 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>''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>[[16:28 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>[[17:14-21 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>[[18:23-35 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>[[19:13-15 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>[[22:31-32 How are we to understand this?]]</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>[[23:23 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>[[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>[[27:50 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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'''[[1:1-17 What significance is to be drawn from the genealogy of Jesus here?]]'''<br>
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[[Category:Bible Questions]]
[[1:1-17 What significance is to be drawn from the genealogy of Jesus here?|1:18-21 How are we to understand this?]]<br>
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'''[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?]]'''<br>
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[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?|2:3-5 Who prophesied Christ's birthplace?]]<br>
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[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?|2:13-15 What do we learn from this?]]<br>
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[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?|2:16-18 What is the meaning of this prophecy?]]<br>
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[[2:1 Who were the wise men and how many were there?|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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[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?|3:1-3 What is the Kingdom of Heaven?]]<br>
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[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?|3:1-6 What is the difference between John's baptism and the baptism commanded by Jesus?]]<br>
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[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?|3:10 What is John referring to here?]]<br>
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[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?|3:11 What does being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire mean?]]<br>
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[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?|3:13-15 Why did Jesus who knew no sin get baptized by John?]]<br>
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[[3:1 Who was John the Baptist?|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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[[4:1-11 What do we learn from what Christ did here?|4:17 See comments on Mt 3:1-3]]<br>
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'''[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?]]'''<br>
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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?]]<br>
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[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?|5:17-19 What exactly does Jesus mean by what He says here?]]<br>
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[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?|5:25-26 See comments on]]<br>
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[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?|5:29 What does "if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out and cast if from thee," mean?]]<br>
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[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?|5:31-32 What does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage between Christians?]]<br>
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[[5:1-12 What are these declarations of blessedness Jesus pronounces here?|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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[[6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here?|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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[[6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here?|6:9-13 See comments on]]<br>
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[[6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here?|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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[[6:1-4 What is the lesson for Christians here?|6:24 To what does the word mammon refer?]]<br>
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'''[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?]]'''<br>
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[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?|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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[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?|7:7-11 See comments on]]<br>
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[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?|7:13-14 What does it mean to enter in at the strait gate?]]<br>
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[[7:1-5 What does Christ's admonition, "Judge not, that ye be not judged" really mean?|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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[[8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him?|8:11-12 Who is Jesus referring to here and what is outer darkness?]]<br>
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[[8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him?|8:16-17 What was Isaiah's prophecy that Jesus fulfilled here?]]<br>
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[[8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him?|8:18-22 What is meant by "Let the dead bury their dead"?]]<br>
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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]]<br>
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[[8:1-4 Why did Jesus charge the leper not to tell anyone about Him?|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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[[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?]]<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"?|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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[[9:1-8 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"?|9:23-24 What did Jesus mean when He said, "The maid is not dead, but sleeping"?]]<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"?|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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[[10:1-4 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?]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|10:8 What does "freely ye have received, freely give" mean?]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|10:9-14 What do we learn here?]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|10:14-15 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here.]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|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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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|10:28 Who is He who can destroy both soul and body in hell?]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|10:32-33 What teaching underlies what Jesus says here?]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|10:34-36 What does Jesus mean that He never came to send peace but a sword?]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|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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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|10:39 How can one find his life by losing it?]]<br>
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[[10:1-4 Who are the twelve disciples Jesus called – what do scriptures teach about them?|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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[[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?]]<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?|11:12 Who are the "violent" that take the Kingdom of Heaven by force?]]<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?|11:16-19 Why did Jesus liken the Pharisees to children in the market place?]]<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?|11:20-24 See comments on]]<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?|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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[[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?]]<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?|12:25 What does Jesus mean by "...a house divided against itself shall not stand"?]]<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?|12:30 What exactly is Jesus teaching 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?|12:31-32 What is the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?]]<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?|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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[[12:1-8 What does Jesus mean here when He says that He is Lord even of the Sabbath day?|12:38-40 Did Jonah die in the belly of the whale?]]<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?|12:41-42 See also comments on]]<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?|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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[[12:1-8 What does Jesus mean here when He says that He is Lord even of the Sabbath day?|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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'''[[13:3 What are parables?]]'''<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|13:3-9 What is this parable called and what does it teach?]]<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|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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[[13:3 What are parables?|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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[[13:3 What are parables?|13:24-30 What does the parable of the tares of the field teach?]]<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|13:31-32 What does the parable of the mustard seed teach?]]<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|13:33 What does the leaven in the parable of the leaven symbolize?]]<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|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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[[13:3 What are parables?|13:45-46 What does the pearl of great price symbolize in this parable?]]<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|13:47-50 What is Jesus teaching in the parable of the net?]]<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|13:52 What is the theme of Jesus' teaching in the parable of the householder?]]<br>
