Insights from Matthew and John: Teachings and Miracles of Jesus

Matthew 17v22-27 22 When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 23 They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life. And the disciples were filled with grief. 24 After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, Doesn t your teacher pay the temple tax? 25 Yes, he does, he replied. 1

Matthew 17v22-27 When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. What do you think, Simon? he asked. From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes from their own children or from others? 26 From others, Peter answered. Then the children are exempt, Jesus said to him. 27 But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours. 2

John 21v25 Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. 3

John 3v2 Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him. 4

Matthew 12v28 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 5

Matthew 14v14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick. 6

Matthew 17v25-26 25 ..When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. What do you think, Simon? he asked. From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes from their own children or from others? 26 From others, Peter answered. Then the children are exempt, Jesus said to him. 7

Matthew 17v27 27 But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours. 8

1 Timothy 3v14 I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God 9

Psalm 142v5 - I cry to you, LORD; I say, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. 10

Matthew 6v31-32 31 So do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall we drink? or What shall we wear? 32 For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. 11

Matthew 17v22-23 22 When they came together in Galilee, he said to them, The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men. 23 They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised to life. And the disciples were filled with grief. 12

John 10v17-18 17 The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life only to take it up again. 18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father. 13

2 Peter 2v22 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth. 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 14

2 Kings 5v13-14 13 Naaman s servants went to him and said, My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, Wash and be cleansed ! 14 So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young child. 15