Miracles as Parables
Miracles as Parables: Jesus and the Blind Man
Scripture Lesson Mark 8:22-26 Jesus Cures a Blind Man at Bethsaida 22 And they came to Beth-sa′ida. And some people brought to him a blind man, and begged him to touch him. 23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village; and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands upon him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” 24 And he looked up and said, “I see men; but they look like trees,…
Miracles as Parables: Walking on Water
Scripture Lesson Matthew 14:22-33 Jesus Walks on the Water 22 Then he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. 23 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat by this time was many furlongs distant from the land,[a] beaten by the waves; for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of…
Miracles as Parables: Jesus and the Feeding of the Five Thousand
Scripture Lesson Matthew 14:13-21 Feeding the Five Thousand 13 Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. 14 As he went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the…
Miracles as Parables: Jesus and the Man Through the Roof
Scripture Lesson Luke 5: 17-26 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 17 On one of those days, as he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.[a] 18 And behold, men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they sought to bring him in and lay him before Jesus;[b] 19 but finding no way to…