Bible Story : Jesus at the Great Feast in Jerusalem Jesus at the Great Feast in Jerusalem SUMMER HAD PASSED, and the cooler days of autumn had come again. On the green hillsides around Jerusalem many booths, or huts made of the branches of trees, stood in groups, sheltering the people who had come… Read More »
Bible Story : The Unfriendly Samaritans The Ten Lepers The Unfriendly Samaritans The Ten Lepers ONE DAY JESUS and his twelve disciples left Capernaum and took the south road leading through the country of Samaria. They were going to Jerusalem. On their way they came to a certain village in Samaria where Jesus wished… Read More »
Bible Story : The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant ONE DAY SIMON Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how often shall I forgive my brother if he sins against me and then asks my pardon? Shall I forgive him seven times?” Perhaps Peter did not have much… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus and His Disciples in Capernaum Jesus and His Disciples in Capernaum LEAVING THE NORTH country near Caesarea Philippi, Jesus and his twelve disciples journeyed back to Capernaum. As they went Jesus talked with them again about the sufferings that would soon come upon him. He even told them that he… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Casts A Demon Out of a Child Jesus Casts A Demon Out of a Child THE NEXT DAY after Jesus had appeared in glory on the mountain, he came with his three disciples back to the valley where he had left the nine. And he found them surrounded by a… Read More »
Bible Story : The Transfiguration of Jesus The Transfiguration of Jesus IT HAD BEEN a long, hard climb up the rough slope of the great mountain near Caesarea Philippi, and Simon Peter, James, and John were very tired when at last they found a resting-place far above the quiet valley. These fishermen had not… Read More »
Bible Story : The Blind Man of Bethsaida Peter Answers a Great Question The Blind Man of Bethsaida Peter Answers a Great Question NEAR BETHSAIDA, A town by the side of the Sea, lived a man who was blind. He had never been to Jesus, but he had heard how the eyes of blind… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Sick, Then Feeds a Multitude Jesus Heals the Sick, Then Feeds a Multitude LEAVING PHOENICIA, Jesus and his twelve disciples journeyed around the country on the eastern side of the Sea of Galilee. In this same country Jesus had healed the man in whom a legion of evil… Read More »
Bibke Story : Jesus Casts a Demon Out of a Gentile Woman’s Daughter Jesus Casts a Demon Out of a Gentile Woman’s Daughter NEAR THE LAND of Galilee was a small country called Phoenecia. The people who lived in this country were Gentiles, and many of them were idol-worshipers. But because they lived so… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Walks on Water Jesus Walks on Water WHILE JESUS WAS alone praying on the mountain-side, the disciples were in their ship rowing toward Capernaum. And the multitude were returning homeward as they had come, walking along the northern shore of the sea. After nightfall a strong wind began to blow… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Feeds The Five Thousand Jesus Feeds The Five Thousand A BOY’S LUNCH-BASKET is a very small thing compared with a great miracle. But in this story we shall see how a great miracle grew out of a boy’s lunch-basket. It all came about in this manner: The disciples whom Jesus… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Raises Jairus’ Daughter From The Dead Jesus Raises Jairus’ Daughter From The Dead WHEN JESUS AND his disciples returned from the country of the Gadarenes they saw a crowd standing on the shore eager to welcome them back to Capernaum. And again Jesus taught them and healed the… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Calms the Sea, and Makes a Wild Man Well Jesus Calms the Sea, and Makes a Wild Man Well ONE STORMY NIGHT a little ship tossed about on the angry waters of the Sea of Galilee. Far from the shore it had sailed when the storm broke upon it, and… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Tells Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven Jesus Tells Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven ONE DAY JESUS went out of Capernaum with his disciples and walked by the seaside. Great crowds followed along the beach for they thought he might be going away from their city again, and they… Read More »
