THE PARABLES AND MIRACLES OF JESUS

THE PARABLES OF JESUS

The parables of Jesus make up a crucial part of the Bible. Jesus had the wisdom to simplify the profound
spiritual truths he needed to share with humanity in the form of relatable stories that are easy to
understand. A parable is a tale about a simple, common subject to illustrate a more profound, valuable
moral lesson. The source definition of the word “parable” means a placement side by side for
comparison.

Sometimes, the Gospel authors begin a parable with an analogy, such as "The Kingdom of Heaven is like
a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard" (Matthew 20:1). Or Jesus may
provide an example from everyday life to convey spiritual truth, such as the Parable of the Good
Samaritan to emphasize love and mercy, or the Parable of the Friend at Midnight to show persistence in
prayer.

A parable utilizes the full story to produce the spiritual lesson, whereas a proverb, metaphor, simile, or
figure of speech usually centers on a word, phrase, or sentence. Discover the many parables of Jesus
from the books of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in the collection of Bible verses below!

MATTHEW'S ACCOUNT

Parable of the Lamp - Matthew 5:14-16

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp
and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In
the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your
Father in heaven.

Parable of the Speck and The Log - Matthew 7:1-5

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and
with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your
brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let
me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite,
first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your
brother’s eye.

Parable of New Cloth on Old Garment - Matthew 9:16-17

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the
garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the
skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new
wineskins, and both are preserved.”

Parable of The Divided Kingdom - Matthew 12:24-30

But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this
fellow drives out demons.” Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against
itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out
Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by
Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if it is by the
Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. “Or again, how can
anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man?
Then he can plunder his house. “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather
with me scatters.

Parable of The Sower - Matthew 13:1-23

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. Such large crowds gathered around him
that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. Then he told them many
things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell
along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much
soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were
scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up
and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or
thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.” The disciples came to him and asked,
“Why do you speak to the people in parables?” He replied, “Because the knowledge of the secrets of the
kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and they
will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. This is
why I speak to them in parables:

“Though seeing, they do not see;

though hearing, they do not hear or understand.

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:

“‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding;

you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

For this people’s heart has become calloused;

they hardly hear with their ears,

and they have closed their eyes.

Otherwise they might see with their eyes,

hear with their ears,

understand with their hearts

and turn, and I would heal them.’

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear For truly I tell you, many
prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear
but did not hear it. “Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the
message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what
was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to
someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only
a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed
falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the
deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to
someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a
hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.”

Parable of The Weeds Among the Wheat - Matthew 13:24-30

Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his
field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went
away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared. “The owner’s
servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds
come from?’

“‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

“‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. Let
both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and
tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”

Parable of The Mustard Seed - Matthew 13:31-32

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and
planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden
plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

Parable of The Leaven - Matthew 13:33-34

He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed
into about sixty pounds[a] of flour until it worked all through the dough.” Jesus spoke all these things to
the crowd in parables; he did not say anything to them without using a parable.

Parable of Hidden Treasure - Matthew 13:44

“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then
in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.

Parable of Pearl of Great Price - Matthew 13:45-46

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great
value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.

Parable of The Net - Matthew 13:47-50

“Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of
fish. When it was full, the fishermen pulled it up on the shore. Then they sat down and collected the
good fish in baskets, but threw the bad away. This is how it will be at the end of the age. The angels will
come and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the blazing furnace, where there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Parable of The Heart of Man - Matthew 15:10-20

Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen and understand. What goes into someone’s mouth does
not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

Then the disciples came to him and asked, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they
heard this?”

He replied, “Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots. Leave
them; they are blind guides.[a] If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”

Peter said, “Explain the parable to us.”

“Are you still so dull?” Jesus asked them. “Don’t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the
stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the
heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual
immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed
hands does not defile them.”

Parable of The Lost Sheep - Matthew 18:10-14

“See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see
the face of my Father in heaven.
“What do you think? If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave
the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? And if he finds it, truly I tell
you, he is happier about that one sheep than about the ninety-nine that did not wander off. In the same
way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

Parable of The Unforgiving Servant - Matthew 18:23-35

“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he
began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he
was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold
to repay the debt.

“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back
everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.

“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver
coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.

“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’

“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt.
When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master
everything that had happened.

“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours
because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’
In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.

“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from
your heart.”

Parable of Laborers in the Vineyard - Matthew 20:1-16

“For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for
his vineyard. He agreed to pay them a denarius[a] for the day and sent them into his vineyard.

