Chapter IV: Part VII: The Great Galilean Ministry

SECTIONS 37-71
_Eight Groups in the Period_
(1) The Rejection at Nazareth and the New Home in Capernaum
Sections 37-43.
(2) The First Tour of Galilee with the Four Fishermen and the
Call of Matthew (Levi) on the Return with the Growing
Fame of Jesus
Sections 44-48.
(3) The Sabbath Controversy in Jerusalem and in Galilee
Sections 49-51.
(4) The Choice of the Twelve and the Sermon on the Mount
Sections 52-54.
(5) The Spread of Christ's Influence and the Inquiry from John
in Prison
Sections 55-59.
(6) The Second Tour of Galilee (now with the Twelve) and the
Intense Hostility of the Pharisees
Sections 60-63.
(7) The First Great Group of Parables with the Visit to Gerasa
(Khersa) and to Nazareth (final one)
Sections 64-69.
(8) The Third Tour of Galilee (following the Twelve) and the
Effect on Herod Antipas
Sections 70-71.
Sect. 37: GENERAL ACCOUNT OF HIS TEACHING IN GALILEE
Mark 1:14-15; Matt. 4:17; Luke 4:14-15.
Sect. 38: THE HEALING AT CANA OF THE SON OF A COURTIER OF CAPERNAUM
John 4:46-54.
Sect. 39: THE FIRST REJECTION AT NAZARETH
Luke 4:16-31.
Sect. 40: THE NEW HOME IN CAPERNAUM
Matt. 4:13-16.
Sect. 41: JESUS FINDS FOUR FISHERS OF MEN IN FOUR FISHERMEN
Mark 1:16-20; Matt. 4:18-22; Luke 5:1-11.
Sect. 42: THE EXCITEMENT IN THE SYNAGOGUE BECAUSE OF THE TEACHING OF
JESUS AND THE HEALING OF A DEMONIAC ON THE SABBATH
Mark 1:21-28; Luke 4:31-37.
Sect. 43: HE HEALS PETER'S MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MANY OTHERS
Mark 1:29-34; Matt. 8:14-17; Luke 4:38-41.
Sect. 44: THE FIRST TOUR OF GALILEE WITH THE FOUR FISHERMEN
Mark 1:35-39; Matt. 4:23-25; Luke 4:42-44.
Sect. 45: A LEPER HEALED AND MUCH POPULAR EXCITEMENT
Mark 1:40-45; Matt. 8:2-4; Luke 5:12-16.
Sect. 46: THRONGED IN CAPERNAUM, HE HEALS A PARALYTIC LOWERED THROUGH
THE ROOF OF PETER'S HOUSE
Mark 2:1-12; Matt. 9:1-8; Luke 5:17-26.
Sect. 47: THE CALL OF MATTHEW (LEVI) AND HIS RECEPTION IN HONOR OF
JESUS
Mark 2:13-17; Matt. 9:9-13; Luke 5:27-32.
Sect. 48: JESUS IN THREE PARABLES DEFENDS HIS DISCIPLES FOR FEASTING
INSTEAD OF FASTING
Mark 2:18-22; Matt. 9:14-17; Luke 5:33-39.
Sect. 49: AT A FEAST IN JERUSALEM (POSSIBLY THE PASSOVER) JESUS HEALS
A LAME MAN ON THE SABBATH AND DEFENDS THIS ACTION TO THE
PHARISEES IN A GREAT DISCOURSE
John 5:1-47.
Sect. 50: ANOTHER SABBATH CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES WHEN THE
DISCIPLES PLUCK EARS OF GRAIN IN THE FIELDS
Mark 2:23-28; Matt. 12:1-8; Luke 6:1-5.
Sect. 51: A THIRD SABBATH CONTROVERSY WITH THE PHARISEES OVER THE
HEALING OF A MAN WITH A WITHERED HAND IN A SYNAGOGUE
Mark 3:1-6; Matt. 12:9-14; Luke 6:6-11.
Sect. 52: JESUS TEACHES AND HEALS GREAT MULTITUDES BY THE SEA OF
GALILEE
Mark 3:7-12; Matt. 12:15-21.
Sect. 53: AFTER A NIGHT OF PRAYER JESUS SELECTS TWELVE APOSTLES
Mark 3:13-19; Luke 6:12-16.
Sect. 54: THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT. PRIVILEGES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE
MESSIANIC REIGN, CHRIST'S STANDARD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Matt. 5-7; Luke 6:17-49.
The Place and the Audience
Matt. 5:1-2; Luke 6:17-19.
(1) The Introduction: The Beatitudes and the Woes.
Privileges of the Messiah's Subjects
Matt. 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-26.
(2) The Theme of the Sermon: Christ's Standard of
Righteousness in Contrast with that of the Scribes and
Pharisees
Matt. 5:13-20.
