The Urantia Book/Part 4

PART IV

THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JESUS

This group of papers was sponsored by a commission of twelve Urantia Midwayers
acting under the supervision of a Melchizedek Revelatory Director.
The basis of this narrative was supplied by a secondary
Midwayer who was onetime assigned
to the superhuman watchcare
of the Apostle Andrew.

120.The Bestowal of Michael on Urantia	1323
1.The Seventh Bestowal Commission	1325
2.The Bestowal Limitations	1327
3.Further Counsel and Advice	1329
4.The Incarnation—Making Two One	1331

121.The Times of Michael's Bestowal	1332
1.The Occident of the First Century After Christ	1332
2.The Jewish People	1333
3.Among the Gentiles	1334
4.Gentile Philosophy	1335
(1)The Epicurean
(2)The Stoic
(3)The Cynic
(4)The Skeptic
5.The Gentile Religions	1336
The mystery religions
6.The Hebrew Religion	1338
7.Jews and Gentiles	1339
8.Previous Written Records	1341
(1)The Gospel by Mark
(2)The Gospel of Matthew
(3)The Gospel by Luke
(4)The Gospel of John
Acknowledgment

122.Birth and Infancy of Jesus	1344
1.Joseph and Mary	1344
2.Gabriel Appears to Elizabeth	1345
3.Gabriel's Announcement to Mary	1346
4.Joseph's Dream	1347
The "house of David"
5.Jesus' Earth Parents	1348
6.The Home at Nazareth	1349
7.The Trip to Bethlehem	1350
8.The Birth of Jesus	1351
The legend of the shepherds
The three priests from Ur
The "Star of Bethlehem"
9.The Presentation in the Temple	1352
10.Herod Acts	1353
The flight to Egypt

123.The Early Childhood of Jesus	1355
The Sojourn in Egypt
1.Back in Nazareth	1356
Jesus' fourth year
2.The Fifth Year (2 B.C.)	1357
Child rearing
3.Events of the Sixth Year (1 B.C.)	1359
4.The Seventh Year (A.D. 1)	1361
Material accidents
5.School Days in Nazareth	1362
6.His Eighth Year (A.D. 2)	1364

124.The Later Childhood of Jesus	1366
1.Jesus' Ninth Year (A.D. 3)	1366
The picture on the floor
Climate in Galilee
2.The Tenth Year (A.D. 4)	1368
Jacob the stone mason's son
3.The Eleventh Year (A.D. 5)	1369
The Scythopolis episode
4.The Twelfth Year (A.D. 6)	1371
Personal morality and group loyalty
5.His Thirteenth Year (A.D. 7)	1373
6.The Journey to Jerusalem	1374
Mary, Martha, and Lazarus

125.Jesus at Jerusalem	1377
1.Jesus Views the Temple	1378
2.Jesus and the Passover	1379
3.Departure of Joseph and Mary	1381
4.First and Second Days in the Temple	1381
5.The Third Day in the Temple	1382
6.The Fourth Day in the Temple	1383

126.The Two Crucial Years	1386
1.His Fourteenth Year (A.D. 8)	1387
2.The Death of Joseph	1388
3.The Fifteenth Year (A.D. 9)	1389
Origin of "The Lord's Prayer"
The "Son of Man"
Who is the Messiah?
4.First Sermon in the Synagogue	1391
5.The Financial Struggle	1392

127.The Adolescent Years	1395
1.The Sixteenth Year (A.D. 10)	1395
2.The Seventeenth Year (A.D. 11)	1396
The Zealot episode
3.The Eighteenth Year (A.D. 12)	1398
With James at the Passover
Visit of Elizabeth and John
Death of Amos
4.The Nineteenth Year (A.D. 13)	1401
Rearing the children
5.Rebecca, the Daughter of Ezra	1402
6.His Twentieth Year (A.D. 14)	1403
Passover visit to Jerusalem

128.Jesus' Early Manhood	1407
1.The Twenty-First Year (A.D. 15)	1407
Growing awareness of divinity
With Joseph at the Passover