“About nine in the morning he went out and saw others standing in the marketplace doing nothing. He
told them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard, and I will pay you whatever is right.’ So they went.

“He went out again about noon and about three in the afternoon and did the same thing. About five in
the afternoon he went out and found still others standing around. He asked them, ‘Why have you been
standing here all day long doing nothing?’

“‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered.

“He said to them, ‘You also go and work in my vineyard.’

“When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them
their wages, beginning with the last ones hired and going on to the first.’

“The workers who were hired about five in the afternoon came and each received a denarius. So when
those came who were hired first, they expected to receive more. But each one of them also received a
denarius. When they received it, they began to grumble against the landowner. ‘These who were hired
last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden
of the work and the heat of the day.’

“But he answered one of them, ‘I am not being unfair to you, friend. Didn’t you agree to work for a
denarius? Take your pay and go. I want to give the one who was hired last the same as I gave you. Don’t
I have the right to do what I want with my own money? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

“So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

Parable of The Two Sons - Matthew 21:28-32

“What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and
work today in the vineyard.’

“‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.

“Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. He answered, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not
go.

“Which of the two did what his father wanted?”

“The first,” they answered.

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering the kingdom of
God ahead of you. 32 For John came to you to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not
believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not
repent and believe him.

Parable of The Tenant Farmers - Matthew 21:33-45

“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug
a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to
another place. When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his
fruit.

“The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. Then he sent other
servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. Last of all, he
sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
“But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him and
take his inheritance.’ So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

“Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?”

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other
tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

“‘The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone;

the Lord has done this,

and it is marvelous in our eyes’[a]?

“Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who
will produce its fruit. 44 Anyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls
will be crushed.”

When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard Jesus’ parables, they knew he was talking about them.

Parable of the Marriage Feast - Matthew 22:1-14

Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a
wedding banquet for his son. He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell
them to come, but they refused to come.

“Then he sent some more servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my
dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the
wedding banquet.’

“But they paid no attention and went off—one to his field, another to his business. The rest seized his
servants, mistreated them and killed them. The king was enraged. He sent his army and destroyed those
murderers and burned their city.

“Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited did not deserve to
come. So go to the street corners and invite to the banquet anyone you find.’ So the servants went out
into the streets and gathered all the people they could find, the bad as well as the good, and the
wedding hall was filled with guests.

“But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not wearing wedding
clothes. He asked, ‘How did you get in here without wedding clothes, friend?’ The man was speechless.
“Then the king told the attendants, ‘Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

“For many are invited, but few are chosen.”

Parable of The Budding Fig Tree - Matthew 24:32-35

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you
know that summer is near. Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it[a] is near, right at
the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have
happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Parable of Faithful vs. Wicked Servant - Matthew 24:45-51

“Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of the servants in his
household to give them their food at the proper time? It will be good for that servant whose master
finds him doing so when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But
suppose that servant is wicked and says to himself, ‘My master is staying away a long time,’ and he then
begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards. The master of that servant will
come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces
and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Parable of The Ten Virgins - Matthew 25:1-13

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet
the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones took their lamps but did
not take any oil with them. The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. The
bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

“At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us
some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’

“‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and
buy some for yourselves.’

“But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready
went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.

“Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’

“But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’

“Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Parable of Ten Talents - Matthew 25:14-30

“Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to
them. To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to
his ability. Then he went on his journey. The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and
put his money to work and gained five bags more. So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two
more. But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s
money.

“After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. The man who
had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags
of gold. See, I have gained five more.’

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I
will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

“The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold;
see, I have gained two more.’

“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I
will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

“Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard
man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was
afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’

“His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and
gather where I have not scattered seed? Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the
bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.

“‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. For whoever has will be
given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be
taken from them. And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

MARK'S ACCOUNT

Parable of The Lamp - Mark 4:21-25

He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its
stand? For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be
brought out into the open. If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.” “Consider carefully what you
hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. Whoever
has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”

Parable of New Cloth on Old Garment - Mark 2:21-22

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away
from the old, making the tear worse. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the
wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine
into new wineskins.”

Parable of The Divided Kingdom - Mark 3:23-27

So Jesus called them over to him and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out
Satan? If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. If a house is divided against
itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan opposes himself and is divided, he cannot stand; his end has
come. In fact, no one can enter a strong man’s house without first tying him up. Then he can plunder the
strong man’s house.

