Study notes: Jesus speaks to the carnally minded
(The religious, the Gentiles and even His own followers and family)

To His Disciples

(Mat 17:16 NKJV) "So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him."

(Mat 17:17 NKJV) Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation, how

(Mark 9:19 NKJV) He answered him and said, "O faithless generation, how long shall I be

(Luke 9:41 NKJV) Then Jesus answered and said, "O faithless and perverse generation,
To one Jesus called

(Mat 8:22 NKJV) But Jesus said to him, "Follow Me, and let the dead bury their own dead."

(Luke 9:60 NKJV) Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and
preach the kingdom of God."

(John 21:21 NKJV) Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?"

(John 21:22 NKJV) Jesus said to him, "If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?
You follow Me."

(Mat 18:34 NKJV) "And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he
should pay all that was due to him.

(Mat 18:35 NKJV) "So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart,
does not forgive his brother his trespasses."

(Mark 6:8 NKJV) He commanded them to take nothing for the journey except a staff; no
bag, no bread, no copper in their money belts;

(Mark 6:9 NKJV) but to wear sandals, and not to put on two tunics.

(Mark 6:10 NKJV) Also He said to them, "In whatever place you enter a house, stay there
till you depart from that place.

(Mark 6:11 NKJV) "And whoever will not receive you nor hear you, when you depart from
that city!"

(Mark 8:14 NKJV) Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have
more than one loaf with them in the boat.
(Mark 8:15 NKJV) Then He charged them, saying, "Take heed, beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
(Mark 8:16 NKJV) And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is because we have no
(Mark 8:17 NKJV) But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, "Why do you reason because
(Mark 8:18 NKJV) "Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And
do you not remember?
(Mark 8:19 NKJV) "When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets
(Mark 8:20 NKJV) "Also, when I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large
(Mark 8:21 NKJV) So He said to them, "How is it you do not understand?"

the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
as a little child will by no means enter it."

To the Religious Leaders

(Mat 21:12 NKJV) Then Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who
seats of those who sold doves.

(Mat 21:13 NKJV) And He said to them, "It is written, 'My house shall be called a house of

(Mat 21:15 NKJV) But when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that He
they were indignant

(Mat 21:16 NKJV) and said to Him, "Do You hear what these are saying?" And Jesus said to
have perfected praise'?"

(Mat 21:24 NKJV) But Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one thing,

(Mat 21:25 NKJV) "The baptism of John; where was it from? From heaven or from men?"
'Why then did you not believe him?'

(Mat 21:26 NKJV) "But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all count John as a

(Mat 21:27 NKJV) So they answered Jesus and said, "We do not know." And He said to

(Mat 21:31 NKJV) "Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to Him, "The first."
kingdom of God before you.

(Mat 21:32 NKJV) "For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not
afterward relent and believe him.

(Mat 22:17 NKJV) "Tell us, therefore, what do You think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to
Caesar, or not?"

(Mat 22:18 NKJV) But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test Me,
you hypocrites?

(Mark 7:5 NKJV) Then the Pharisees and scribes asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not
(Mark 7:6 NKJV) He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you
(Mark 7:7 NKJV) And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments
of men.'
(Mark 7:8 NKJV) "For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of
(Mark 7:9 NKJV) He said to them, "All too well you reject the commandment of God, that
you may keep your tradition.
(Mark 7:10 NKJV) "For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'He who
(Mark 7:11 NKJV) "But you say, 'If a man says to his father or mother, "Whatever profit
you might have received from me is Corban"; ' (that is, a gift to God),
(Mark 7:12 NKJV) "then you no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother,
(Mark 7:13 NKJV) "making the word of God of no effect through your tradition which you
have handed down. And many such things you do."
(Mark 7:14 NKJV) When He had called all the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear
Me, everyone, and understand:
(Mark 7:15 NKJV) "There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him;
(Mark 7:16 NKJV) "If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!"
(Mark 7:17 NKJV) When He had entered a house away from the crowd, His disciples asked
Him concerning the parable.
(Mark 7:18 NKJV) So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you
(Mark 7:19 NKJV) "because it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and is eliminated,
thus purifying all foods?"

To the Fig Tree

(Mat 21:18 NKJV) Now in the morning, as He returned to the city, He was hungry.
(Mat 21:19 NKJV) And seeing a fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it
withered away.

To the people and His Disciples

(Mat 23:1 NKJV) Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to His disciples,
(Mat 23:2 NKJV) saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat.
(Mat 23:3 NKJV) "Therefore whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but
(Mat 23:4 NKJV) "For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men's
(Mat 23:5 NKJV) "But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their
phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.
(Mat 23:6 NKJV) "They love the best places at feasts, the best seats in the synagogues,
(Mat 23:7 NKJV) "greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called by men, 'Rabbi, Rabbi.'
(Mat 23:8 NKJV) "But you, do not be called 'Rabbi'; for One is your Teacher, the Christ,
and you are all brethren.
(Mat 23:9 NKJV) "Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He
who is in heaven.
(Mat 23:10 NKJV) "And do not be called teachers; for One is your Teacher, the Christ.
(Mat 23:11 NKJV) "But he who is greatest among you shall be your servant.
(Mat 23:12 NKJV) "And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles
himself will be exalted.
(Mat 23:13 NKJV) "But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the
who are entering to go in.
(Mat 23:14 NKJV) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows'
(Mat 23:15 NKJV) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and
as yourselves.
(Mat 23:16 NKJV) "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, it is
(Mat 23:17 NKJV) "Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that
sanctifies the gold?
(Mat 23:18 NKJV) "And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears
(Mat 23:19 NKJV) "Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies
the gift?
(Mat 23:20 NKJV) "Therefore he who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all things on
(Mat 23:21 NKJV) "He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by Him who dwells in it.
(Mat 23:22 NKJV) "And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God and by
Him who sits on it.
(Mat 23:23 NKJV) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint
(Mat 23:24 NKJV) "Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel!
(Mat 23:25 NKJV) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the
(Mat 23:26 NKJV) "Blind Pharisee, first cleanse the inside of the cup and dish, that the
outside of them may be clean also.
(Mat 23:27 NKJV) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like
men's bones and all uncleanness.
(Mat 23:28 NKJV) "Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inside you
are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
(Mat 23:29 NKJV) "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the
tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,
(Mat 23:30 NKJV) "and say, 'If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have
been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.'
(Mat 23:31 NKJV) "Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are sons of
those who murdered the prophets.
(Mat 23:32 NKJV) "Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.
(Mat 23:33 NKJV) "Serpents, brood of vipers! How can you escape the condemnation of

To His family and to people from His home town

(Mark 6:3 NKJV) "Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses,
(Mark 6:4 NKJV) But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his
(Mark 6:5 NKJV) Now He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands
on a few sick people and healed them.
(Mark 6:6 NKJV) And He marveled because of their unbelief. Then He went about the
villages in a circuit, teaching.

To a Gentile woman

(Mark 7:25 NKJV) For a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit heard
about Him, and she came and fell at His feet.
(Mark 7:26 NKJV) The woman was a Greek, a Syro-Phoenician by birth, and she kept
asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter.
(Mark 7:27 NKJV) But Jesus said to her, "Let the children be filled first, for it is not good to

To Peter

(Mark 8:32 NKJV) He spoke this word openly. And Peter took Him aside and began to
rebuke Him.
(Mark 8:33 NKJV) But when He had turned around and looked at His disciples, He
God, but the things of men."

Jesus spoke always with prefect Love and accuracy.

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