Matt 9:9-13; 12:1-8 (Hosea 6:6)
 

Matthew 9

9  As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. "Follow me," he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" 12 On hearing this, Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. 13  But go and learn what this means: `I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' [1] For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." 

1. [13] Hosea 6:6

Matthew 12

1  At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2  When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath." 3 He answered, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4  He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread—which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 5  Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? 6 I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what these words mean, `I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' [2] you would not have condemned the innocent. 8  For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

2. [7] Hosea 6:6 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mark 7:1-13 = Matt 15:1-9 (Exod 20:12/Deut 5:16; Exod 21:17/Lev 20:9)
 

Mark 7

1 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and 2 saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were "unclean," that is, unwashed. 3 (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4  When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles.) 5  So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with `unclean' hands?" 6  He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: "'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. 7  They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' [1]  8  You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men." 9  And he said to them: "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! 10  For Moses said, `Honor your father and your mother,' [2] and, `Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.' [3]  11  But you say that if a man says to his father or mother: 'Whatever help you might otherwise have received from me is Corban' (that is, a gift devoted to God), 12 then you no longer let him do anything for his father or mother. 13 Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that."

1. [6,7] Isaiah 29:13 
2. [10] Exodus 20:12; Deut. 5:16 
3. [10] Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Corinthians 6:16 (Gen 2:24)
 

1 Corinthians 6

16  Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." [1] 

1. [16] Gen. 2:24 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Mark 12:18-27 = Matt 22:23-33 = Luke 20:27-40 (Exod 3:6, 15)
 

Mark 12

18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 19 "Teacher," they said, "Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and have children for his brother. 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third. 22  In fact, none of the seven left any children. Last of all, the woman died too. 23  At the resurrection whose wife will she be, since the seven were married to her?" 24  Jesus replied, "Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God? 25  When the dead rise, they will neither marry nor be given in marriage; they will be like the angels in heaven. 26  Now about the dead rising—have you not read in the book of Moses, in the account of the bush, how God said to him, `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob' [1] ? 27  He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are badly mistaken!"

1. [26] Exodus 3:6 


 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

John 7:16-24
 

John 7


16 Jesus answered, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from him who sent me.17 If anyone chooses to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own. 18 He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. 19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?" 20 "You are demon-possessed," the crowd answered. "Who is trying to kill you?" 21 Jesus said to them, "I did one miracle, and you are all astonished. 22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath. 23 Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath? 24 Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Cor 9:8-9 (Deut 25:4)
 

1 Corinthians 9

3: My defense to those who examine me is this: 4 Do we not have a right to eat and drink? 5 Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? 6 Or do only Barnabas and I not have a right to refrain from working? 7 Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock? 8 I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing [1]. God is not concerned about oxen, is he? 10 Or is he speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops. 11 If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?

1. [9] Deut. 25:4


 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 

 

Mark 12:10-11 = Matt 21:42-44 = Luke 20:17-18 (Ps 118:22-23)
 

Mark 12

9 What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others.10 Have you not you read this scripture: "The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; 11 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes" [1]?

1. [10-11] Psalm 118:22-23


 
 

 

 

 


 
 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Luke 4:16-30 (Isaiah 61:1-2)
 

Luke 4

16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. 17  The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18  "The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, 19  to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." [1]  20  Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him, 21 and he began by saying to them, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing. 22 All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. "Isn't this Joseph's son?" they asked. 23  Jesus said to them, "Surely you will quote this proverb to me: 'Physician, heal yourself! Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.'" 24 "I tell you the truth," he continued, "no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25  I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. 26  Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27  And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian." 28  All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29  They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him down the cliff. 30  But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

1. [19] Isaiah 61:1,2 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matthew 1:22-23 (Isa 7:14)


 

Matthew 1

22  All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" [1] —which means, "God with us."

1. [23] Isaiah 7:14 

 
Isaiah 7:10 Then Yahweh spoke again to Ahaz, saying, 11"Ask a sign for yourself from the Yahweh your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven." 12 But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test Yahweh!" 13 Then he said, "Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well? 14"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a young woman will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. 15 "He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. 16"For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken.


 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Hebrews 12:26-27
 

Heb 12:26: At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.” [1] 27 This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken…

1 [26] Haggai 2:6 

 
Haggai 2:5 “As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, my Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!” 6 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. 7 I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,” says Yahweh of hosts. 8 “The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares Yahweh of hosts. 9 “The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and in this place I will give peace,” declares Yahweh of hosts.


 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Matt 12:38-40 = Luke 11:29-30
 

Matt 12

28 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the law said to him, "Teacher, we want to see a miraculous sign from you." 39 He answered, "A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a miraculous sign! But none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. 40  For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 

 

1 Cor 10:1-5
 

1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and all ate the same spiritual food; 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 
 
 

 

Hebrews 6:13-17

13 For when God made the promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, 14 saying, "I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you." 15 And so, having persevered, he obtained the promise. 16 For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. 17 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, interposed with an oath.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hebrews 5:5-6

5 So also Christ did not glorify himself so as to become a High Priest, but he who said to him, "You are my son; today I have begotten you" 6 just as He says also in another passage, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek" (Ps 110:4).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gal 4:21-31

21 Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law? 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman. 23 But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise. 24 This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar. 25 Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother. 27 For it is written, "Rejoice barren woman who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; for more numerous are the children of the desolate than of the one who has a husband" (Isa 51:4) 28 And you brothers and sisters, like Isaac, are children of promise. 29 But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also. 30 But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the bondwoman and her son, for the son of the bondwoman shall not be an heir with the sons of the free woman" (Gen 21:10). 31 So then, brothers and sisters, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the free woman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hebrews 4:3-5

3 For we who have believed enter that rest, just as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest," [1] although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works"; 5 and again in this passage, "they shall not enter my rest."

1 [3] Ps 95:11