Parable of The Sower - Mark 4:1-20

Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got
into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge.
He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his
seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. Some fell
on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But
when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other
seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other
seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop, some multiplying thirty, some sixty, some a
hundred times.”

Then Jesus said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.”

When he was alone, the Twelve and the others around him asked him about the parables. 11 He told
them, “The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those on the outside everything
is said in parables 12 so that,

“they may be ever seeing but never perceiving,

and ever hearing but never understanding;

otherwise they might turn and be forgiven!”

Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand any
parable? The farmer sows the word. Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown.
As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. Others, like seed
sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. But since they have no root, they
last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of
wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Others, like
seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a
hundred times what was sown.”

Parable of The Growing Seed - Mark 4:26-29

He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day,
whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself
the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the
grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”

Parable of The Mustard Seed - Mark 4:30-34

Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like, or what parable shall we use to describe it?
It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. Yet when planted, it grows and
becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand. He did not
say anything to them without using a parable. But when he was alone with his own disciples, he
explained everything.

Parable of The Heart of Man - Mark 7:14-23

Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 15 Nothing
outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that
defiles them.”

After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. 18 “Are
you so dull?” he asked. “Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile
them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.”

He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person’s
heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit,
lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

Parable of The Tenant Farmers - Mark 12:1-12

Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a
pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved
to another place. At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit
of the vineyard. But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. Then he sent another
servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. He sent still another, and
that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

“He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, ‘They will respect my
son.’
“But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and the inheritance will be
ours.’ So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

“What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard
to others. Haven’t you read this passage of Scripture:

“‘The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone;

the Lord has done this,

and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

Then the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders looked for a way to arrest him because
they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him
and went away.

Parable of The Budding Fig Tree - Mark 13:28-33

“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you
know that summer is near. Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right
at the door. Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have
happened. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the
Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.

Parable of Faithful vs. Wicked Servant - Mark 13:34-37

It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their assigned
task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.

“Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—
whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do
not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”

LUKE'S ACCOUNT

Parable of The Good Samaritan - Luke 10:29-37

But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by
robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. A priest
happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.
So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan,
as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him
and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought
him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the
innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you
may have.’

“Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Parable of The Friend at Midnight - Luke 11:5-13

Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose you have a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say, ‘Friend,
lend me three loaves of bread; a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I have no food to offer
him.’ And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is already locked, and my
children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’ I tell you, even though he will not get up
and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get
up and give you as much as you need.

“So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be
opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks,
the door will be opened.

“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg,
will give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

Parable of The Rich Fool - Luke 12:13-21

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”

Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” Then he said to them,
“Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of
possessions.”

And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. He
thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’

“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store
my surplus grain. And I’ll say to myself, “You have plenty of grain laid up for many years. Take life easy;
eat, drink and be merry.”’

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get
what you have prepared for yourself?’
“This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”

Parable of The Barren Fig Tree - Luke 13:6-9

Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on
it but did not find any. So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I’ve
been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up
the soil?’

“‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone for one more year, and I’ll dig around it and fertilize it. 9 If it bears
fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.’”

Parable of The Invited Guests - Luke 14:7-14

When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable:
“When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more
distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say
to you, ‘Give this person your seat.’ Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.
But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you,
‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests. For
all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your
brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you
will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you
will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

Parable of The Lost Coin - Luke 15:8-10

“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesn’t she light a lamp, sweep the house
and search carefully until she finds it? And when she finds it, she calls her friends and neighbors
together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost coin.’ In the same way, I tell you, there is
rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Parable of The Prodigal Son - Luke 15:11-32

Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give
me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them.

“Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there
squandered his wealth in wild living. After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that
whole country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that
country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs
were eating, but no one gave him anything.
“When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and
here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned
against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your
hired servants.’ So he got up and went to his father.

“But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion for him; he ran
to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him.

“The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be
called your son.’

“But the father said to his servants, ‘Quick! Bring the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger
and sandals on his feet. Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let’s have a feast and celebrate. For this son of
mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.

“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on. ‘Your brother has come,’ he replied,
‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But
he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders.
Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of
yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for
him!’

“‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to
celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is
found.’”

Parable of The Rich Man and Lazarus - Luke 16:19-31

“There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate
was laid a beggar named Lazarus, covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s
table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

“The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also
died and was buried. In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with
Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the
tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while
Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this,
between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you
cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
“He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, for I have five brothers. Let him warn
them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’

“Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’

“‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

“He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if
someone rises from the dead.’”

