V3-15 Gospel of Peace?
Walking Talking Bible Project
Why might Matthew 10:34 surprise many people? What does it mean to take up our cross and follow Jesus? If whoever is not against Jesus is for Him, is it also true that whoever is not for Jesus is against Him? These are just some of the questions to consider in this week’s edition of the Walking Talking Bible Project.
Bible Passages
The following Scripture quotations from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB) are provided for your convenience. Please feel free to use the Bible and translation of your choice.
Memory Passage: Matthew 10:34
Matthew 10:34
34 Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
Connection Passage #1: Matthew 10:35–38
Matthew 10:35–38
35 For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
36 A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
37 Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
38 and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
Connection Passage #2 Mark 3:20–21
Mark 3:20–21
20 Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
Connection Passage #3: Mark 9:38–40
Mark 9:38–40
38 John said to Him, “Teacher, we saw someone else driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
39 “Do not stop him,” Jesus replied. “For no one who performs a miracle in My name can turn around and speak evil of Me.
40 For whoever is not against us is for us.
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All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Berean Standard Bible (BSB).