2.The Twenty-Second Year (A.D. 16)	1409
As a smith at Sepphoris
3.The Twenty-Third Year (A.D. 17)	1411
With Simon at the Passover
Jesus meets Stephen
4.The Damascus Episode	1412
5.The Twenty-Fourth Year (A.D. 18)	1413
The Alexandrian proposal
6.The Twenty-Fifth Year (A.D. 19)	1415
With Jude at the Passover
"Uncle Joshua tell us a story."
7.The Twenty-Sixth Year (A.D. 20)	1416
James' marriage
Miriam's marriage
James head of the family of Joseph

129.The Later Adult Life of Jesus	1419
1.The Twenty-Seventh Year (A.D. 21)	1419
Zebedee of Capernaum
Jesus the boatbuilder
2.The Twenty-Eighth Year (A.D. 22)	1421
Jesus visits Jerusalem
Meeting Gonid and Ganid
3.The Twenty-Ninth Year (A.D. 23)	1423
Purpose of the trip to Rome
4.The Human Jesus	1424

130.On the Way to Rome	1427
1.At Joppa—Discourse on Jonah	1428
Discussion of good and evil
2.At Caesarea	1429
The merchant from Mongolia
The Greek worker and the Roman foreman
God's will and man's will
3.At Alexandria	1432
4.Discourse on Reality	1433
5.On the Island of Crete	1436
6.The Young Man Who was Afraid	1437
7.At Carthage—Discourse on Time and Space	1438
8.On the Way to Naples and Rome	1440
Ezra, the backslidden Jew

131.The World's Religions	1442
1.Cynicism	1442
2.Judaism	1444
3.Buddhism	1446
4.Hinduism	1447
5.Zoroastrianism	1449
6.Suduanism (Jainism)	1450

7.Shinto	1451
8.Taoism	1451
9.Confucianism	1452
10."Our Religion"	1453

132.The Sojourn at Rome	1455
Influence on thirty-two religious leaders
1.True Values	1456
2.Good and Evil	1457
3.Truth and Faith	1459
4.Personal Ministry	1460
To the Roman senator
To the Roman soldier
To the speaker at the forum
To the poor man, falsely accused
5.Counseling the Rich Man	1462
6.Social Ministry	1465
7.Trips About Rome	1466
The thoughtless pagan
"Let's you and I make a new religion."

133.The Return from Rome	1468
India's caste system
1.Mercy and Justice	1468
2.Embarking at Tarentum	1470
The man mistreating his wife
3.At Corinth	1471
Crispus, chief ruler of the synagogue
Justus, the merchant
The two public women
4.Personal Work in Corinth.	1474
To the miller
To the Roman centurion
To the Mithraic leader
To the Epicurean teacher
To the Greek contractor
To the Roman judge
To the mistress of the Greek inn
To the Chinese merchant
To the traveler from Britain
To the runaway lad
To the condemned criminal
5.At Athens—Discourse on Science	1476
6.At Ephesus—Discourse on the Soul	1477
7.The Sojourn at Cyprus—Discourse on Mind	1479
8.At Antioch	1480
9.In Mesopotamia	1481

134.The Transition Years	1483
1.The Thirtieth Year (A.D. 24)	1483
Return to Nazareth
Marriage of Simon; marriage of Jude
2.The Caravan Trip to the Caspian	1484
3.The Urmia Lectures	1485
4.Sovereignty—Divine and Human	1486
5.Political Sovereignty	1487
6.Law, Liberty, and Sovereignty	1490
7.The Thirty-First Year (A.D. 25)	1492
Solitary wanderings
8.The Sojourn on Mount Hermon	1492
End of the Lucifer Rebellion
The sovereignty of Nebadon
9.The Time of Waiting	1494
Visit with John at Jerusalem
Working in Zebedee's boatshop

135.John the Baptist	1496
1.John Becomes a Nazarite	1496
2.The Death of Zacharias	1497
3.The Life of a Shepherd	1497
4.The Death of Elizabeth	1499
5.The Kingdom of God	1500
6.John Begins to Preach	1501
7.John Journeys North	1503
8.Meeting of Jesus and John	1503
Baptism of Jesus
9.Forty Days of Preaching	1505
10.John Journeys South	1506
11.John in Prison	1506
12.Death of John the Baptist	1508

136.Baptism and the Forty Days	1509
1.Concepts of the Expected Messiah	1509
2.The Baptism of Jesus	1510
3.The Forty Days	1512
Conference with Gabriel
Completion of universe sovereignty
4.Plans for Public Work	1514
The Father's way
5.The First Great Decision	1516
Personalized Adjuster in command
Insensitivity of Adjuster to time
6.The Second Decision	1517
The path of normal earthly existence
7.The Third Decision	1519
Obedience to natural law

8.The Fourth Decision	1520
Refusal to compromise with evil
9.The Fifth Decision	1521
Rejection of David's throne
10.The Sixth Decision	1523
"I will be subject to the will of my Father."