Parable of The Persistent Widow - Luke 18:1-8

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He
said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. And
there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my
adversary.’

“For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what
people think, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she
won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. And will not God bring about justice for his
chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? I tell you, he will see that
they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”

Parable of The Pharisee and The Tax Collector - Luke 18:9-14

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told
this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The
Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers,
evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and
said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’

“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt
themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

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THE MIRACLES OF JESUS

As found in the Gospels, here are miracles Jesus performed up to His Crucifixion and Resurrection. There
are many miraculous works of Christ recorded in the Bible, as He continues to help mankind in heavenly
ways today!

Most Christians know that Jesus accomplished many miracles but may be surprised to learn of some
they didn't know before. Though this is an incomplete list according to John 21:25: "Jesus did many
other things as well. If every one of them was written down, I suppose that even the whole world would
not have room for the books that would be written."

1. Jesus changed water into wine (John 2:1-11).

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, and Jesus and his
disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him,
“They have no more wine.” “Woman,why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet
come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” Nearby stood six stone water jars,
the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons. Jesus said
to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim. Then he told them, “Now draw
some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”They did so, and the master of the banquet tasted
the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the
servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, “Everyone
brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink;
but you have saved the best till now.” What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs
through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

2. Jesus cured the nobleman's son (John 4:46-47).

Once more he visited Cana in Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain
royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee
from Judea, he went to him and begged him to come and heal his son, who was close to death.

3. The great haul of fishes (Luke 5:1-11).

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and
listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who
were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put
out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he had finished
speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon
answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I
will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets
began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came
and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees
and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” For he and all his companions were astonished at
the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” So they pulled their
boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.

4. Jesus cast out an unclean spirit (Mark 1:23-28).

Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an impure spirit cried out, “What do you want
with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”
“Be quiet!” said Jesus sternly. “Come out of him!” The impure spirit shook the man violently and came
out of him with a shriek. The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, “What is this? A
new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to impure spirits and they obey him.” News
about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

5. Jesus cured Peter's mother-in-law of a fever (Mark 1:30-31).

Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. So he went
to her, took her hand, and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.

6. Jesus healed a leper (Mark 1:40-45).

A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me
clean.” Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be
clean!” Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. Jesus sent him away at once with a strong
warning: “See that you don’t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the
sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” Instead, he went out and
began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but
stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.

7. Jesus healed the centurion's servant (Matthew 8:5-13).

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my
servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?” The
centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and
my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one,
‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, “Truly I tell you, I have not
found anyone in Israel with such great faith. I say to you that many will come from the east and the
west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
But the subjects of the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping
and gnashing of teeth.” Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! Let it be done just as you believed it
would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.
8. Jesus raised the widow's son from the dead (Luke 7:11-18).

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with
him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother,
and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart
went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him
on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” The dead man sat up and
began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. They were all filled with awe and praised God. “A
great prophet has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.” This news about
Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country. John’s disciples told him about all these
things. Calling two of them,

9. Jesus stilled the storm (Matthew 8:23-27).

Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake
so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. The disciples went and woke him, saying,
“Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he
got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. The men were amazed and
asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

10. Jesus cured two demoniacs (Matthew 8:28-34).

When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming
from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way. “What do you want with
us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have you come here to torture us before the appointed time?” Some
distance from them a large herd of pigs was feeding. The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out,
send us into the herd of pigs.” He said to them, “Go!” So they came out and went into the pigs, and the
whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and died in the water. Those tending the pigs ran
off, went into the town, and reported all this, including what had happened to the demon-possessed
men. Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they pleaded with him to
leave their region.

11. Jesus cured the paralytic (Matthew 9:1-8).

Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and came to his own town. Some men brought to him a
paralyzed man, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man, “Take heart, son; your
sins are forgiven.” At this, some of the teachers of the law said to themselves, “This fellow is
blaspheming!” Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said, “Why do you entertain evil thoughts in your hearts?
Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? But I want you to know that
the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the paralyzed man, “Get up, take
your mat and go home.” Then the man got up and went home. When the crowd saw this, they were
filled with awe; and they praised God, who had given such authority to man.

