Life of Jesus
The Teaching of Jesus
• Matthew 5:1-2 When Jesus saw the crowds, He
went up on the mountain; and after He sat down,
His disciples came to Him. 2 He opened His
mouth and began to teach them,
The Settings for Jesus’ Teaching
• The Synagogues -Luke 4:16-
21 16 And He came to Nazareth,
where He had been brought up; and
as was His custom, He entered the
synagogue on the Sabbath, and
stood up to read.
Settings for Jesus’ Teaching
• Open air teaching
– Mountains- Matt. 5:1-2
– Marketplaces
– Mark 6:56 56 Wherever He entered villages,
or cities, or countryside, they were laying the
sick in the market places, and imploring Him
that they might just touch the fringe of His
cloak; and as many as touched it were being
cured.
Setting for Jesus’ Teaching
• Private teaching to his disciples
• Matthew 10:1 Jesus summoned His twelve
disciples and gave them authority over unclean
spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of
disease and every kind of sickness.
Forms of Jesus’ Teaching
• Jesus interprets Scripture
• Luke 4:18-21 18 "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON
ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE
GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO
PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND
RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE
THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, 19 TO PROCLAIM THE
FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." 20 And He closed the
book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of
all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to
say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your
hearing."
Forms of Jesus’ Teaching
• Parables
• There are parables of Judgment- Matt. 18:23-35
• There are parables of grace- Luke 15:11-32
• There are parables of Hypocrisy- Luke 18:9-14
Forms of Jesus’ Teaching
• Acted Parables
• The cursing of the fig tree- Mark 11:12-14
• The cleansing of the temple- Mark 11:15-17
• The two-stage healing of the blind man- Mark
8:22-26
Jesus’ Teaching in Matthew
• Jesus Gives 5 blocks of teaching in the Gospel of
Matthew: Five Sermons
• The Sermon on the Mount chs. 5-7
• The Commissioning of the Twelve ch. 10
• The Parables of the Kingdom ch. 13
• The Life of the Kingdom Community ch. 18
• The Coming Life of the Disciple chs. 24-25