September

August 30 - Sept 6 (Week #36)

Matthew 19:1-12
Mark 10:13-31
Matthew 20:1-16
Mark 10:32-45

Opportunities for Further Reading Week #36

Genesis 1-2 – God’s creation of male and female people are key to Jesus’s teaching in Matthew 19

Deuteronomy 24 – Moses’s provision for divorce is found here, also see Dt. 24:15 rel. to Mt. 20:8

1st Corinthians 6-7 – Issues of marriage, divorce, & celibacy rel. to Mt. 19 are found here

Psalm 52 – Doeg is condemned for trusting in his wealth rel. to Mark 10:23

1st Timothy 6 – The perils of wealth are also discussed in this chapter

Acts 12 - James from Mark 10:35 is killed by Herod in this chapter

Opportunities for Further Reading Week #37

Exodus 22 – Penalties for theft are found here and seem to shape Zacchaeus’s response.

Leviticus 6 – More provisions restitution for extortion when guilt is realized.

2nd Samuel 12 – David’s prescription for restitution in this scenario is volunteered by Zacchaeus.

Ezekiel 34 – Related to Luke 19:10.

Zechariah 7-9 – a prophecy about the restoration of Jerusalem includes a king arriving on a donkey’s colt.

Opportunities for Further Reading Week #38

Exodus 12 – The Passover feast is described here rel. to John 11

2nd Chronicles 30 – The issue of people being consecrated for the Passover feast appears here rel. to John 11:55

Deuteronomy 15 – Jesus words in John 12:8 quote from here to indict Judas

Psalm 118 – The words of celebration at the triumphal entry are found here

Habakkuk 2 – stones cry out in this chapter, rel. to Luke 19:40

Isaiah 22 – God’s people are wept over here as well

Psalm 8 – Jesus quotes from this chapter in Matthew 21

Jeremiah 8 - Judah is condemned as a barren fig tree rel. to Matthew 21:19

Opportunities for Further Reading, Week #39

Psalm 110 – The understanding that the Messiah will remain forever expressed in John 12:31 is found here
Ezekiel 37 – The understanding that the Messiah will remain forever expressed in John 12:31 is also found here
Isaiah 53 – Jesus quotes from this chapter in John 12
Isaiah 6 – Jesus quotes from this chapter in John 12
Acts 4 – Jesus disciples face a similar type of interrogation by Jewish rulers here as Jesus faces in Mt. 21, and respond by quoiting Psalm 118 as Jesus will do in Mt. 21:4
Psalm 80 – This psalm speaks of Israel as a vine/vineyard similar to Jesus’ parable of the tenants in Matthew 21
Psalm 118 – Jesus quotes from this chapter in Matthew 21

Opportunities for Further Reading, Week #40

1st Corinthians 15 – some who deny the resurrection of the dead are discussed here as well as in Luke 20:27
Deuteronomy 25 – The instruction to take a widowed sister-in-law as your wife is found here
Exodus 3 – Jesus cites God’s words in this burning bush scene in Luke 20
Deuteronomy 4-6 – The conversation between Jesus and the teacher in Luke 20 connects with these chapters at multiple points
Leviticus 19 – Jesus quotes from this chapter in Mark 12
1st Samuel 15 – the prophet Samuel declares that obedience is better than sacrifice similar to Jesus words in Mark 12:33
Psalm 110 – Jesus quotes from this chapter in Mark 12