12. Jesus raised the ruler's daughter from the dead (Matthew 9:18-26).
While he was saying this, a synagogue leader came and knelt before him and said, “My daughter has just
died. But come and put your hand on her, and she will live.” Jesus got up and went with him, and so did
his disciples. Just then a woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years came up behind him
and touched the edge of his cloak. She said to herself, “If I only touch his cloak, I will be healed.” Jesus
turned and saw her. “Take heart, daughter,” he said, “your faith has healed you.” And the woman was
healed at that moment. When Jesus entered the synagogue leader’s house and saw the noisy crowd and
people playing pipes, he said, “Go away. The girl is not dead but asleep.” But they laughed at him. After
the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took the girl by the hand, and she got up. News of this
spread through all that region.

13. Jesus cured a woman of an issue of blood (Luke 8:43-48).

And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her.
She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
“Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding
and pressing against you.” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from
me.” Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In
the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly
healed. Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”

As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of
David!” When he had gone indoors, the blind men came to him, and he asked them, “Do you believe
that I am able to do this?” “Yes, Lord,” they replied. Then he touched their eyes and said, “According to
your faith let it be done to you”; and their sight was restored. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no
one knows about this.” But they went out and spread the news about him all over that region.

15. Jesus loosened the tongue of a man who could not speak (Matthew 9:32-33).

While they were going out, a man who was demon-possessed and could not talk was brought to Jesus.
And when the demon was driven out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowd was amazed and
said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”

16. Jesus healed an invalid man at the pool called Bethesda (John 5:1-9).

Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. Now there is in Jerusalem
near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five
covered colonnades. Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the
paralyzed. One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there
and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
“Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am
trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your
mat and walk.” At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this
took place was a Sabbath,
17. Jesus restored a withered hand (Matthew 12:10-13).

And a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they
asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls
into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a person
than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Then he said to the man, “Stretch out
your hand.” So he stretched it out and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other.

18. Jesus cured a demon-possessed man (Matthew 12:22).

Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that
he could both talk and see.

19. Jesus fed at least five thousand people (Matthew 14:15-21).

As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already
getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.” Jesus
replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.” “We have here only five loaves
of bread and two fish,” they answered. “Bring them here to me,” he said. And he directed the people to
sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks
and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were
left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.

20. Jesus healed a woman of Canaan (Matthew 15:22-28).

A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me!
My daughter is demon-possessed and suffering terribly.” Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples
came to him and urged him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” He answered, “I was
sent only to the lost sheep of Israel.” The woman came and knelt before him. “Lord, help me!” she said.
He replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” “Yes it is, Lord,” she said.
“Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.” Then Jesus said to her, “Woman, you
have great faith! Your request is granted.” And her daughter was healed at that moment.

21. Jesus cured a deaf and mute man (Mark 7:31-37).

Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the
region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk,
and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus
put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. He looked up to heaven
and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). At this, the man’s ears
were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. Jesus commanded them not to
tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with
amazement. “He has done everything well,” they said. “He even makes the deaf hear and the mute
speak.”

22. Jesus fed at least four thousand people (Matthew 15:32-39).

Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion for these people; they have already been
with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may
collapse on the way.” His disciples answered, “Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to
feed such a crowd?” “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few
small fish.” He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish,
and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the
people. They all ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken
pieces that were left over. The number of those who ate was four thousand men, besides women and
children. After Jesus had sent the crowd away, he got into the boat and went to the vicinity of Magadan.

23. opened the eyes of a bJesuslind man (Mark 8:22-26).

They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took
the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put
his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?” He looked up and said, “I see people; they look
like trees walking around.” Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were
opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even
go into the village.”

24. Jesus cured a boy who was plagued by a demon (Matthew 17:14-21).

When they came to the crowd, a man approached Jesus and knelt before him. “Lord, have mercy on my
son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water. I
brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.” “You unbelieving and perverse generation,”
Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to
me.” Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of the boy, and he was healed at that moment. Then
the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, “Why couldn’t we drive it out?” He replied, “Because
you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this
mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

25. Jesus opened the eyes of a man born blind (John 9:1-38)

As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man
or his parents, that he was born blind?” “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this
happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. As long as it is day, we must do the works
of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of
the world.” After saying this, he spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the
man’s eyes. “Go,” he told him, “wash in the Pool of Siloam” (this word means “Sent”). So the man went
and washed, and came home seeing. His neighbors and those who had formerly seen him begging
asked, “Isn’t this the same man who used to sit and beg?” Some claimed that he was. Others said, “No,
he only looks like him.” But he himself insisted, “I am the man.” “How then were your eyes opened?”
they asked. He replied, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to
go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see.” “Where is this man?” they asked
him. “I don’t know,” he said.

