Jesus—The Way, the Truth, the Life Jesus—The Way, the Truth, the Life Title Page/Publishers’ Page Table of Contents The Way, the Truth, the Life SECTION 1 SECTION 1 Leading Up to Jesus’ Ministry CHAPTER 1 Two Messages From God CHAPTER 2 Jesus Is Honored Before His Birth CHAPTER 3 Someone to Prepare the Way Is Born CHAPTER 4 Mary—Pregnant But Not Married CHAPTER 5 Jesus’ Birth—Where and When? CHAPTER 6 The Child Who Was Promised CHAPTER 7 Astrologers Visit Jesus CHAPTER 8 They Escape From a Wicked Ruler CHAPTER 9 Growing Up in Nazareth CHAPTER 10 Jesus’ Family Travels to Jerusalem CHAPTER 11 John the Baptist Prepares the Way SECTION 2 SECTION 2 The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry CHAPTER 12 Jesus Gets Baptized CHAPTER 13 Learn From the Way Jesus Faced Temptations CHAPTER 14 Jesus Begins to Make Disciples CHAPTER 15 Performing His First Miracle CHAPTER 16 Jesus Shows Zeal for True Worship CHAPTER 17 He Teaches Nicodemus at Night CHAPTER 18 Jesus Increases as John Decreases CHAPTER 19 Teaching a Samaritan Woman SECTION 3 SECTION 3 Jesus’ Great Ministry in Galilee CHAPTER 20 Second Miracle While in Cana CHAPTER 21 At the Synagogue in Nazareth CHAPTER 22 Four Disciples Will Be Fishers of Men CHAPTER 23 Jesus Performs Great Works in Capernaum CHAPTER 24 Expanding His Ministry in Galilee CHAPTER 25 Compassionately Curing a Leper CHAPTER 26 “Your Sins Are Forgiven” CHAPTER 27 Matthew Is Called CHAPTER 28 Why Do Jesus’ Disciples Not Fast? CHAPTER 29 Can One Do Good Works on the Sabbath? CHAPTER 30 Jesus’ Relationship With His Father CHAPTER 31 Plucking Grain on the Sabbath CHAPTER 32 What Is Lawful on the Sabbath? CHAPTER 33 Fulfilling Isaiah’s Prophecy CHAPTER 34 Jesus Chooses Twelve Apostles CHAPTER 35 The Famous Sermon on the Mount CHAPTER 36 A Centurion Shows Great Faith CHAPTER 37 Jesus Resurrects a Widow’s Son CHAPTER 38 John Wants to Hear From Jesus CHAPTER 39 Woe to an Unresponsive Generation CHAPTER 40 A Lesson in Forgiveness CHAPTER 41 Miracles—By Whose Power? CHAPTER 42 Jesus Rebukes the Pharisees CHAPTER 43 Illustrations About the Kingdom CHAPTER 44 Jesus Silences a Storm at Sea CHAPTER 45 Power Over Many Demons CHAPTER 46 Healed by Touching Jesus’ Garment CHAPTER 47 A Young Girl Lives Again! CHAPTER 48 Performing Miracles, But Rejected Even in Nazareth CHAPTER 49 Preaching in Galilee and Training the Apostles CHAPTER 50 Prepared to Preach Despite Persecution CHAPTER 51 Murder During a Birthday Party CHAPTER 52 Feeding Thousands With a Few Loaves and Fish CHAPTER 53 A Ruler Who Can Control the Elements CHAPTER 54 Jesus—“The Bread of Life” CHAPTER 55 Jesus’ Words Shock Many CHAPTER 56 What Really Defiles a Person? CHAPTER 57 Jesus Cures a Girl and a Deaf Man CHAPTER 58 He Multiplies Loaves and Warns About Leaven CHAPTER 59 Who Is the Son of Man? CHAPTER 60 The Transfiguration—A View of Christ in Glory CHAPTER 61 Jesus Heals a Demon-Possessed Boy CHAPTER 62 An Important Lesson in Humility CHAPTER 63 Jesus Offers Counsel About Stumbling and Sin CHAPTER 64 The Need to Forgive CHAPTER 65 Teaching While Traveling to Jerusalem SECTION 4 SECTION 4 Jesus’ Later Ministry in Judea CHAPTER 66 In Jerusalem for the Festival of Tabernacles CHAPTER 67 “Never Has Any Man Spoken Like This” CHAPTER 68 “The Light of the World”—The Son of God CHAPTER 69 Their Father—Abraham or the Devil? CHAPTER 70 Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind CHAPTER 71 Pharisees Confront Man Who