137.Tarrying Time in Galilee	1524
1.Choosing the First Four Apostles	1524
Andrew and Peter
James and John
2.Choosing Philip and Nathaniel	1526
3.The Visit to Capernaum	1527
4.The Wedding at Cana	1528
5.Back in Capernaum	1531
6.The Events of a Sabbath Day	1532
7.Four Months of Training	1533
8.Sermon on the Kingdom	1535

138.Training the Kingdom's Messengers	1538
1.Final Instructions	1538
2.Choosing the Six	1539
3.The Call of Matthew and Simon	1540
Not the righteous but sinners
4.The Call of the Twins	1541
5.The Call of Thomas and Judas	1542
6.The Week of Intensive Training	1542
7.Another Disappointment	1543
8.First Work of the Twelve	1545
9.Five Months of Testing	1546
10.Organization of the Twelve	1547

139.The Twelve Apostles	1548
1.Andrew, the First Chosen	1548
2.Simon Peter	1550
3.James Zebedee	1552
4.John Zebedee	1553
5.Philip the Curious	1556
6.Honest Nathaniel	1558
7.Matthew Levi	1559
8.Thomas Didymus	1561
9.and10.James and Judas Alpheus	1563
11.Simon the Zealot	1564
12.Judas Iscariot	1565

140.The Ordination of the Twelve	1568
1.Preliminary Instruction	1568
2.The Ordination	1569
3.The Ordination Sermon	1570
The "Sermon on the Mount"

4.You are the Salt of the Earth	1572
5.Fatherly and Brotherly Love	1573
Happy are the poor in spirit—the humble . . .
Happy are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness . . .
Happy are the meek . . .
Happy are the pure in heart . . .
Happy are they who mourn . . .
Happy are the merciful . . .
Happy are the peacemakers . . .
Happy are they who are persecuted . . .
6.The Evening of the Ordination	1576
"I look beyond the act . . ."
Concerning divorcement
Justice and mercy
"They do well—trouble them not."
7.The Week Following the Ordination	1578
8.Thursday Afternoon on the Lake	1579
(1)Doing the Father's Will
(2)Political attitude
(3)Social attitude
(4)Economic attitude
(5)Personal religion
9.The Day of Consecration	1583
10.The Evening After the Consecration	1584

141.Beginning the Public Work	1587
1.Leaving Galilee	1587
2.God's Law and the Father's Will	1588
3.The Sojourn at Amathus	1589
Jesus' personality
Jesus' appearance
4.Teaching about the Father	1590
Minister to the sick
5.Spiritual Unity	1591
6.Last Week at Amathus	1592
Teherma the Persian
7.At Bethany Beyond Jordan	1593
Teaching about the kingdom
Salvation by faith; liberty through truth
8.Working in Jericho	1595
9.Departing for Jerusalem	1595

142.The Passover at Jerusalem	1596
Visit to Annas
1.Teaching in the Temple	1596
2.God's Wrath	1597
Jacob of Crete

3.The Concept of God	1598
Six Hebrew concepts of God
The earlier ten commandments
4.Flavius and Greek Culture	1600
5.The Discourse on Assurance	1601
6.The Visit with Nicodemus	1601
7.The Lesson on the Family	1603
8.In Southern Judea	1605
The camp in Gethsemane Park

143.Going Through Samaria	1607
1.Preaching at Archelais	1607
"They made light of our message."
"Do you resemble weaklings?"
2.Lesson on Self-Mastery	1609
3.Diversion and Relaxation	1610
Three days on Mount Sartaba
4.The Jews and the Samaritans	1612
5.The Woman of Sychar	1612
6.The Samaritan Revival	1615
In camp on Mount Gerizim
7.Teachings about Prayer and Worship	1616

