Category: OBBS Matthew

Beginner's Online Bible Study: Mattew 9:35 – 10-4 Jesus chooses the 12 apostles

Thomas Less, February 18, 2011

³⁵Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.³⁶When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were confused and helpless, like sheep without a ^dshepherd.³⁷He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 9: 18-34 It's a Miracle!

Thomas Less, February 17, 2011

¹⁸As Jesus was saying this, the leader of a synagogue came and knelt before him. “My daughter has just died,” he said, “but you can bring her back to life again if you just come and lay your hand on her.”

¹⁹So Jesus and his disciples got up and went with him.²⁰Just then a woman who had suffered for twelve years with constant bleeding came up

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 9: 14-17 New wine in new wineskins

Thomas Less, February 16, 2011

¹⁴One day the disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus and asked him, “Why don’t your disciples fast like we do and the Pharisees do?”

¹⁵Jesus replied, “Do wedding guests mourn while celebrating with the groom? Of course not. But someday the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

¹⁶“Besides, who would patch old clothing with new cloth? For the new

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 9: 9-13 Jesus calls notorious sinners

Thomas Less, February 15, 2011

⁹As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.

¹⁰Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.¹¹But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 28-33 Casting out demons

Thomas Less, February 13, 2011

²⁸When Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes, two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.

²⁹They began screaming at him, “Why are you interfering with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torture us before God’s appointed time?”

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 23-27 Jesus calms the storm

Thomas Less, February 12, 2011

²³Then Jesus got into the boat and started across the lake with his disciples.²⁴Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. But Jesus was sleeping.²⁵The disciples went and woke him up, shouting, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!”

²⁶Jesus responded, “Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!” Then he got up and rebuked the wind

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 18-22 No Home For Jesus Here

Thomas Less, February 11, 2011

¹⁸When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he instructed his disciples to cross to the other side of the lake.

¹⁹Then one of the teachers of religious law said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”

²⁰But Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.”

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 14-17 Jesus heals Peters mother-inlaw

Thomas Less, February 9, 2011

¹⁴When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, Peter’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a high fever.¹⁵But when Jesus touched her hand, the fever left her. Then she got up and prepared a meal for him.

¹⁶That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. He cast out the evil spirits with a simple command, and he healed all the sick.¹⁷

This fulfilled the word of

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Beginner's Online Bible Study: I Need Some Feedback!

Thomas Less, February 8, 2011

We have gone through 7 chapters of Matthew now, and I need to know what you like and dislike, or what you want more or less of. I have tried several different styles of study and I cannot tell which, if any, the majority of you like or find helpful. I greatly appreciate the feedback left by some of you. You have been so faithful and helpful. I would like …

Beginner's Online Bible Study: Matthew 8: 5-13 The officer's faith

Thomas Less, February 8, 2011

⁵When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,⁶“Lord, my young servant lies in bed, paralyzed and in terrible pain.”

⁷Jesus said, “I will come and heal him.”

⁸But the officer said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come into my home. Just say the word from where you are, and my servant will be healed.⁹I know

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