
Backgrounder: December 19, 2023
Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,

Luke 1:26-38 The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,

John 1: 6-8, 19-28 A man named John was sent from God. He came for testimony, to testify to the light, so that all might

Mark 1:1-8 The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “See, I am sending my messenger ahead

PART 4 of 4: THE KING WHO JUDGES Matthew 25:31-46 Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and

Matthew 25:14-30 Jesus told his disciples this parable: “A man going on a journey called in his servants and entrusted his possessions to them. To

Matthew 25:1-13 Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to

Matthew 23:1-12 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of
MATTHEW 22:34-40 When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law tested

Matthew 22:15-21 The Pharisees went off and plotted how they might entrap Jesus in speech.They sent their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher,

Matthew 22:1-14Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and elders of the people in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be likened