(3) Christ's Ethical Teaching Superior to that of the
Scribes (both the Old Testament and the Oral Law) in
Six Items or Illustrations (Murder, Adultery,
Divorce, Oaths, Retaliations, Love of Enemies)
Matt. 5:21-48; Luke 6:27-30, 32-36.
(4) The Practice of Real Righteousness unlike the
Ostentatious Hypocrisy of the Pharisees as in
Almsgiving, Prayer, Fasting
Matt. 6:1-18.
(5) Single-hearted Devotion to God as Opposed to Worldly
Aims and Anxieties
Matt. 6:19-34.
(6) Captious Criticism, or Judging Others
Matt. 7:1-6; Luke 6:37-42.
(7) Prayer and the Golden Rule
Matt. 7:7-12; Luke 6:31.
(8) The Conclusion of the Sermon. The Lesson of Personal
Righteousness Driven Home by Powerful Parables
Matt. 7:13-8:1; Luke 6:43-49.
Sect. 55: JESUS HEALS A CENTURION'S SERVANT AT CAPERNAUM
Matt. 8:5-13; Luke 7:1-10.
Sect. 56: HE RAISES A WIDOW'S SON AT NAIN
Luke 7:11-17.
Sect. 57: THE MESSAGE FROM THE BAPTIST AND THE EULOGY OF JESUS
Matt. 11:2-19; Luke 7:18-35.
Sect. 58: WOES UPON THE CITIES OF OPPORTUNITY. THE CLAIMS OF CHRIST
AS THE TEACHER ABOUT THE FATHER
Matt. 11:20-30.
Sect. 59: THE ANOINTING OF CHRIST'S FEET BY A SINFUL WOMAN IN THE
HOUSE OF SIMON A PHARISEE. THE PARABLE OF THE TWO DEBTORS
Luke 7:36-50.
Sect. 60: THE SECOND TOUR OF GALILEE
Luke 8:1-3.
Sect. 61: BLASPHEMOUS ACCUSATION OF LEAGUE WITH BEELZEBUB
Mark 3:19-30; Matt. 12:22-37.
Sect. 62: SCRIBES AND PHARISEES DEMAND A SIGN
Matt. 12:38-45.
Sect. 63: CHRIST'S MOTHER AND BRETHREN SEEK TO TAKE HIM HOME
Mark 3:31-35; Matt. 12:46-50; Luke 8:19-21.
Sect. 64: THE FIRST GREAT GROUP OF PARABLES
Mark 4:1-34; Matt. 13:1-53; Luke 8:4-18.
_Introduction to the Group_
Mark 4:1-2; Matt. 13:1-3; Luke 8:4.
_1: To the Crowds by the Sea_
(a) Parable of the Sower
Mark 4:3-25; Matt. 13:3-23; Luke 8:5-18.
(b) Parable of the Seed Growing of Itself
Mark 4:26-29.
(c) Parable of the Tares
Matt. 13:24-30.
(d) Parable of the Mustard Seed
Mark 4:30-32; Matt. 13:31-32.
(e) Parable of the Leaven and Many Such Parables
Mark 4:33-34; Matt. 13:33-35.
_2. To the Disciples in the House_
(a) Explanation of the Parable of the Tares
Matt. 13:36-43.
(b) The Parable of the Hid Treasure
Matt. 13:44.
(c) The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price
Matt. 13:45-46.
(d) The Parable of the Net
Matt. 13:47-50.
(e) The Parable of the Householder
Matt. 13:51-53.
Sect. 65: IN CROSSING THE LAKE, JESUS STILLS THE TEMPEST
Mark 4:35-41; Matt. 8:18, 23-27; Luke 8:22-25.
Sect. 66: BEYOND THE LAKE JESUS HEALS THE GERASENE DEMONIAC
Mark 5:1-20; Matt. 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-39.
Sect. 67: THE RETURN AND THE HEALING OF JAIRUS' DAUGHTER AND OF THE
WOMAN WHO ONLY TOUCHED CHRIST'S GARMENT
Mark 5:21-43; Matt. 9:18-26; Luke 8:40-56.
Sect. 68: HE HEALS TWO BLIND MEN AND A DUMB DEMONIAC, A BLASPHEMOUS
ACCUSATION
Matt. 9:27-34.
Sect. 69: THE LAST VISIT TO NAZARETH
Mark 6:1-6; Matt. 13:54-58.
Sect. 70: THE THIRD TOUR OF GALILEE AFTER INSTRUCTING THE TWELVE AND
SENDING THEM FORTH BY TWOS
Mark 6:6-13; Matt. 9:35-11:1; Luke 9:1-6.
Sect. 71: THE GUILTY FEARS OF HEROD ANTIPAS IN TIBERIAS ABOUT JESUS
BECAUSE HE HAD BEHEADED THE BAPTIST IN MACHAERUS
Mark 6:14-29; Matt. 14:1-12; Luke 9:7-9.