They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind. Now the day on which Jesus had made the
mud and opened the man’s eyes was the Sabbath. Therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he had
received his sight. “He put mud on my eyes,” the man replied, “and I washed, and now I see.” Some of
the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others asked,
“How can a sinner perform such signs?” So they were divided. Then they turned again to the blind man,
“What have you to say about him? It was your eyes he opened.” The man replied, “He is a prophet.”
They still did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight until they sent for the man’s
parents. “Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he
can see?” “We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind. But how he
can see now, or who opened his eyes, we don’t know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.”
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who already had decided that
anyone who acknowledged that Jesus was the Messiah would be put out of the synagogue. That was
why his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” A second time they summoned the man who had been
blind. “Give glory to God by telling the truth,” they said. “We know this man is a sinner.” He replied,
“Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!” Then they
asked him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered, “I have told you already
and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too?”
Then they hurled insults at him and said, “You are this fellow’s disciple! We are disciples of Moses! We
know that God spoke to Moses, but as for this fellow, we don’t even know where he comes from.” The
man answered, “Now that is remarkable! You don’t know where he comes from, yet he opened my
eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does his will.
Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he
could do nothing.” To this, they replied, “You were steeped in sin at birth; how dare you lecture us!”
And they threw him out.

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son
of Man?” “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.” Jesus said, “You have
now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.” Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he
worshiped him.

26. Jesus cured a woman who had been afflicted for eighteen years (Luke 13:10-17).

On a Sabbath, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there who had been
crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all. When Jesus
saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.” Then he
put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. Indignant because Jesus
had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There are six days for work. So
come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.” The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites!
Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it
water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen
long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?” When he said this, all his opponents
were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

27. Jesus cured a man of dropsy (Luke 14:1-4).

One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully
watched. There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. Jesus asked the
Pharisees and experts in the law, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?” But they remained silent.
So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.

28. Jesus cleansed ten lepers (Luke 17:11-19).

Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was
going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud
voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the
priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back,
praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan.
Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise
to God except this foreigner?” Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”

29. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:1-46).

Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary, and her sister Martha.
(This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and
wiped his feet with her hair.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” When he
heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may
be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that
Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go
back to Judea.” “But Rabbi,” they said, “a short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you
are going back?” Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? Anyone who walks in the
daytime will not stumble, for they see by this world’s light. It is when a person walks at night that they
stumble, for they have no light.” After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has
fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get
better.” Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. So then
he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may
believe. But let us go to him.” Then Thomas (also known as Didymus ) said to the rest of the disciples,
“Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was
less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in
the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but
Mary stayed at home. “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have
died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will
rise again.” Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to
her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and
whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “I believe
that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.” After she had said this, she
went back and called her sister Mary aside. “The Teacher is here,” she said, “and is asking for you.”
When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet entered the village,
but was still at the place where Martha had met him. When the Jews who had been with Mary in the
house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she
was going to the tomb to mourn there. When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him,
she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus
saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in
spirit and troubled. “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they replied. Jesus
wept. Then the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened
the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?

Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
“Take away the stone,” he said. “But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there
is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.” Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe,
you will see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I
thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the
people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, Jesus called in a
loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of
linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

Therefore many of the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

30. Jesus opened the eyes of two blind men (Matthew 20:30-34).

Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted,
“Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they
shouted all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” Jesus stopped and called them. “What
do you want me to do for you?” he asked. “Lord,” they answered, “we want our sight.” Jesus had
compassion on them and touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him.

31. Jesus caused the fig tree to wither (Matthew 21:18-22).

Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. Seeing a fig tree by the
road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear
fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered. When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. “How did
the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked. Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not
doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go,
throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in
prayer.”

32. Jesus restored the ear of the high priest's servant (Luke 22:50-51).

And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear. But Jesus answered, “No
more of this!” And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

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33. Jesus rose from the dead (Luke 24:5-8).

In their fright, the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why
do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you,
while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be
crucified, and on the third day be raised again.’” Then they remembered his words.

34. The second great haul of fishes (John 21:1-14).

Afterward, Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: Simon
Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus ), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two
other disciples were together. “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go
with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. Early in the
morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to
them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” No,” they answered. He said, “Throw your net on the right side of
the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the
large number of fish. Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon
Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off)
and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they
were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals
there with fish on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”
So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, but even
with so many the net was not torn. Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples
dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to
them, and did the same with the fish. This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after
he was raised from the dead.

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