Read Matthew Chapter 12:22-50
1. What does Jesus do according to Matthew 12:22?
2. What does Jesus do according to Matthew 12:25?
3. What does Jesus say to the Pharisees according to Matthew 12:25-30? Summarize His message in your own words.
Going deeper: This discussion by Jesus of the Pharisees’ comments is also found in Luke’s gospel in Luke 11:14-23.
4. What sin does Jesus say will not be forgiven in Matthew 12:31-32?
Going deeper: This reference to the unpardonable sin is also discussed in Mark’s gospel in Mark 3:28-30.
5. What do you learn from the following verses?
Exodus 20:7
Numbers 15:30-31
Deuteronomy 29:14-20
Going deeper: What is the sin Jesus is speaking of? Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit? What type of conduct would constitute this?
6. What does Jesus say about the fruit of a tree in Matthew 12:33?
7. What does Jesus say about the relationship of between the words a person speaks and the condition of his heart in Matthew 12:34-35?
8. Copy Matthew 12:36-37. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.
9. What did the scribes and Pharisees ask Jesus for in Matthew 12:38? What was His response?
Review Jonah Chapters 1 to 2.
10. Why was Jonah in the belly of the beast?
11. What does Jonah say of God in Jonah chapter 2?
12. What happens as a result of Jonah’s prayer in Jonah chapter 2?
Read Jonah Chapter 3
13. How was Jonah a sign to the Ninevah? What was the result of the “sign?”
14. What does Jesus say about the Queen of the South and Solomon in Matthew 12:42?
Going deeper: Review 1 Kings 10:1-9 for the story of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Solomon.
15. What does Jesus teach them about unclean spirits in Matthew 12:43-45?
16. Where is Jesus in Matthew 12:46? Who was asking to see him?
17. How does Jesus respond in Matthew 12:48-50?
18. Why was Jesus’ response not what people expected of him?
19. What do you learn from the following verses about Jesus’ siblings?
Matthew 13:55
Mark 6:3
Going deeper: The interchange regarding Jesus’ siblings is recorded Mark 3:31-35 and Luke 8:19-21.
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