Jesus other teachings bible study

 

Here is a bible study covering many of  Jesus’ other important teachings, which have significant life impact aspects for all of us today, as it did no doubt for the original hearers. Some have parables in them, as parables were a favorite teaching tool of Jesus, and some are discussions with the Jews and also His disciples whom were often present with Him as He taught whom He was with at the time. This study is a sampling of the teachings that Jesus used on various topics, some of which are more discussions with others than teachings

Here in Matthew chapter 13 Jesus shares a quite a few different parables concerning different aspects of the Kingdom of Heaven and its value and Jesus also explains some of the parables for His disciples and our sake

(Matthew 13:1)  That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.

 

(Matthew 13:2)  And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.

 

(Matthew 13:3)  And he told them many things in parables, saying: "A sower went out to sow.

 

(Matthew 13:4)  And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.

 

(Matthew 13:5)  Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil,

 

(Matthew 13:6)  but when the sun rose they were scorched. And since they had no root, they withered away.

 

(Matthew 13:7)  Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them.

 

(Matthew 13:8)  Other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

 

(Matthew 13:9)  He who has ears, let him hear."

 

(Matthew 13:10)  Then the disciples came and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"

 

(Matthew 13:11)  And he answered them, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

 

(Matthew 13:12)  For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance, but from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.

 

(Matthew 13:13)  This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

 

(Matthew 13:14)  Indeed, in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: "'You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive.

 

(Matthew 13:15)  For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'

 

(Matthew 13:16)  But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.

 

(Matthew 13:17)  For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

 

(Matthew 13:18)  "Hear then the parable of the sower:

 

(Matthew 13:19)  When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.

 

(Matthew 13:20)  As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,

 

(Matthew 13:21)  yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

 

(Matthew 13:22)  As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.

 

(Matthew 13:23)  As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty."

 

(Matthew 13:24)  He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field,

 

(Matthew 13:25)  but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

 

(Matthew 13:26)  So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also.

 

(Matthew 13:27)  And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, 'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?'

 

(Matthew 13:28)  He said to them, 'An enemy has done this.' So the servants said to him, 'Then do you want us to go and gather them?'

 

(Matthew 13:29)  But he said, 'No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.

 

(Matthew 13:30)  Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.'"

 

(Matthew 13:31)  He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.

 

(Matthew 13:32)  It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."

 

(Matthew 13:33)  He told them another parable. "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."

 

(Matthew 13:34)  All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable.

 

(Matthew 13:35)  This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world."

 

(Matthew 13:36)  Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."

 

(Matthew 13:37)  He answered, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

 

(Matthew 13:38)  The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

 

(Matthew 13:39)  and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.

 

(Matthew 13:40)  Just as the weeds are gathered and burned with fire, so will it be at the close of the age.

 

(Matthew 13:41)  The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers,

 

(Matthew 13:42)  and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

(Matthew 13:43)  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

 

(Matthew 13:44)  "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

 

(Matthew 13:45)  "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,

 

(Matthew 13:46)  who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.

 

(Matthew 13:47)  "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and gathered fish of every kind.

 

(Matthew 13:48)  When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.

 

(Matthew 13:49)  So it will be at the close of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous

 

(Matthew 13:50)  and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

In Matthew chapter 18 Jesus teaches on sin, how to correct someone in a loving way and especially the high value of forgiveness

(Matthew 18:1)  At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"

 

(Matthew 18:2)  And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them

 

(Matthew 18:3)  and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

 

(Matthew 18:4)  Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

 

(Matthew 18:5)  "Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,

 

(Matthew 18:6)  but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

 

(Matthew 18:7)  "Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!

 

(Matthew 18:8)  And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than with two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

 

(Matthew 18:9)  And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.

 

(Matthew 18:10)  "See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

 

(Matthew 18:11)  [For the Son of Man came to save the lost.]

 

(Matthew 18:12)  What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?

 

(Matthew 18:13)  And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.

 

(Matthew 18:14)  So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

 

(Matthew 18:15)  "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother.

 

(Matthew 18:16)  But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses.

 

(Matthew 18:17)  If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.

 

(Matthew 18:18)  Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

 

(Matthew 18:19)  Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

 

(Matthew 18:20)  For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."

 

(Matthew 18:21)  Then Peter came up and said to him, "Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?"

 

(Matthew 18:22)  Jesus said to him, "I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven.