144.At Gilboa and in the Decapolis	1617
1.The Gilboa Encampment	1617
2.The Discourse on Prayer	1618
3.The Believer's Prayer	1619
4.More about Prayer	1620
5.Other Forms of Prayer	1621
Seven prayers from other worlds
6.Conference with John's Apostles	1624
7.In the Decapolis Cities	1626
8.In Camp Near Pella	1626
". . . tell John that he is not forgotten."
9.Death of John the Baptist	1627

145.Four Eventful Days at Capernaum	1628
Visit with Ruth
1.The Draught of Fishes	1628
2.Afternoon at the Synagogue	1629
Religion is a personal experience
The young epileptic
Peter's wife's mother
3.The Healing at Sundown	1631
4.The Evening After	1634
5.Early Sunday Morning	1634

146.First Preaching Tour of Galilee	1637
1.Preaching at Rimmon	1637

2.At Jotapata	1638
Prayer, thanksgiving, and worship
Justice and mercy
Prayer and personal effort
Ethical prayer
3.The Stop at Ramah	1641
Religion, science, and philosophy
The assurance of truth
The visit at Zebulun
4.The Gospel at Iron	1643
Work in the mines
Healing the leprous man
5.Back in Cana	1644
Titus the nobleman
6.Nain and the Widow's Son	1645
7.At Endor	1646

147.The Interlude Visit to Jerusalem	1647
1.The Centurion's Servant	1647
2.The Journey to Jerusalem	1648
Separation from John's apostles
3.At the Pool of Bethesda	1649
4.The Rule of Living	1650
Nathaniel's question about the golden rule
5.Visiting Simon the Pharisee	1651
Parable of the moneylender
Status and progress
6.Returning to Capernaum	1653
The six spies
"The Sabbath was made for man . . ."
7.Back in Capernaum	1655
8.The Feast of Spiritual Goodness	1656

148.Training Evangelists at Bethsaida	1657
1.A New School of the Prophets	1657
2.The Bethsaida Hospital	1658
3.The Father's Business	1659
4.Evil, Sin, and Iniquity	1659
5.The Purpose of Affliction	1661
6.The Misunderstanding of Suffering—Discourse on Job	1662
7.The Man with the Withered Hand	1664
8.Last Week at Bethsaida	1665
Kirmeth of Bagdad
9.Healing the Paralytic	1666
Baptism of three of the spies

149.The Second Preaching Tour	1668
David's intelligence organization
1.The Widespread Fame of Jesus	1668
The healing phenomena

2.Attitude of the People	1670
Two mistakes of early Christianity
Jesus' fame as a healer
His recognition of the equality of women
Charm of his personality
3.Hostility of the Religious Leaders	1672
4.Progress of the Preaching Tour	1673
Comments on anger
Concerning well-balanced characters
5.Lesson Regarding Contentment	1674
6.The "Fear of the Lord"	1675
7.Returning to Bethsaida	1677

150.The Third Preaching Tour	1678
1.The Women's Evangelistic Corps	1678
2.The Stop at Magdala	1679
3.Sabbath at Tiberias	1680
Discourse on "Magic and Superstition"
4.Sending the Apostles Out Two and Two	1681
5.What Must I Do to Be Saved?	1682
6.The Evening Lessons	1683
7.The Sojourn at Nazareth	1683
8.The Sabbath Service	1684
9.The Nazareth Rejection	1686

151.Tarrying and Teaching by the Seaside	1688
1.The Parable of the Sower	1688
2.Interpretation of the Parable	1689
3.More About Parables	1691
4.More Parables by the Sea	1693
5.The Visit to Kheresa	1694
The storm on the lake
6.The Kheresa Lunatic	1695

152.Events Leading up to the Capernaum Crisis	1698
Veronica of Caesarea-Philippi
1.At Jairus's House	1699
2.Feeding the Five Thousand	1700
3.The King-Making Episode	1702
4.Simon Peter's Night Vision	1703
5.Back in Bethsaida	1703
6.At Gennesaret	1705
More about the parable of the sower
7.At Jerusalem	1706

153.The Crisis at Capernaum	1707
1.The Setting of the Stage	1707
2.The Epochal Sermon	1709
"I am the bread of life."

