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    Table of Contents

    PAGE CHAPTER

    SECTION 1​—LEADING UP TO JESUS’ MINISTRY

    10 1 Two Messages From God

    12 2 Jesus Is Honored Before His Birth

    14 3 Someone to Prepare the Way Is Born

    16 4 Mary​—Pregnant But Not Married

    18 5 Jesus’ Birth​—Where and When?

    20 6 The Child Who Was Promised

    22 7 Astrologers Visit Jesus

    24 8 They Escape From a Wicked Ruler

    26 9 Growing Up in Nazareth

    28 10 Jesus’ Family Travels to Jerusalem

    30 11 John the Baptist Prepares the Way

    SECTION 2​—THE BEGINNING OF JESUS’ MINISTRY

    34 12 Jesus Gets Baptized

    36 13 Learn From the Way Jesus Faced Temptations

    38 14 Jesus Begins to Make Disciples

    40 15 Performing His First Miracle

    42 16 Jesus Shows Zeal for True Worship

    44 17 He Teaches Nicodemus at Night

    46 18 Jesus Increases as John Decreases

    48 19 Teaching a Samaritan Woman

    SECTION 3​—JESUS’ GREAT MINISTRY IN GALILEE

    54 20 Second Miracle While in Cana

    56 21 At the Synagogue in Nazareth

    58 22 Four Disciples Will Be Fishers of Men

    60 23 Jesus Performs Great Works in Capernaum

    62 24 Expanding His Ministry in Galilee

    64 25 Compassionately Curing a Leper

    66 26 “Your Sins Are Forgiven”

    68 27 Matthew Is Called

    70 28 Why Do Jesus’ Disciples Not Fast?

    72 29 Can One Do Good Works on the Sabbath?

    74 30 Jesus’ Relationship With His Father

    76 31 Plucking Grain on the Sabbath

    78 32 What Is Lawful on the Sabbath?

    80 33 Fulfilling Isaiah’s Prophecy

    82 34 Jesus Chooses Twelve Apostles

    84 35 The Famous Sermon on the Mount

    92 36 A Centurion Shows Great Faith

    94 37 Jesus Resurrects a Widow’s Son

    96 38 John Wants to Hear From Jesus

    98 39 Woe to an Unresponsive Generation

    100 40 A Lesson in Forgiveness

    102 41 Miracles​—By Whose Power?

    104 42 Jesus Rebukes the Pharisees

    106 43 Illustrations About the Kingdom

    112 44 Jesus Silences a Storm at Sea

    114 45 Power Over Many Demons

    116 46 Healed by Touching Jesus’ Garment

    118 47 A Young Girl Lives Again!

    120 48 Performing Miracles, But Rejected Even in Nazareth

    122 49 Preaching in Galilee and Training the Apostles

    124 50 Prepared to Preach Despite Persecution

    126 51 Murder During a Birthday Party

    128 52 Feeding Thousands With a Few Loaves and Fish

    130 53 A Ruler Who Can Control the Elements

    132 54 Jesus​—“The Bread of Life”

    134 55 Jesus’ Words Shock Many

    136 56 What Really Defiles a Person?

    138 57 Jesus Cures a Girl and a Deaf Man

    140 58 He Multiplies Loaves and Warns About Leaven

    142 59 Who Is the Son of Man?

    144 60 The Transfiguration​—A View of Christ in Glory

    146 61 Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy

    148 62 An Important Lesson in Humility

    150 63 Jesus Offers Counsel About Stumbling and Sin

    152 64 The Need to Forgive

    154 65 Teaching While Traveling to Jerusalem

    SECTION 4​—JESUS’ LATER MINISTRY IN JUDEA

    158 66 In Jerusalem for the Festival of Tabernacles

    160 67 “Never Has Any Man Spoken Like This”

    162 68 “The Light of the World”​—The Son of God

    164 69 Their Father​—Abraham or the Devil?