 

(Matthew 18:23)  "Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

 

(Matthew 18:24)  When he began to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

 

(Matthew 18:25)  And since he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

 

(Matthew 18:26)  So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.'

 

(Matthew 18:27)  And out of pity for him, the master of that servant released him and forgave him the debt.

 

(Matthew 18:28)  But when that same servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii, and seizing him, he began to choke him, saying, 'Pay what you owe.'

 

(Matthew 18:29)  So his fellow servant fell down and pleaded with him, 'Have patience with me, and I will pay you.'

 

(Matthew 18:30)  He refused and went and put him in prison until he should pay the debt.

 

(Matthew 18:31)  When his fellow servants saw what had taken place, they were greatly distressed, and they went and reported to their master all that had taken place.

 

(Matthew 18:32)  Then his master summoned him and said to him, 'You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me.

 

(Matthew 18:33)  And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?'

 

(Matthew 18:34)  And in anger his master delivered him to the jailers, until he should pay all his debt.

 

(Matthew 18:35)  So also my heavenly Father will do to every one of you, if you do not forgive your brother from your heart."

 

Luke chapter 14 has varied topics such as the Sabbath day and working on it, invited formal dinners and counting the cost of discipleship

(Luke 14:1)  One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.

 

(Luke 14:2)  And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy.

 

(Luke 14:3)  And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?"

 

(Luke 14:4)  But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away.

 

(Luke 14:5)  And he said to them, "Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?"

 

(Luke 14:6)  And they could not reply to these things.

 

(Luke 14:7)  Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the places of honor, saying to them,

 

(Luke 14:8)  "When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest someone more distinguished than you be invited by him,

 

(Luke 14:9)  and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this person,' and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place.

 

(Luke 14:10)  But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you.

 

(Luke 14:11)  For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

 

(Luke 14:12)  He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid.

 

(Luke 14:13)  But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

 

(Luke 14:14)  and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

 

(Luke 14:15)  When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!"

 

(Luke 14:16)  But he said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many.

 

(Luke 14:17)  And at the time for the banquet he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, 'Come, for everything is now ready.'

 

(Luke 14:18)  But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please have me excused.'

 

(Luke 14:19)  And another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to examine them. Please have me excused.'

 

(Luke 14:20)  And another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.'

 

(Luke 14:21)  So the servant came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house became angry and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly to the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor and crippled and blind and lame.'

 

(Luke 14:22)  And the servant said, 'Sir, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.'

 

(Luke 14:23)  And the master said to the servant, 'Go out to the highways and hedges and compel people to come in, that my house may be filled.

 

(Luke 14:24)  For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.'"

 

(Luke 14:25)  Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them,

 

(Luke 14:26)  "If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.

 

(Luke 14:27)  Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.

 

(Luke 14:28)  For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it?

 

(Luke 14:29)  Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him,

 

(Luke 14:30)  saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'

 

(Luk 14:31)  Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?

 

(Luke 14:32)  And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.

 

(Luke 14:33)  So therefore, any one of you who does not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

 

(Luke 14:34)  "Salt is good, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored?

 

(Luke 14:35)  It is of no use either for the soil or for the manure pile. It is thrown away. He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

 

Luke chapter 15 shows the value that God puts on the repentant sinner by Jesus telling varied parables, including the one on the prodigal son:

(Luke 15:1)  Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.

 

(Luke 15:2)  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."

 

(Luke 15:3)  So he told them this parable:

 

(Luke 15:4)  "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?

 

(Luke 15:5)  And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

 

(Luke 15:6)  And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.'

 

(Luke 15:7)  Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

 

(Luke 15:8)  "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?

 

(Luke 15:9)  And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.'

 

(Luke 15:10)  Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents."

 

(Luke 15:11)  And he said, "There was a man who had two sons.

 

(Luke 15:12)  And the younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.' And he divided his property between them.

 

(Luke 15:13)  Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.

 

(Luke 15:14)  And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need.

 

(Luke 15:15)  So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.

 

(Luke 15:16)  And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything.

 

(Luke 15:17)  "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!

 

(Luke 15:18)  I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

 

(Luke 15:19)  I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants."'

 

(Luke 15:20)  And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.

 

(Luke 15:21)  And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

 

(Luke 15:22)  But the father said to his servants, 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.

 

(Luke 15:23)  And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate.

