Jesus left the temple and was going away, when his disciples came to point out to him the buildings of the temple. But he answered them, “You see all these, do you not? Truly, I say to you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” As...
Seekers of enlightenment can investigate this bold announcement of Jesus; “I amthe Light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12) Muslims honour Jesus asa great prophet. They strive to live in submission to the will of...
What did Jesus say to the centurion? When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. "Lord," he said, "my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering." Jesus said to him, "I will go and heal him." The centurion replied, "Lord, I do not ...
“How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?” they asked. 21Jesus answered, “I assure you that if you believe and do not doubt, you will be able to do what I have done to this fig tree. And not only this, but you will even be able to say to this hill, ‘Get up and throw...
24Sowhen the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”26Jesus answered them, “Very ...
Jesus Again Predicts His Death and Resurrection 30 Then they departed from there and passed through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know it. 31 For He taught His disciples and said to them, “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of men, and they will kill Him. And...
Of course, we know from Jewish history that this repentance did not last long, for very soon after Jesus began his ministry, many of the Jews reverted back to their old ways of living, and ended up rejecting Christ as the Messiah, and this led them deeper and deeper into sin, until in...
Jesus' Use of Parables (Mk 4.33–34) 34Jesus used parables to tell all these things to the crowds; he would not say a thing to them without using a parable. 35He did this to make what the prophet had said come true: “I will use parables when I speak to them; I will tell them...
The religious leaders are questioning Jesus' right to act in the temple as He did. In Jewish culture, authority was derived from lineage, position, or divine appointment. Jesus' authority, however, comes from His identity as the Son of God, a concept that the leaders struggled to understand...
Rejection by Jesus’ Generation Luke 7:31–35 16 p“But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling to their companions, 17 and saying: ‘We played the flute for you, And you did not dance; We mourned to you, And you ...