3.The After Meeting	1712
4.Last Words in the Synagogue	1713
The boy possessed by the evil spirit
"How can Satan cast out Satan?"
5.The Saturday Evening	1715
Desertion of the halfhearted followers

154.Last Days at Capernaum	1717
1.A Week of Counsel	1717
2.A Week of Rest	1718
Closing of the synagogues
3.The Second Tiberias Conference	1719
4.Saturday Night in Capernaum	1719
"What shall we do with Jesus?"
5.The Eventful Sunday Morning	1720
6.Jesus' Family Arrives	1721
7.The Hasty Flight	1723

155.Fleeing Through Northern Galilee	1725
1.Why do the Heathen Rage?	1725
2.The Evangelists in Chorazin	1726
3.At Caesarea-Philippi	1727
Truth and creed
Origin of religious traditions
4.On the Way to Phoenicia	1728
5.The Discourse on True Religion	1728
6.The Second Discourse on Religion	1730

156.The Sojourn at Tyre and Sidon	1734
1.The Syrian Woman	1734
2.Teaching in Sidon	1735
"This world is only a bridge . . ."
3.The Journey up the Coast	1736
4.At Tyre	1737
5.Jesus' Teaching at Tyre	1737
Parable of the foolish carpenter
Temptation and human nature
The essentials of material success
Spiritual living and self-respect
Ideals and ideas
Tact, charm, and wisdom
6.The Return from Phoenicia	1741
Attitude of the Jewish leaders

157.At Caesarea-Philippi	1743
Jesus attempts to see his family
1.The Temple-Tax Collector	1743
"The fish with a shekel in his mouth."
2.At Bethsaida-Julias	1744

3.Peter's Confession	1745
"Who do men say that I am?"
4.The Talk About the Kingdom	1746
5.The New Concept	1748
6.The Next Afternoon	1748
The four stages of Jesus' life
New authoritative pronouncements
7.Andrew's Conference	1750

158.The Mount of Transfiguration	1752
1.The Transfiguration	1752
2.Coming Down the Mountain	1754
3.Meaning of the Transfiguration	1755
4.The Epileptic Boy	1755
James of Safed
5.Jesus Heals the Boy	1757
"Lord I believe . . . help my unbelief."
6.In Celsus' Garden	1758
7.Peter's Protest	1759
8.At Peter's House	1761

159.The Decapolis Tour	1762
1.The Sermon on Forgiveness	1762
"How often shall my brother sin against me?"
Parable of the reckoning with the stewards
Dangers of personal judgment
2.The Strange Preacher	1764
3.Instruction for Teachers and Believers	1765
4.The Talk with Nathaniel	1767
"What is the truth about the Scriptures?"
5.The Positive Nature of Jesus' Religion	1769
". . . carry the pack a second mile."
6.The Return to Magadan	1771

160.Rodan of Alexandria	1772
1.Rodan's Greek Philosophy	1772
The three drives of life
Problem solving and worshipful meditation
Prejudice and the recognition of truth
2.The Art of Living	1775
Socializing value of friendship
The great value of marriage
3.The Lures of Maturity	1777
4.The Balance of Maturity	1778
Essentials of temporal life
Factors of material success
The meaning of failure
5.The Religion of the Ideal	1780
What is religion?

The idea of God and the ideal of God

The Father is the final value

"But are we willing to pay the price . . . ?"

161.Further Discussions with Rodan	1783
1.The Personality of God	1783
Nathaniel's five points
2.The Divine Nature of Jesus	1785
Discourse by Nathaniel and Thomas
3.Jesus' Human and Divine Minds	1787
The midwayers' views

162.At the Feast of Tabernacles	1788
"Master . . . bid fire come down from heaven . . ."
1.The Dangers of the Visit to Jerusalem	1788
2.The First Temple Talk	1790
Eber the officer of the Sanhedrin
3.The Woman Taken in Adultery	1792
4.The Feast of Tabernacles	1793
5.Sermon on the Light of the World	1794
6.Discourse on the Water of Life	1795
7.The Discourse on Spiritual Freedom	1796
8.The Visit with Martha and Mary	1797
9.At Bethlehem with Abner	1798