 

(Luke 15:24)  For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.' And they began to celebrate.

 

(Luke 15:25)  "Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.

 

(Luke 15:26)  And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant.

 

(Luke 15:27)  And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.'

 

(Luke 15:28)  But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him,

 

(Luke 15:29)  but he answered his father, 'Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.

 

(Luke 15:30)  But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

 

(Luke 15:31)  And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.

 

(Luke 15:32)  It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.'"

 

In John chapter 5 Jesus after healing on the Sabbath day gives this powerful teaching saying to the Jews who were persecuting Him for healing on the Sabbath that He cannot do anything without the Father, who is always behind Him. I am telling the full story here:

(John 5:1)  After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

 

(John 5:2)  Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades.

 

(John 5:3)  In these lay a multitude of invalids--blind, lame, and paralyzed [waiting for the moving of the water;]

 

(John 5:4)  [for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool, and stirred the water: whoever stepped in first after the stirring of the water was healed of whatever disease he had.]

 

(John 5:5)  One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

 

(John 5:6)  When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?"

 

(John 5:7)  The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am going another steps down before me."

 

(John 5:8)  Jesus said to him, "Get up, take up your bed, and walk."

 

(John 5:9)  And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked. Now that day was the Sabbath.

 

(John 5:10)  So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed."

 

(John 5:11)  But he answered them, "The man who healed me, that man said to me, 'Take up your bed, and walk.'"

 

(John 5:12)  They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your bed and walk'?"

 

(John 5:13)  Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place.

 

(John 5:14)  Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you."

 

(John 5:15)  The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

 

(John 5:16)  And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

 

(John 5:17)  But Jesus answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I am working."

 

(John 5:18)  This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

 

(John 5:19)  So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

 

(John 5:20)  For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.

 

(John 5:21)  For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

 

(John 5:22)  The Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,

 

(John 5:23)  that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

 

(John 5:24)  Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

 

(John 5:25)  "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

 

(John 5:26)  For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

 

(John 5:27)  And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

 

(John 5:28)  Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

 

(John 5:29)  and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

 

(John 5:30)  "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.

 

(John 5:31)  If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.

 

(John 5:32)  There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.

 

(John 5:33)  You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

 

(John 5:34)  Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.

 

(John 5:35)  He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

 

(John 5:36)  But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.

 

(John 5:37)  And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,

 

(John 5:38)  and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.

 

(John 5:39)  You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me,

 

(John 5:40)  yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.

 

(John 5:41)  I do not receive glory from people.

 

(John 5:42)  But I know that you do not have the love of God within you.

 

(John 5:43)  I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

 

(John 5:44)  How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

 

(John 5:45)  Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

 

(Joh  5:46)  For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me.

 

(John 5:47)  But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?"

 

In John chapter six Jesus reminds us teaching the Jews that He is the bread of life, and thus the key to eternal life. This happened just after the feeding of the 5000.

(John 6:26)  Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

 

(John 6:27)  Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal."

 

(John 6:28)  Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?"

 

(John 6:29)  Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."

 

(John 6:30)  So they said to him, "Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform?

 

(John 6:31)  Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

 

(John 6:32)  Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

 

(John 6:33)  For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

 

(John 6:34)  They said to him, "Sir, give us this bread always."

 

(John 6:35)  Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

 

(John 6:36)  But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

 

(John 6:37)  All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

 

(John 6:38)  For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

 

(John 6:39)  And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

 

(John 6:40)  For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

 

(John 6:41)  So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

 

(John 6:42)  They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?"

 

(John 6:43)  Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

 

(John 6:44)  No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

 

(John 6:45)  It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me--

 

(John 6:46)  not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.

 

(John 6:47)  Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life.

 

(John 6:48)  I am the bread of life.

 

(John 6:49)  Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

 

(John 6:50)  This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

 

(John 6:51)  I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

 

(John 6:52)  The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

 

(John 6:53)  So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

 

(John 6:54)  Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

 

(John 6:55)  For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

 

(John 6:56)  Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

 

(John 6:57)  As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

 

(John 6:58)  This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever."

 

In John chapter 8 after dealing with the adulterous woman, setting her free, Jesus then teaches and has the following discussion with the Jews reminding them He is the light and the truth, and us as well

(John 8:12)  Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

 

(John 8:13)  So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true."

 

(John  8:14)  Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

 

(John 8:15)  You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

 

(John 8:16)  Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.