    166 70 Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

    168 71 Pharisees Confront the Man Who Was Blind

    170 72 Jesus Sends 70 Disciples to Preach

    172 73 A Samaritan Proves to Be a Real Neighbor

    174 74 Lessons About Hospitality and Prayer

    176 75 Jesus Reveals the Source of Happiness

    178 76 Dining With a Pharisee

    180 77 Jesus Gives Counsel About Riches

    182 78 Keep Ready, Faithful Steward!

    184 79 Why Destruction Is Ahead

    186 80 The Fine Shepherd and the Sheepfolds

    188 81 One With the Father, But Not God

    SECTION 5​—JESUS’ LATER MINISTRY EAST OF THE JORDAN

    192 82 Jesus’ Ministry in Perea

    194 83 Invitations to a Meal​—Whom Does God Invite?

    196 84 Discipleship​—How Serious?

    198 85 Rejoicing Over the Sinner Who Repents

    200 86 The Son Who Was Lost Returns

    204 87 Plan Ahead​—Use Practical Wisdom

    206 88 A Change for the Rich Man and for Lazarus

    210 89 Teaching in Perea on the Way to Judea

    212 90 “The Resurrection and the Life”

    214 91 Lazarus Is Resurrected

    216 92 Ten Lepers Healed​—One Shows Gratitude

    218 93 The Son of Man Will Be Revealed

    220 94 Two Great Needs​—Prayer and Humility

    222 95 Teaching About Divorce and Love for Children

    224 96 Jesus Answers a Rich Young Ruler

    226 97 Illustration of the Workers in the Vineyard

    228 98 The Apostles Again Seek Prominence

    230 99 Jesus Heals Blind Men and Helps Zacchaeus

    232 100 His Illustration of Ten Minas

    SECTION 6​—JESUS’ FINAL MINISTRY

    236 101 A Meal at Simon’s House in Bethany

    238 102 The King Enters Jerusalem on a Colt

    240 103 The Temple Cleansed Again

    242 104 The Jews Hear God’s Voice​—Will They Show Faith?

    244 105 A Fig Tree Is Used to Teach a Lesson About Faith

    246 106 Two Illustrations About Vineyards

    248 107 A King Calls Those Invited to a Marriage Feast

    250 108 Jesus Thwarts Attempts to Entrap Him

    252 109 Denouncing Religious Opposers

    254 110 Jesus’ Final Day at the Temple

    256 111 The Apostles Ask for a Sign

    260 112 A Lesson in Vigilance​—The Virgins

    262 113 A Lesson in Diligence​—The Talents

    264 114 Christ in Power Judges the Sheep and the Goats

    266 115 Jesus’ Final Passover Approaches

    268 116 Teaching Humility at the Last Passover

    270 117 The Lord’s Evening Meal

    272 118 A Dispute Over Greatness

    274 119 Jesus​—The Way, the Truth, the Life

    276 120 Bearing Fruit as Branches and Being Jesus’ Friends

    278 121 “Take Courage! I Have Conquered the World”

    280 122 Jesus’ Concluding Prayer in the Upper Room

    282 123 Praying When Deeply Grieved

    284 124 Christ Is Betrayed and Arrested

    286 125 Jesus Is Taken to Annas, Then to Caiaphas

    288 126 Denials at the House of Caiaphas

    290 127 Tried by the Sanhedrin, Then On to Pilate

    292 128 Found Innocent by Both Pilate and Herod

    294 129 Pilate Proclaims: “Look! The Man!”

    296 130 Jesus Is Handed Over and Led Away to Die

    298 131 An Innocent King Suffers on the Stake

    300 132 “Certainly This Man Was God’s Son”

    302 133 Jesus’ Body Is Prepared and Buried

    304 134 An Empty Tomb​—Jesus Is Alive!

    306 135 The Resurrected Jesus Appears to Many

    308 136 On the Shore of the Sea of Galilee

    310 137 Hundreds See Him Prior to Pentecost

    312 138 Christ at God’s Right Hand

    314 139 Jesus Brings Paradise and Finishes His Assignment