163.Ordination of the Seventy at Magadan	1800
1.Ordination of the Seventy	1800
The harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few
2.The Rich Young Man and Others	1801
Riches and the love of wealth
3.The Discussion about Wealth	1803
Parable of the laborers in the vineyard
4.Farewell to the Seventy	1804
Jesus' instructions
Peter's ordination sermon
5.Moving the Camp to Pella	1806
6.The Return of the Seventy	1806
7.Preparation for the Last Mission	1808

164.At the Feast of Dedication	1809
1.Story of the Good Samaritan	1809
2.At Jerusalem	1810
3.Healing the Blind Beggar	1811
4.Josiah Before the Sanhedrin	1813
5.Teaching in Solomon's Porch	1815

165.The Perean Mission Begins	1817
1.At the Pella Camp	1817
2.Sermon on the Good Shepherd	1818

3.Sabbath Sermon at Pella	1819
"Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees . . ."
". . . the very hairs of your head are numbered"
4.Dividing the Inheritance	1821
Parable of the foolish rich man
"Where your treasure is there will your heart be also."
"What shall it profit if you gain the whole world . . . ?"
5.Talks to the Apostles on Wealth	1823
"Consider the lilies, how they grow . . ."
6.Answer to Peter's Question	1824

166.Last Visit to Northern Perea	1825
1.The Pharisees at Ragaba	1825
Ceremonial hand washing
2.The Ten Lepers	1827
3.The Sermon at Gerasa	1828
The straight and narrow way
Many who are first will be last
"I stand at the door and knock . . ."
4.Teaching About Accidents	1830
5.The Congregation at Philadelphia	1831
The later ministry and death of Abner

167.The Visit to Philadelphia	1833
1.Breakfast with the Pharisees	1833
Healing the believer
". . . sit not down in the chief seat . . ."
2.Parable of the Great Supper	1835
3.The Woman with the Spirit of Infirmity	1835
4.The Message from Bethany	1836
5.On the Way to Bethany	1838
The Pharisee and the publican
Teaching about marriage
6.Blessing the Little Children	1839
Beauty as an influence to worship
7.The Talk about Angels	1840

168.The Resurrection of Lazarus	1842
"I am the resurrection and the life . . ."
1.At the Tomb of Lazarus	1843
2.The Resurrection of Lazarus	1845
3.Meeting of the Sanhedrin	1847
"It is better that one man die . . ."
4.The Answer to Prayer	1848
5.What Became of Lazarus	1849

169.Last Teaching at Pella	1850
The Sanhedrin's charges against Jesus
1.Parable of the Lost Son	1850

2.Parable of the Shrewd Steward	1853
3.The Rich Man and the Beggar	1854
4.The Father and his Kingdom	1855
Jesus lived a revelation of God
Elohim and Yahweh

170.The Kingdom of Heaven	1858
1.Concepts of the Kingdom of Heaven	1858
2.Jesus' Concept of the Kingdom	1859
Sin and forgiveness
3.In Relation to Righteousness	1861
4.Jesus' Teaching About the Kingdom	1862
5.Later Ideas of the Kingdom	1864
Social brotherhood and spiritual brotherhood
Another and greater John the Baptist
Christianity and the Jesus gospel

171.On the Way to Jerusalem	1867
". . . promise me that these my sons shall have honor . . ."
1.The Departure from Pella	1868
David Zebedee's later life
Antioch and Philadelphia
2.On Counting the Cost	1869
3.The Perean Tour	1870
Farewell to Abner
4.Teaching at Livias	1871
Peter and Simon and the 100 swords
Warning of the friendly Pharisees
5.The Blind Man at Jericho	1873
6.The Visit to Zaccheus	1873
7."As Jesus Passed By"	1874
8.Parable of the Pounds	1875
Nathaniel's interpretation of the parable

172.Going into Jerusalem	1878
1.Sabbath at Bethany	1878
Mary anoints Jesus' feet
Jesus rebukes Judas
2.Sunday Morning with the Apostles	1880
3.The Start for Jerusalem	1880
4.Visiting About the Temple	1883
The widow's mite
5.The Apostles' Attitude	1883

173.Monday in Jerusalem	1888
1.Cleansing the Temple	1888
2.Challenging the Master's Authority	1891
"The baptism of John, whence was it?"
3.Parable of the Two Sons	1893

4.Parable of the Absent Landlord	1893
The stone which the builders rejected
5.Parable of the Marriage Feast	1894
"Destroy this temple and . . . I will raise it up."