 

(John 8:17)  In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.

 

(John 8:18)  I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me."

 

(John 8:19)  They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

 

(John 8:20)  These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

 

(John 8:21)  So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come."

 

(John 8:22)  So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"

 

(John 8:23)  He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

 

(John 8:24)  I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins."

 

(John 8:25)  So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.

 

(John 8:26)  I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."

 

(John 8:27)  They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father.

 

(John 8:28)  So Jesus said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.

 

(John 8:29)  And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

 

(John 8:30)  As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

 

(John 8:31)  So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,

 

(John 8:32)  and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."

 

(John 8:33)  They answered him, "We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, 'You will become free'?"

 

(John 8:34)  Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.

 

(John 8:35)  The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.

 

(John 8:36)  So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

 

(John 8:37)  I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

 

(John 8:38)  I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

 

(John 8:39)  They answered him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

 

(John 8:40)  but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

 

(John 8:41)  You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father--even God."

 

(John 8:42)  Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

 

(John 8:43)  Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

 

(John 8:44)  You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

 

(John 8:45)  But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

 

(John 8:46)  Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

 

(John 8:47)  Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God."

 

(John 8:48)  The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

 

(John 8:49)  Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

 

(John 8:50)  Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it, and he is the judge.

 

(John 8:51)  Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death."

 

(John 8:52)  The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'

 

(John 8:53)  Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?"

 

(John 8:54)  Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.'

 

(John 8:55)  But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.

 

(John 8:56)  Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad."

 

(John 8:57)  So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"

 

(John 8:58)  Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

 

(John 8:59)  So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

 

In John chapter 10 then Jesus reminds us that He is the door to the shepherd as well as the good shepherd in this following teaching, and discussion, again with the Jews

(John 10:1)  "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber.

 

(John 10:2)  But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

 

(John 10:3)  To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

 

(John 10:4)  When he has brought out all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

 

(John 10:5)  A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."

 

(John 10:6)  This figure of speech Jesus used with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

 

(John 10:7)  So Jesus again said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

 

(John 10:8)  All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

 

(John 10:9)  I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

 

(John 10:10)  The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

 

(John 10:11)  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

 

(John 10:12)  He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

 

(John 10:13)  He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

 

(John 10:14)  I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

 

(John 10:15)  just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

 

(John 10:16)  And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

 

(John 10:17)  For this reason the Father loves me, because I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

 

(John 10:18)  No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father."

 

(John 10:19)  There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

 

(John 10:20)  Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane; why listen to him?"

 

(John 10:21)  Others said, "These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

 

(John 10:22)  At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter,

 

(John 10:23)  and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.

 

(John 10:24)  So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

 

(John 10:25)  Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name bear witness about me,

 

(John 10:26)  but you do not believe because you are not part of my flock.

 

(John 10:27)  My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

 

(John 10:28)  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

 

(John 10:29)  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.

 

(John 10:30)  I and the Father are one."

 

(John 10:31)  The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

 

(John 10:32)  Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?"

 

(John 10:33)  The Jews answered him, "It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God."

 

(John 10:34)  Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I said, you are gods'?

 

(John 10:35)  If he called them gods to whom the word of God came--and Scripture cannot be broken--

 

(John 10:36)  do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'?

 

(John 10:37)  If I am not doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;

 

(John 10:38)  but if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

 

Here now are some links to bible studies of other teachings of Jesus

Here is a study of many of Jesus parables

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/parables-of-jesus-bible-study/10200419896633557

Here is a link to the end times teachings that Jesus made

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/jesus-end-times-bible-study/10200553457612498

Here are the two big sermons that Jesus gave in Matthew and John

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/jesus-two-major-teachings-bible-study/10200669990365744

And here are the teachings and such Jesus gave right before He died on the cross to cover your and my sins.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jay-dougherty/jesus-teachings-in-jerusalem-bible-study/10200668928539199

As Jesus explains in John He is the shepherd, the door to the sheep and did indeed give His life as He said He would in John 10, just because He loved us so much and wanted us to have the eternal life that He speaks of in the teachings especially in John. He lovingly and willingly gave His life to pay for our sins once and for all, and longs to have that love relationship with you and me, and also for people to return to a love relationship like the prodigal son(above). I am now including a prayer which you can accept this free gift from God for the first time or to return to Him as well. Please pray this prayer with me

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

God bless you and yours