Was Blind CHAPTER 72 Jesus Sends 70 Disciples to Preach CHAPTER 73 A Samaritan Proves to Be a Real Neighbor CHAPTER 74 Lessons About Hospitality and Prayer CHAPTER 75 Jesus Reveals the Source of Happiness CHAPTER 76 Dining With a Pharisee CHAPTER 77 Jesus Gives Counsel About Riches CHAPTER 78 Keep Ready, Faithful Steward! CHAPTER 79 Why Destruction Is Ahead CHAPTER 80 The Fine Shepherd and the Sheepfolds CHAPTER 81 One With the Father, But Not God SECTION 5 SECTION 5 Jesus’ Later Ministry East of the Jordan CHAPTER 82 Jesus’ Ministry in Perea CHAPTER 83 Invitations to a Meal—Whom Does God Invite? CHAPTER 84 Discipleship—How Serious? CHAPTER 85 Rejoicing Over the Sinner Who Repents CHAPTER 86 The Son Who Was Lost Returns CHAPTER 87 Plan Ahead—Use Practical Wisdom CHAPTER 88 A Change for the Rich Man and for Lazarus CHAPTER 89 Teaching in Perea on the Way to Judea CHAPTER 90 “The Resurrection and the Life” CHAPTER 91 Lazarus Is Resurrected CHAPTER 92 Ten Lepers Healed—One Shows Gratitude CHAPTER 93 The Son of Man Will Be Revealed CHAPTER 94 Two Great Needs—Prayer and Humility CHAPTER 95 Teaching About Divorce and Love for Children CHAPTER 96 Jesus Answers a Rich Young Ruler CHAPTER 97 Illustration of the Workers in the Vineyard CHAPTER 98 The Apostles Again Seek Prominence CHAPTER 99 Jesus Heals Blind Men and Helps Zacchaeus CHAPTER 100 His Illustration of Ten Minas SECTION 6 SECTION 6 Jesus’ Final Ministry CHAPTER 101 A Meal at Simon’s House in Bethany CHAPTER 102 The King Enters Jerusalem on a Colt CHAPTER 103 The Temple Cleansed Again CHAPTER 104 The Jews Hear God’s Voice—Will They Show Faith? CHAPTER 105 A Fig Tree Is Used to Teach a Lesson About Faith CHAPTER 106 Two Illustrations About Vineyards CHAPTER 107 A King Calls Those Invited to a Marriage Feast CHAPTER 108 Jesus Thwarts Attempts to Entrap Him CHAPTER 109 Denouncing Religious Opposers CHAPTER 110 Jesus’ Final Day at the Temple CHAPTER 111 The Apostles Ask for a Sign CHAPTER 112 A Lesson in Vigilance—The Virgins CHAPTER 113 A Lesson in Diligence—The Talents CHAPTER 114 Christ in Power Judges the Sheep and the Goats CHAPTER 115 Jesus’ Final Passover Approaches CHAPTER 116 Teaching Humility at the Last Passover CHAPTER 117 The Lord’s Evening Meal CHAPTER 118 A Dispute Over Greatness CHAPTER 119 Jesus—The Way, the Truth, the Life CHAPTER 120 Bearing Fruit as Branches and Being Jesus’ Friends CHAPTER 121 “Take Courage! I Have Conquered the World” CHAPTER 122 Jesus’ Concluding Prayer in the Upper Room CHAPTER 123 Praying When Deeply Grieved CHAPTER 124 Christ Is Betrayed and Arrested CHAPTER 125 Jesus Is Taken to Annas, Then to Caiaphas CHAPTER 126 Denials at the House of Caiaphas CHAPTER 127 Tried by the Sanhedrin, Then On to Pilate CHAPTER 128 Found Innocent by Both Pilate and Herod CHAPTER 129 Pilate Proclaims: “Look! The Man!” CHAPTER 130 Jesus Is Handed Over and Led Away to Die CHAPTER 131 An Innocent King Suffers on the Stake CHAPTER 132 “Certainly This Man Was God’s Son” CHAPTER 133 Jesus’ Body Is Prepared and Buried CHAPTER 134 An Empty Tomb—Jesus Is Alive! CHAPTER 135 The Resurrected Jesus Appears to Many CHAPTER 136 On the Shore of the Sea of Galilee CHAPTER 137 Hundreds See Him Prior to Pentecost CHAPTER 138 Christ at God’s Right Hand CHAPTER 139 Jesus Brings Paradise and Finishes His Assignment To Imitate Jesus, Be . . . Scripture Index Index of Illustrations (Parables) Some Messianic Prophecies The Areas Where Jesus Lived and Taught