Outline 1. Introduction ( 1:1–4:25 ) a. The Birth of Jesus ( 1:1–2:23 ) i. The Genealogy of Jesus ( 1:1–17 ) ii. The Birth of Jesus ( 1:18–25 ) iii. The Pilgrimage of the Magi ( 2:1–12 ) iv. The Flight to Egypt ( 2:13–23 ) 1. The Departure ( 2:13–15 ) 2. Rachel Weeping for Her Children ( 2:16–18 ) 3. The Return to Nazareth ( 2:19–23 ) b. The Start of Jesus’ Public Ministry ( 3:1–4:25 ) i. The Mission of John the Baptist ( 3:1–12 ) ii. The Baptism of Jesus ( 3:13–17 ) iii. The Temptation of Jesus ( 4:1–11 ) iv. Jesus Begins His Ministry ( 4:12–25 ) 2. The Sermon on the Mount ( 5:1–9:38 ) a. Jesus Announces the Kingdom of Heaven ( 5:1–7:29 ) i. The Kingdom of Heaven and Its King ( 5:1–20 ) 1. The Beatitudes ( 5:1–12 ) 2. Salt and Light ( 5:13–16 ) 3. The Fulfillment of the Law ( 5:17–20 ) ii. The Laws of the Kingdom ( 5:21–6:34 ) 1. You Have Heard It Said� ( 5:21–48 ) a. Anger and Reconciliation ( 5:21–26 ) b. Adultery ( 5:27–30 ) c. Divorce ( 5:31–32 ) d. Oaths and Vows ( 5:33–37 ) e. Love Your Enemies ( 5:38–48 ) 2. The Lord Sees What is Done in Secret ( 6:1–34 ) a. Giving to the Needy ( 6:1–4 ) b. The Lord’s Prayer ( 6:5–15 ) c. Proper Fasting ( 6:16–18 ) d. Treasures in Heaven ( 6:19–21 ) e. The Lamp of the Body ( 6:22–24 ) f. Do Not Worry ( 6:25–34 ) iii. Justice in the Kingdom of Heaven ( 7:1–27 ) 1. Judging Others ( 7:1–6 ) 2. Ask, Seek, Knock ( 7:7–12 ) 3. The Narrow Gate ( 7:13–14 ) 4. A Tree and Its Fruit ( 7:15–23 ) 5. The House on the Rock ( 7:24–27 ) iv. The Authority of Jesus ( 7:28–29 ) b. Jesus Lives Out the Kingdom of Heaven ( 8:1–9:38 ) i. Healing in the Kingdom ( 8:1–17 ) 1. The Leper’s Prayer ( 8:1–4 ) 2. The Faith of the Centurion ( 8:5–13 ) 3. Jesus Heals at Peter’s House ( 8:14–17 ) ii. The Authority of the King ( 8:18–9:8 ) 1. The Cost of Discipleship ( 8:18–22 ) 2. Jesus Calms the Storm ( 8:23–27 ) 3. The Demons and the Pigs ( 8:28–34 ) 4. Jesus Heals a Paralytic ( 9:1–8 ) iii. Disciples in the Kingdom ( 9:9–17 ) 1. Jesus Calls Matthew ( 9:9–13 ) 2. Questions about Fasting ( 9:14–15 ) 3. The Patches and the Wineskins ( 9:16–17 ) iv. Restoration in the Kingdom ( 9:18–31 ) 1. The Woman Suffering from Bleeding ( 9:18–22 ) 2. The Girl Raised from the Dead ( 9:23–26 ) 3. Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute ( 9:27–34 ) v. The Lord of the Harvest ( 9:35–38 ) 3. The Apostle’s Discourse ( 10:1–12:50 ) a. The Commissioning of the Twelve ( 10:1–42 ) i. The Twelve Apostles ( 10:1–4 ) ii. The Ministry of the Twelve ( 10:5–42 ) 1. Jesus Sends Them Out ( 10:5–15 ) 2. Sheep among Wolves ( 10:16–25 ) 3. Fear God Alone ( 10:26–31 ) 4. Confessing Christ ( 10:32–33 ) 5. Not Peace