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[[13:3 What are parables?|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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[[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?]]<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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[[15:1-9 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?]]<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"?|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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[[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"?|15:29-38 See comments on]]<br>
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'''[[16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?]]'''<br>
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[[Mt 16:1-4 See comments on Mt 16:1-4|Mt 16:1-4 See comments on Mt 16:1-4.]]<br>
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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?]]<br>
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'''[[(B) How is church defined?]]'''<br>
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[[16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?|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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[[16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?|16:21-23 Why did Jesus refer to Peter as Satan here?]]<br>
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[[16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?|16:24 See comments on]]<br>
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[[16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?|16:25-26 See comments on]]<br>
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[[16:5-12 What did the leaven of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees symbolize?|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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[[17:1-9 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?]]<br>
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[[17:1-9 What is the significance of what happened to Jesus here?|17:24-26 What does Jesus mean here by "...then are the children free"?]]<br>
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[[17:1-9 What is the significance of what happened to Jesus here?|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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[[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"?]]<br>
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[[18:3 How do adults become as little children so they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven?|18:10 Does this scripture teach that every child of God has a so-called "guardian angel"?]]<br>
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[[18:3 How do adults become as little children so they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven?|18:15-17 What is Jesus teaching here?]]<br>
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[[18:3 How do adults become as little children so they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven?|18:18-20 See comments on]]<br>
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[[18:3 How do adults become as little children so they can enter the Kingdom of Heaven?|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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[[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"?]]<br>
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[[19:10-12 Is Jesus enjoining celibacy here?|19:16-22 Why did the rich young ruler not get saved?]]<br>
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[[19:10-12 Is Jesus enjoining celibacy here?|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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[[19:10-12 Is Jesus enjoining celibacy here?|19:28-29 To what does Jesus refer here?]]<br>
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[[19:10-12 Is Jesus enjoining celibacy here?|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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[[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?]]<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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[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?|21:9 What does the word "Hosanna" mean?]]<br>
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[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?|21:16 What does Jesus mean here?]]<br>
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[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?|21:17-22 What lesson do we learn from Jesus cursing the fig tree and causing it to die?]]<br>
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[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?|21:23-27 See comments on]]<br>
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[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?|21:28-32 What is Jesus illustrating here in this story about a man's two sons?]]<br>
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[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?|21:33-41 What does this parable of a householder teach?]]<br>
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[[21:1-7 Who prophesied that Jesus would come riding a donkey and how many donkeys were involved?|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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'''[[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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[[22:21 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?]]<br>
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[[22:21 What does Jesus mean by what He says here?|22:31-32 How are we to understand this?]]<br>
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[[22:21 What does Jesus mean by what He says here?|22:36-40 See comments on]]<br>
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[[22:21 What does Jesus mean by what He says here?|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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[[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?]]<br>
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[[23:8-12 Does Jesus forbid the use of titles by New Testament Christians 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?]]<br>
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[[23:8-12 Does Jesus forbid the use of titles by New Testament Christians here?|23:34-36 What is Jesus prophesying here?]]<br>
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'''[[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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[[24:1-3 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?]]<br>
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[[24:1-3 What will be the sign of Christ's second coming and the end of this present age?|24:34 What generation is Jesus referring to here?]]<br>
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'''[[25:1-13 What does this story of the ten virgins teach?]]'''<br>
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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?]]<br>
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[[25:1-13 What does this story of the ten virgins teach?|25:31-46 What judgement is Jesus talking of here?]]<br>
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'''[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?]]'''<br>
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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?]]<br>
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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|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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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|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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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|26:29 What does Jesus teach us in this verse?]]<br>
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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|26:31-35 See comments on]]<br>
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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|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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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|26:47-51 Who struck the servant of the high priest with a sword?]]<br>
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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|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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[[26:6-13 Who is this woman who anointed Jesus here and when did this anointing take place?|26:64 What coming is Jesus referring to here – the rapture or His Second Advent?]]<br>
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'''[[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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[[27:3-5 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?]]<br>
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[[27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved?|27:24-25 What do we learn from what is said here?]]<br>
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[[27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved?|27:45-46 What reason would cause God to forsake Jesus?]]<br>
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[[27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved?|27:50 Was this day that Jesus died "Good Friday" as so many in the church teach?]]<br>
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[[27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved?|27:52-53 What happened to all these bodies that came up out of their graves?]]<br>
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[[27:3-5 If Judas repented of what he had done to Jesus why could he not have been saved?|27:57-60 What is the significance of this passage of scripture?]]<br>
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[[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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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?