June

May 31 - June 6 (Week #23)

  • Mark 8:13-26

  • Matthew 16:13-17:13

  • Mark 9:14-29


    Opportunities for further Reading: Week #23

  • 1st Corinthians 5 - Yeast representative of sin as in Mark 8:15

  • Isaiah 6 - Jesus uses language from this chapter in Mark 8:17

  • Job 32-37 - Elihu’s dialog with Job about God’s justice related to Matthew 16:27

  • Psalm 62 - (see v.12) language of Jesus in Matthew 16:27 comes from here

  • 2nd Peter 1 - Peter recalls the transfiguration (Matthew 17) in this chapter

June 7 - June 13 (Week #24)

Opportunities for Further Reading: week #24

  • Exodus 30 - the “temple tax” of of Matt. 17:24 is instituted here.

  • Romans 13 - our duties to the governing authorities include paying the taxes that we owe

  • 1st Peter 2 - more on what it means to “become like little children” (Matt. 18:3)

  • Numbers 11 - Moses accepts the ministry of others here just like Jesus does in Mark 9:39

  • Isaiah 66 - Jesus quotes from this chapter in Mark 9

  • Colossians 4 - more on “salt” related to mark 9:50

  • Deuteronomy 19 - the idea of having two or three witnesses (Matthew 18:16) is established here

  • 2nd Thessalonians 3 - more on the practice of excluding the unrepentant from the fellowship of the Church (Matt 18:17)

  • Leviticus 25 - provisions for selling oneself to pay off a debt are found here (Matt. 18:25)

 

June 14 - June 20 (Week #25)

Opportunities for Further Reading: Week #25

  • Leviticus 23 - Instructions for the Feast of Tabernacles (the occasion for John 7) are found here

  • Psalm 25 - More on the connection between obedience and understanding related to John 7:17

  • Isaiah 11-12 - The prophecy of a ruler (messiah) who would judge not* on appearances related to John 7:24

  • Joel 1-2 - The gift of the Holy Spirit is prophesied here related to John 7:39

  • Deuteronomy 22 - The directive to stone adulterers is found here related to John 8:5

 

June 21 - June 27 (Week #26)

Opportunities for Further Reading Week #26

  • Proverbs 4 - Righteousness as light related to John 8:12

  • Deuteronomy 17 - The testimony of two witnesses law that Jesus references in John 8:17

  • Ezekiel 1-3 - the commission of Ezekiel where God explains (chapter 3) that the way of the wicked leads to death, and it’s his job to intervene; related to John 8:21-24

  • Galatians 4 - Teaching about the slavery of the law compared to the freedom of the new covenant related to John 8:34-36

  • Isaiah 63-64 - a couple passages about God himself being the father of Israel related to John 8:41

  • Exodus 3-4 - Moses’s encounter with the burning bush where God reveals his name “I AM” related to John 8:58

 

June 28 - July 4 (Week #27)

John 9:1-10:21

Opportunities for Further Reading Week #27

  • Ezekiel 18 - God does not hold individuals accountable for their parents sin (though they may suffer their consequences), related to John 9:2

  • 2nd Kings 5 - Naaman is healed by Elisha who instructs him to wash like Jesus instructed the blind man to do in John 9:7

  • Psalm 34 - God hears the prayers of the righteous, related to John 9:31

  • James 5 - Additional teaching on healing and God listening to the prayers of the righteous related to John 9:31

  • Daniel 7 - the “Son of Man” is, here in John 9, a crucially important title for Jesus. The blind man would have been thinking of this passage.

  • Hebrew 13 - Jesus is the great shepherd

  • Revelation 7 - Even though Jesus is portrayed as The Lamb in Revelation, here we read that this lamb will be our* shepherd

  • Zechariah 11-13 - Prophecy about a shepherd for Israel, related to John 10