but a Sword ( 10:34–39 ) 6. The reward of Service ( 10:40–42 ) b. Responses to Jesus ( 11:1–12:50 ) i. John the Baptist in Prison ( 11:1–24 ) 1. John’s Inquiry ( 11:1–4 ) 2. Jesus Testifies about John ( 11:5–19 ) 3. Woe to the Unrepentant ( 11:20–24 ) ii. The Lord of the Sabbath ( 11:25–12:14 ) 1. Rest for the Weary ( 11:25–30 ) 2. Jesus Heals on the Sabbath ( 12:1–14 ) iii. Pharisees Oppose Jesus ( 12:15–45 ) 1. God’s Chosen Servant ( 12:15–21 ) 2. A House Divided ( 12:22–30 ) 3. The Unpardonable Sin ( 12:31–32 ) 4. Good and Bad Fruit ( 12:33–37 ) 5. The Sign of Jonah ( 12:38–42 ) 6. An Unclean Spirit Returns ( 12:43–45 ) iv. Jesus’ Mother and Brothers ( 12:46–50 ) 4. The Kingdom of Heaven Revealed in Parables ( 13:1–17:27 ) a. Parables of the Kingdom ( 13:1–52 ) i. The Parable of the Sower ( 13:1–23 ) ii. The Parable of the Weeds ( 13:24–30 ) iii. The Parable of the Mustard Seed ( 13:31–32 ) iv. The Parable of the Leaven ( 13:33 ) v. I Will Open My Mouth in Parables ( 13:34–35 ) vi. The Parable of the Weeds Explained ( 13:36–43 ) vii. The Parables of the Treasure and the Pearl ( 13:44–46 ) viii. The Parable of the Net ( 13:47–52 ) b. The Identity of the King Revealed ( 13:53–17:27 ) i. The Rejection at Nazareth ( 13:53–58 ) ii. The Beheading of John ( 14:1–12 ) iii. The Feeding of the Five Thousand ( 14:13–21 ) iv. Jesus Walks on Water ( 14:22–33 ) v. Jesus Heals at Gennesaret ( 14:34–36 ) vi. The Tradition of the Elders ( 15:1–9 ) vii. What Defiles a Man ( 15:10–20 ) viii. The Faith of the Canaanite Woman ( 15:21–28 ) ix. The Feeding of the Four Thousand ( 15:29–39 ) x. The Demand for a Sign ( 16:1–4 ) xi. The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees ( 16:5–12 ) xii. At Caesarea Philippi ( 16:13–28 ) 1. Peter’s Confession of Christ ( 16:13–20 ) 2. Christ’s Passion Foretold ( 16:21–23 ) 3. Take Up Your Cross ( 16:24–28 ) xiii. The Transfiguration ( 17:1–13 ) xiv. The Boy with a Demon ( 17:14–18 ) xv. The Power of Faith ( 17:19–21 ) xvi. The Second Prediction of the Passion ( 17:22–23 ) xvii. The Temple Tax ( 17:24–27 ) 5. The Community of the Kingdom ( 18:1–23:39 ) a. The Community Discourse ( 18:1–35 ) i. The Greatest in the Kingdom ( 18:1–5 ) ii. Temptations and Trespasses ( 18:6–9 ) iii. The Parable of the Lost Sheep ( 18:10–14 ) iv. A Brother Who Sins ( 18:15–20 ) v. The Unforgiving Servant ( 18:21–35 ) b. Jesus Teaches in Judea ( 19:1–23:39 ) i. Teachings for the Community ( 19:1–20:34 ) 1. Teachings about Divorce ( 19:1–12 ) 2. Jesus Blesses the Children ( 19:13–15 ) 3. The Rich Young Man ( 19:16–30 ) 4. The Parable of the Workers ( 20:1–16 ) 5. The Third Prediction of the Passion ( 20:17–19 ) 6. The Two and the Ten ( 20:20–28 ) 7. The Blind Men by the Road ( 20:29–34 ) ii. The King of the Community ( 21:1–22 ) 1. The Triumphal Entry ( 21:1–11 ) 2. Jesus Cleanses the Temple ( 21:12–17 ) 3. The Barren Fig Tree ( 21:18–22 ) iii. The King Examined for Blemish ( 21:23–23:39 ) 1. The Chief Priests and Elders Question ( 21:23–22:14 ) a. Jesus’ Authority Challenged ( 21:23–27 ) b. The Parable of the Two Sons ( 21:28–32 ) c. The Parable of the Wicked Tenants ( 21:33–46 ) d. The Parable of the Banquet ( 22:1–14 ) 2. The Herodians Question Taxes to Caesar ( 22:15–22 ) 3. The Sadducees Question the Resurrection ( 22:23–33 ) 4. The Pharisees Question the Greatest Commandment ( 22:34–40 ) 5. Jesus Questions the Pharisees ( 22:41–23:39 ) a. Whose Son Is the Christ? ( 22:41–46 ) b. Woe to Scribes and Pharisees ( 23:1–36 ) c. Lament over Jerusalem ( 23:37–39 ) 6. The Last Things ( 24:1–27:66 ) a. The Olivet Discourse ( 24:1–25:46 ) i. Temple Destruction Foretold ( 24:1–2 ) ii. Signs of the End of the Age ( 24:3–35 ) 1. Let No Man Deceive You ( 24:3–8 ) 2. Witnessing to All Nations ( 24:9–14 ) 3. The Abomination of Desolation ( 24:15–25 ) 4. The Return of the Son of Man ( 24:26–31 ) 5. The Lesson of the Fig Tree ( 24:32–35 ) iii. Readiness at Any Hour ( 24:36–51 ) iv. The Parable of the Ten Virgins ( 25:1–13 ) v. The Parable of the Talents ( 25:14–30 ) vi. The Sheep and the Goats ( 25:31–46 ) b. Jesus’ Passover ( 26:1–27:66 ) i. Two Days Before the Passover ( 26:1–19 ) 1. The Plot to Kill Jesus ( 26:1–5 ) 2. Jesus anointed at Bethany ( 26:6–13 ) 3. Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus ( 26:14–16 ) 4. Preparing the Passover ( 26:17–19 ) ii. The Last Supper ( 26:20–30 ) 1. Judas the Betrayer ( 26:20–25 ) 2. The Bread and Cup After Supper ( 26:26–30 ) iii. On the Mount of Olives ( 26:31–56 ) 1. Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial ( 26:31–35 ) 2. Jesus Prays at Gethsemane ( 26:36–46 ) 3. The Betrayal of Jesus ( 26:47–56 ) iv. One Long Night ( 26:57–27:31 ) 1. Jesus before the Sanhedrin ( 26:57–68 ) 2. Peter Denies Jesus ( 26:69–75 ) 3. Jesus Delivered to Pilate ( 27:1–2 ) 4. Judas Hangs Himself ( 27:3–10 ) 5. Jesus before Pilate ( 27:11–26 ) a. Pilate Questions Jesus ( 27:11–14 ) b. The Crowd Chooses Barabbas ( 27:15–23 ) c. Pilate Washes His Hands ( 27:24–26 ) 6. The Soldiers Mock Jesus ( 27:27–31 ) v. The Crucifixion ( 27:32–56 ) vi. The Burial of Jesus ( 27:57–61 ) vii. The Guards at the Tomb ( 27:62–66 ) 7. The Resurrection ( 28:1–20 ) a. The Women at the Tomb ( 28:1–10 ) b. The Report of the Guards ( 28:11–15 ) c. The Great Commission ( 28:16–20 ) |
    |