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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    61) Jesus vs the religious leaders Luke 18:18,19 One of the rulers asks Jesus a question! And he calls him Good teacher! Then Jesus asks why he calls him a good teacher! Let’s have a look at Jesus’ answer: “No one [is] οὐδεὶς (oudeis) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    59) Looking for Jesus Mark 5:18-20 So Jesus cures a demon-possessed man! But He wants to follow Jesus! But Jesus tells him to go back to his relatives and report to them what has happened to him thanks to jesus! So he follows Jesus’ advice and he goes to Decapolis and starts proclaiming...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    58) Looking for Jesus Mark 5: - The herders flee and report what has just happened in the city! - People come to see what has happened! - They see the man who was possessed! - They are afraid! - So they ask Jesus to go away! - It tells a lot about the type of people they are! -...
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    Looking for Jesus according to John

    John 1:44 Now δὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. Philip Φίλιππος (Philippos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5376: From philos and hippos; fond of horses; Philippus, the name of four Israelites. was ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active -...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Matthew

    90) Looking for Jesus Matthew 8:23-27 Jesus and his disciples are on a boat! Then a big storm occurs! The boat is about to be covered by the waves! But it is not a problem for Jesus! He is sleeping peacefully whereas his disciples are afraid of dying! So they awake him! And he speaks...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    57) Looking for Jesus Mark 5: Jesus meets a possessed man who lives among the tombs! - Nobody can bind him! - He always frees him! - And he keeps crying out in the tombs! - But when he sees Jesus he runs and bows down to him! - And he calls him Jesus, Son of the Most High God! -...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    56) Looking for Jesus Mark 4: Jesus decides to go to the other shore! - So they take a boat! - There are other boats with him! - Then a violent windstorm occurs with big waves crashing into the boat! - But Jesus is sleeping quietly! - And the disciples wake him up because they are...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    55) Looking for Jesus Mark 4: Jesus used to speak to people with illustrations! - And he would explain them privately to his disciples! - In fact, people who really want can understand with illustrations! - If they don’t it is because they don’t really want! - It was also possible to...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    54) Looking for Jesus Mark 4: Jesus compares God’s Kingdom to a mustard grain! - It is the tiniest of all the seeds on the earth and it becomes greater than all other vegetable plants! - Thus we can visualize Jesus coming on earth to teach men and at the same time Jesus coming back as a...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    53) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - Jesus compares God’s Kingdom as when a man casts seeds on the ground! - When he gets up in the morning the seeds sprout and grow tall and he doesn’t know how! - And it bears fruit! - Then it is harvest time! - But if nobody does anything you can’t...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    52) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - He also said to them: “A lamp is not brought out to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Is it not brought out to be put on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden that will not be exposed; nothing is carefully concealed that will not come out in the...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    51) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - Finally, the ones that were sown on the fine soil are those who listen to the word and favorably receive it and bear fruit—30, 60, and 100 times more.” - people have different abilities and different motivations and different levels of spirituality! - But...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    50) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - There are still others that are sown among the thorns. These are the ones who have heard the word, but the anxieties of this system of things and the deceptive power of riches and the desires for everything else make inroads and choke the word, and it becomes...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    49) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - Likewise, these are the ones sown on rocky ground; as soon as they have heard the word, they accept it with joy. Yet they have no root in themselves, but they continue for a time; then as soon as tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, they are...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    48) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - “The sower sows the word. These, then, are the ones alongside the road where the word is sown; but as soon as they have heard it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. - Do we still eat milk or solid food! - God needs hard workers! -...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    47) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - Further, he said to them: “You do not know this illustration, so how will you understand all the other illustrations? - That’s the question! - Do we really want to know? - Or do we prefer to stay with what we have or what we have been told? - For many...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    46) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - Then he added: “Let the one who has ears listen, listen. Now when he was alone, those around him with the Twelve began questioning him about the illustrations. He said to them: “To you the sacred secret of the Kingdom of God has been given, but to those outside...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    45) Looking for Jesus Mark 4 - And he began to teach them many things with illustrations, and while he was teaching, he said to them:“Listen. Look! The sower went out to sow. As he was sowing, some seeds fell alongside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. Others fell on rocky ground...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Mark

    44) Looking for Jesus Mark 4: - Again he began teaching beside the sea, and a very large crowd gathered near him. So he went aboard a boat and sat in it away from the shore, but the whole crowd was next to the sea, along the shore. - Jesus knows how to adapt to the situation! - He finds...
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    Looking for Jesus according to Luke

    60) Jesus vs the religious leaders Luke 18: Parents bring their children to Jesus! - Jesus’ disciples try to prevent them from doing it! - But Jesus calls the children to him! - Because God’s Kingdom belongs to those who are like them! - So different from religious leaders! - So...