Bible index

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Matthew
13:47-50 Two parables of a net: how Habakkuk helps us to understand Jesus
13:47-50 Fishers of people and the judgment of Gehenna
13:47-50 Fishers of people, labourers for the harvest, and the mission of Jesus’ disciples
13:47-50 The historical meaning of Jesus’ parable of the dragnet
13:52 Blessed are the narrative-historical interpreters: preaching the Beatitudes
13:53-58 A prophet is not without honour...
14:22-33 What the walking on the water business is really all about
15:21-28 Why did Jesus instruct his disciples not to preach the kingdom of God to Gentiles and Samaritans?
15:21-28 Why was Jesus so polite to the centurion and so rude to the Canaanite woman?
16:13-16 Who do men say that the Son of man is?
16:17-18 The gates of Hades will not prevail against it
16:19 The keys to the kingdom of heaven
16:27-28 Some standing here will not taste death...
16:28 Thom Stark on the coming of the Son of Man: the Bible gets it right, Jesus gets it wrong?
17:1-8 The transfiguration of Jesus: what exactly is revealed?
18:5-6 Does Jesus have anything to say about homosexuality? Simple answer, no.
18:8-9 Response to Ben Witherington on Gehenna
18:23-35 So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you: the parable of the unforgiving slave
19:10-12 Does Jesus have anything to say about homosexuality? Simple answer, no.
19:16 What must I do to inherit eternal life?
19:16 Eternal life and the story of Israel
19:16-22 Why do you ask me about the good?
19:17 Brant Pitre on the riddles of Jesus’ divinity
19:21 What it means to be perfect
19:28 The throne of Jesus and the throne of God
19:28 Judging the twelve tribes of Israel
19:28 In the regeneration
19:28 J. Richard Middleton on salvation and the restoration of all things
20:20-28 Jesus and empire, state and church
20:20-28 Jesus and the restoration of Israel according to Matthew