174.Tuesday Morning in the Temple	1897
Individual salutations to the twelve
1.Divine Forgiveness	1898
2.Questions by the Jewish Rulers	1899
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar?
3.The Sadducees and the Resurrection	1900
4.The Great Commandment	1901
The Deliverer, whose son is he?
5.The Inquiring Greeks	1902
". . . except a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies . . ."
". . . if I be lifted up . . . in your lives . . ."

175.The Last Temple Discourse	1905
1.The Discourse	1905
"Generation after generation have we sent our prophets . . ."
". . . he who would be greatest among you . . ."
"Woe upon you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!"
". . . you . . . cleanse the outside of the cup . . ."
"And now I take leave of you."
2.Status of Individual Jews	1909
3.The Fateful Sanhedrin Meeting	1909
4.The Situation in Jerusalem	1910
Judas' final decision

176.Tuesday Evening on Mount Olivet	1912
1.The Destruction of Jerusalem	1912
2.The Master's Second Coming	1914
The account in the Matthew Gospel
3.Later Discussion at the Camp	1916
Parable of the talents
"Carry on until I come."
Comments on the growth of living truth
4.The Return of Michael	1918

177.Wednesday, the Rest Day	1920
1.One Day Alone with God	1920
John Mark and the lunch basket
2.Early Home Life	1921
3.The Day at Camp	1923
4.Judas and the Chief Priests	1924
5.The Last Social Hour	1927
Beware of the support of the multitude

178.Last Day at the Camp	1929
1.Discourse on Sonship and Citizenship	1929
Learn to be faithful even in prosperity
Tempt not the angels of your supervision . . .
2.After the Noontime Meal	1932
David relieves Judas of the "bag"
Arrangements for the Last Supper
3.On the Way to the Supper	1934

179.The Last Supper	1936
1.The Desire for Preference	1936
2.Beginning the Supper	1937
3.Washing the Apostles' Feet	1938
4.Last Words to the Betrayer	1940
5.Establishing the Remembrance Supper	1941

180.The Farewell Discoure	1944
1.The New Commandment	1944
". . . love one another even as I have loved you."
2.The Vine and the Branches	1945
3.Enmity of the World	1946
"Let not your hearts be troubled."
"Master, show us the Father . . ."
4.The Promised Helper	1948
5.The Spirit of Truth	1949
Comments on the golden rule
6.The Necessity for Leaving	1951

181.Final Admonitions and Warning	1953
1.Last Words of Comfort	1963
"I give each of you all you will receive."
"Let not your heart be troubled."
2.Farewell Personal Admonitions	1955

182.In Gethsemane	1963
1.The Last Group Prayer	1963
Jesus' enlargement of the revelation of God's name
2.Last Hour Before the Betrayal	1966
Dispatching the runner to Abner
David Zebedee's farewell
3.Alone in Gethsemane	1968
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

183.The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus	1971
1.The Father's Will	1971
2.Judas in the City	1971
3.The Master's Arrest	1973
4.Discussion at the Olive Press	1975
5.On the Way to the High Priest's Palace	1977

184.Before the Sanhedrin Court	1978
1.Examination by Annas	1978
2.Peter in the Courtyard	1980
3.Before the Court of Sanhedrists	1982
4.The Hour of Humiliation	1984
A new revelation of man to God
5.The Second Meeting of the Court	1985

185.The Trial Before Pilate	1987
1.Pontius Pilate	1987
2.Jesus Appears Before Pilate	1989
The written charges of the Sanhedrist tribunal
3.The Private Examination by Pilate	1991
4.Jesus Before Herod	1992
5.Jesus Returns to Pilate	1993
6.Pilate's Last Appeal	1994
The scourging of Jesus
"Behold the man!"
7.Pilate's Last Interview	1995
8.Pilate's Tragic Surrender	1996

