March

 

  • March 1 - March 7 (Week #10)

    • Mark 2:1-12

    • Matthew 9:9-17

    • John 5:1-18

    • Opportunities for further reading - Week #10

      Galatians 2 – An instance of Jesus disciples wrestling with the same ‘eating with sinners’ problem

      Hosea 4-7 – God’s complaint against Israel quoted by Jesus in Matthew 9:16

      Micah 6 – More on God not desiring sacrifice  

      1st Timothy 1 – More on God coming to save sinners

      Nehemiah 3 – The sheep gate of Matthew 5:2 is mentioned twice in this chapter

      Nehemiah 13 – Nehemiah’s reforms included strict Sabbath observance (see John 5:10)

      Jeremiah 17 – a prescription against carrying a load on the Sabbath (as in the invalid’s mat)

  • March 8 - March 14 (Week #11)

    • John 5:19-47

    • Matthew 12:1-21

    • Opportunities for further reading - Week #11

      Romans 8 – More on the life-giving power of God in connection with John 5:21

      Acts 10 – Peter’s Gospel presentation features Christ as Judge in connection with John 5:22 & 27 (see Paul do the same thing in Acts 17:31)

      1st John 1-3 – John expands on the words of Jesus from his Gospel, John 5:23-24

      Daniel 12 – in John 5:29, Jesus sounds a lot like a prophecy from the end of Daniel

      Deuteronomy 23 – The law allowing by-hand grain picking is found here

      Leviticus 24 – The temple bread referred to in Matthew 12 is described here

      1st Samuel 20-21 – The Account of David & his companions eating the consecrated bread

  • March 15 - March 21 (Week #12)

    Opportunities for further reading - Week #12

    Psalm 24 – Related to Matthew 5:8

    1st Peter 3-4 – More on Christian suffering, related to Matthew 5:10-12

    Proverbs 6 – Teachings on lust

    Deuteronomy 24 – the provision for divorce in the Mosaic Law

    Exodus 19-21 – Many of the laws mentioned by Jesus in Matthew 5 are from these chapters

    Leviticus 19 & Deuteronomy 23 – Love neighbor / hate enemy

  • March 22 - March 28 (week #13)

    • Matthew 6:1-7:6

      Opportunities for further reading - Week #13

      Colossians 3 – Receiving a reward in heaven (Matt 6:4) and forgiving others (6:14)

      2nd Kings 4 – The prophet Elisha shuts the door to pray as taught in Matt. 6:6

      Ecclesiastes 5 – (:2) related to Matthew 6:7

      Proverbs 30 – (:8) instruction to ask only for your daily bread as in Matt. 6:11

      James 1 – teaching on temptation related to Matt. 6:13

      Isaiah 58 – True fasting related to Matt. 6:16

      Psalm 147 – (:9) God provides for the birds related to Matt. 6:26

      1st Kings 10 – Solomon’s splendor related to Matt. 6:29