Chapter 20 Verses 1-16 Read the Bible verses. A man owned a grape vineyard. He hired some workers to bring in the grapes. At about 6:00am he hired some men and agreed to pay them a normal day’s pay. At about 9:00am he hired some more men and agreed to pay them a normal day’s
Chapter 19 Verses 1-12 Read the Bible verses. Jesus explained that marriage was for two people to be joined together as one–they should not be separated–this is what God planned from the beginning. The Jewish leaders said that Moses gave the people of the Old Testament papers for divorce. Jesus said, “That is true.
Chapter 18 Verses 1-6 Read the Bible verses. The disciples asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Jesus said, “The greatest would be the person who is humble and believing like a little child.” Why? Little children have no trouble believing what people tell them. Jesus said we should be able to
Chapter 17 Verses 1- 13 Read the Bible verses. Jesus, Peter, James and John went up on a mountain. On the mountain top a special thing happened. Jesus’ face began to shine like the sun. His clothes were shinning white. Moses and Elijah came down from heaven and were there and talked with Jesus. Peter
Chapter 16 Verses 1- 4 Read the Bible verses. The Pharisees and Sadducees were two groups of Jewish leaders. When it says that they tempted Jesus to show them a sign, it means they tried to test Jesus. Jesus said he was the Son of God. So they wanted him to give them a sign
Chapter 15 Verses 1-20 Read the Bible verses The Jewish church leaders wanted to know why the disciples did not follow the Jewish rules. Jewish traditions were acts and behaviors that the Jews did to act holy. Most of these rules were made by the Jewish leaders. They were not the laws of God. There
Chapter 14 Verses 1-12 Read the Bible verses John the Baptist was killed. King Herod had put John in prison. Herod was angry with John. John had told Herod that his marriage to his brother’s wife was wrong. Herod did not like to be told that. Herod’s wife had a birthday party. Her daughter danced.
Chapter 13 Verses 1-9 Read the Bible verses A sower is a person who throws seed. He does not make a hole in the dirt and put seeds in it. He has a big bag of seed. He takes a handful and as he walks over the ground (field) he throws the seed in a
Chapter 12 Verses 1-14 Read the Bible verses The disciples were hungry and they were picking grains off of the wheat stems as they walked along on the Sabbath day. The Sabbath is Saturday and it was the day the Jews kept for a holy day of rest. A Jewish leader saw them and said
Chapter 11 verses 1-6 Read the Bible verses John the Baptist had been in prison. King Herod put him in prison because he was angry about some things John said. John heard about the wonderful things that Jesus was doing. So he sent his friends to ask Jesus if he really was the Messiah. Jesus