186.Just Before the Crucifixion	1997
Jesus' family at Bethany
1.The End of Judas Iscariot	1997
The thirty pieces of silver
2.The Master's Attitude	1999
"Pilate on trial before Jesus."
"Behold God and man!"
3.The Dependable David Zebedee	2000
4.Preparation for the Crucifixion	2001
5.Jesus' Death in Relation to the Passover	2002

187.The Crucifixion	2012
1.On the Way to Golgotha	2004
"Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me . . ."
Simon from Cyrene
2.The Crucifixion	2006
3.Those Who Saw the Crucifixion	2008
4.The Thief on the Cross	2008
Jesus' charge to John
5.Last Hour on the Cross	2010
6.After the Crucifixion	2011

188.The Time of the Tomb	2012
Joseph and Nicodemus before Pilate
1.The Burial of Jesus	2012
2.Safeguarding the Tomb	2014
3.During the Sabbath Day	2014
What did Jesus commend to the Father's hands?
Status of the personality of Jesus

4.Meaning of the Death on the Cross	2016
5.Lessons from the Cross	2017

189.The Resurrection	2020
1.The Morontia Transit	2020
2.The Material Body of Jesus	2022
3.The Dispensational Resurrection	2024
Departure of the Personalized Adjuster
4.Discovery of the Empty Tomb	2025
The five women
Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene
5.Peter and John at the Tomb	2027
Second appearance—to Mary Magdalene

190.Morontia Appearances of Jesus	2029
1.Heralds of the Resurrection	2029
2.Jesus' Appearance at Bethany	2031
Appearance to his brother James
Appearance to his earthly family
3.At the Home of Joseph	2033
4.Appearance to the Greeks	2033
5.The Walk With Two Brothers	2034

191.Appearances to the Apostles and Other Leaders	2037
Reactions of the individual apostles
1.The Appearance to Peter	2039
2.First Appearance to the Apostles	2040
3.With the Morontia Creatures	2040
Stages of morontia progression
4.The Tenth Appearance (At Philadelphia)	2041
5.Second Appearance to the Apostles	2042
"Blessed are those in the ages to come . . ."
6.The Alexandrian Appearance	2044

192.Appearances in Galilee	2045
1.Appearance by the Lake	2045
"Lads, have you caught anything?"
2.Visiting With the Apostles Two and Two	2047
3.On the Mount of Ordination	2050
4.The Lakeside Gathering	2050

193.Final Appearances and Ascension	2052
The sixteenth appearance (courtyard of Nicodemus)
1.The Appearance at Sychar	2053
2.The Phoenician Appearance	2054
3.Last Appearance in Jerusalem	2055
4.Causes of Judas's Downfall	2055
5.The Master's Ascension	2057
6.Peter Calls a Meeting	2057

194.Bestowal of the Spirit of Truth	2059
The new gospel about Jesus
1.The Pentecost Sermon	2060
2.The Significance of Pentecost	2060
The mission of the Spirit of Truth
Man's threefold spiritual endowment
The seven higher spiritual influences
3.What Happened at Pentecost	2062
4.Beginnings of the Christian Church	2066

195.After Pentecost	2069
Reasons for the triumph of Christianity in the Occident
Early Christian compromises
1.Influence of the Greeks	2071
2.The Roman Influence	2072
3.Under the Roman Empire	2073
4.The European Dark Ages	2074
5.The Modern Problem	2075
6.Materialism	2076
7.The Vulnerability of Materialism	2078
8.Secular Totalitarianism	2081
9.Christianity's Problem	2082
10.The Future	2084

196.The Faith of Jesus	2087
Jesus' living faith in God
"Seek first the kingdom of heaven."
"Why do you call me good?"
What prayer meant to Jesus
Jesus' childlike faith in God
1.Jesus—The Man	2090
2.The Religion of Jesus	2091
The religion about Jesus
Religion as a personal experience
3.The Supremacy of Religion	2093
Fact, idea, and relation
Reason, wisdom, and faith
Thing, meaning, and value
Unless a divine lover lived in man . . .
Morality and religion
The Father is living love . . .