Bible Story : A Pharisee, A Sinful Woman, and the Savior A Pharisee, A Sinful Woman, and the Savior IN ONE OF the cities of Galilee where Jesus was teaching the people a Pharisee named Simon came to hear him. Like many of the other Pharisees, Simon tried to find fault with Jesus. Because… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Raises A Widow’s Son From The Dead Jesus Raises A Widow’s Son From The Dead IN THE CITY of Nain, in Galilee, lived a woman who was a widow. She had only one child, a youth entering manhood. No doubt she often looked proudly at him and thought the time… Read More »
Bible Story : Down Through The Roof – Jesus Heals A Paralytic Man Down Through The Roof – Jesus Heals A Paralytic Man WHEREVER JESUS WENT, crowds followed him. In the streets, or even in the homes of Capernaum, many people gathered when they knew he was present. Some of these people were… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Roman Centurian’s Servant Jesus Heals the Roman Centurian’s Servant AFTER HEALING THE leper, Jesus returned with his disciples to Capernaum, where he had healed so many sick people at the close of one Sabbath-day. News of his coming reached the city before he arrived, and his friends… Read More »
Jesus in the Temple at Twelve Years Old NAZARETH, THE BOYHOOD of Jesus, was nearly seventy miles from Jerusalem. The Jews who lived in this city could not go every week to worship God at the temple, so they built a house of worship, called synagog, in their home town. Here they attended religious services,… Read More »
Bible Story : Matthew the Publican Becomes a Disciple Matthew the Publican Becomes a Disciple IN THE LAND where Jesus lived there was among the Jews one class of people whom all other Jews despised. This class was the publicans, or tax-gatherers, who worked for the Roman government. The Jews hated the Roman government… Read More »
Nehemiah Rebuilds the Walls of Jerusalem NEWS OF NEHEMIAH’S talk with the rulers and the priests spread rapidly among the Jews living in Jerusalem. And they rejoiced because God had sent this nobleman from the palace in Shushan to help them rebuild their city. The great work began at once, and nearly everybody seemed interested.… Read More »
Bible Story : The Sermon on the Mount The Sermon on the Mount AFTER JESUS HAD chosen his twelve apostles, who were still called disciples, he took them apart from the multitude to teach them how to do his great work. Up the side of the mountain they went together, and there Jesus sat… Read More »
Zacharias and Elizabeth Name Their Child A TIME OF great rejoicing had come to the quiet little home in the hill-country of Judah, for God had sent the promised child to Zacharias and his aged wife, Elizabeth. And all the neighbors and relatives were rejoicing with these happy parents of the baby boy. When the… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand Jesus Heals a Cripple and a Man With a Withered Hand NOT FAR FROM the temple in Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda. At certain times the water in this pool was made to bubble on the surface. Many sick… Read More »
Bible Story : The Twelve Men Called Apostles The Twelve Men Called Apostles MANY PEOPLE BESIDES the fishermen and Philip and Nathaniel and Matthew, the publican, followed Jesus. His teachings were so wonderful that others wished to be learners, or disciples, of him, and so they followed in his company from one place… Read More »
Bible Story : Four Fishermen Follow Jesus Four Fishermen Follow Jesus WHEN JESUS RETURNED from the Feast of the Passover at Jerusalem, his disciples were with him, you remember. But after coming into Galilee Jesus went to his home in Nazareth and the disciples returned to their homes in Capernaum. After the proud men… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son Jesus Heals the Nobleman’s Son MANY PEOPLE WHO lived in the country of Galilee were eager to see Jesus. They had heard about his first miracle at Cana, where he turned water into wine, and they had also heard about his teachings and his miracles performed… Read More »
The Temptations of Jesus YOU REMEMBER THE story about the beautiful Garden of Eden, where the first man and woman lived when the world was new. And you remember about the visit of the tempter, who came into that beautiful garden one day and persuaded Eve, the woman, to do wrong. Before that time there… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth Jesus is Rejected in Nazareth A SAD DAY had come for Nazareth, the city where Jesus had lived since his babyhood years. And this sad day had come on the Sabbath. The Jews from different parts of the city were gathering in their house of worship,… Read More »
Bible Story : Jesus Heals a Leperous Man Jesus Heals a Leperous Man WHEN JESUS AND his twelve disciples came down from the mountain, a great multitude of people followed them. These people had come from cities and villages in every part of Galilee, and some had come even from Jerusalem and from country… Read More »