Buried Pearls Bible Study

After Jesus drove away the buyers and sellers from outside the temple, the Pharisees question Jesus and ask Him by whose authority he does such things. 

Jesus is entering the temple to teach and outside in the courtyard there are predatory businessmen taking advantage of people. 

Jesus returns to Jerusalem but this time is very different. He is cheered by the crowd as they refer to Him as the "King who comes in name of the Lord."

Jesus uses a parable about a master who entrusts his servants with resources while he is gone. Upon his return, he calls the servants to account for what they have done with his resources. 

Jesus was passing through Jericho when he comes across Zacchaeus the chief tax collector in a tree. Jesus tells him to come down and they begin a relationship.

As Jesus enters Jericho, He passes by a blind man named Bartimaeus. Bartimaeus calls out to Jesus to have mercy on him while the people around Bartimaeus tell him to be quiet.

Jesus prophesies to the Apostles about His impending death and resurrection. It says that they didn't understand what Jesus was saying because it was hidden from them. 

Jesus explains something important to a rich young ruler who asks what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus, knowing the young man's heart, says that he must sell all his possessions. This parable explains the need to have Jesus as the most important thing in your life. 

Jesus explains that it is necessary to receive the Kingdom of Heaven like a child. He further explains that those who do not will not enter into it.  

Jesus uses this parable to highlight the difference in the attitude and posture of the heart of two different men. One is self-righteous and the other is poor in spirit. 

Jesus uses a parable of a widow to illustrate the importance of persistence in your prayer life. The woman eventually wears down a judge with her pleas for justice. 

Jesus explains to His disciples the circumstances surrounding the Second Coming. These verses are typically used as evidence for the Rapture. 

Jesus heals ten lepers as he passed through the border of Samaria and Galilee. Of the ten lepers, only one returned to Jesus to praise Him. 

Jesus uses an illustration to demonstrate the relationship between faith and duty. He proposed to His disciples a simple question: should the servant be thanked because he did things that were expected of him?

Jesus explains to His disciples that it is impossible to avoid offense altogether in our lives. He follows up this statement be explaining the need to forgive. 

Jesus uses the parable of the rich man and Lazarus as a follow up to the previous parable of the unrighteous steward. Like the previous parable, there is a focus on being prepared for your future circumstances. 

In this verse Jesus says that if a person is divorced and they remarry, the person that marries them is committing adultery. 

Here Jesus says that not tittle of the law will fail before heaven and earth pass. Although salvation is by grace, we are still commanded to keep the two most important commandments that Jesus gave. This is the essence of the moral law. 

Jesus uses the parable of the unrighteous steward to explain the need to be ready in our current circumstances. This parable is one of the most difficult because the servant is unrighteous but the focus is on his shrewdness rather than the morality of his actions.