Bible Illustrations

Bible Illustrations
adoption of anointed as sons (Ro 8): w15 1/15 16-17; w05 12/1 29
bird protects chicks (Ps 91; Mt 23): w02 10/1 12
birds and lilies (Mt 6): w23.03 17-18; w16.07 9-11; w02 9/1 12-13; w95 9/15 32; w90 10/1 18-19
building a tower (Lu 14): jy 196-197; w92 8/15 26-29; gt chapter 84; w89 1/1 8
building with fire-resistant materials (1Co 3): w99 7/15 12-13; w98 11/1 8-15
Caesar’s things to Caesar (Mt 22; Mr 12; Lu 20): mwb20.04 2; it-1 382, 1175; it-2 1100; lvs 63; w16.04 27-28, 31; jy 250; lv 53; w12 5/1 5-6; w11 9/1 22-23; w10 7/1 22-23; w09 6/15 19; lr 148-149; g03 12/8 10; gt chapter 108; w90 2/1 8
camel through needle’s eye (Mt 19; Mr 10; Lu 18): it-2 483-484, 805-806, 955; w06 1/1 22; w04 5/15 30-31; w92 11/15 32; w86 6/15 8-10
“camel,” not “rope”: it-1 396; w87 12/1 31
children in the marketplace (Mt 11; Lu 7): jy 98; gt chapter 39; w87 1/15 24
choosing prominent places (Lu 14): jy 194; lr 107-109; gt chapter 83; w89 11/15 25; w88 12/15 8
Christian congregation like a body (Ro 12; 1Co 12; Eph 4): w20.08 20-25; it-1 349, 848; w14 6/15 24; w09 10/15 5; w02 11/15 9; w99 6/1 15; w97 10/15 14-15; w96 7/15 20
denarius paid to vineyard workers (Mt 20): it-1 1182; w16.07 21-22; jy 226-227; w10 10/15 10-11; w07 5/1 30; w06 6/1 14-15; gt chapter 97; w89 8/15 8-9
meaning of denarius: jy 227; gt chapter 97; w89 8/15 8-9
doorkeeper watching for master’s return from abroad (Mr 13): it-1 899; w05 2/1 32; w03 1/1 19
dragnet (Mt 13): it-1 649, 1179; jy 111; w14 12/15 13-14; kr 106-107; w12 8/1 20; w08 7/15 20-21; w92 6/15 17-22; gt chapter 43; w87 4/15 9
understanding clarified (2008): w08 7/15 17, 20-21
eagles, cedars, and vine (Eze 17): it-1 424; it-2 807; rr 85-87; w07 7/1 12-13; w88 9/15 17-18
evil slave (Mt 24): it-1 773; w04 3/1 13-14; w99 7/15 17
understanding clarified (2013): w13 7/15 24
faithful and discreet slave (Mt 24): w22.07 10-12; w20.01 31; od 18-20; it-1 499, 805-806; it-2 1035; w17.02 25-28; w16.01 26; jl lesson 19; w13 7/15 20-25; w10 9/15 26; w09 6/15 20-24; w07 4/1 22-23; w04 3/1 8-18; w02 3/15 13-14; wt 130-131; w90 3/15 10-16
understanding clarified (2013): w15 3/15 8-9; w13 7/15 8, 20-25
faithful steward (Lu 12): it-1 805-806; jy 182; w13 7/15 20; w09 6/15 20-21; w07 4/1 22-23; km 6/98 3-4; gt chapter 78; w90 3/15 10-16; w88 10/1 9
appointed over master’s belongings: it-1 806; w08 1/15 24-25; w07 4/1 22-23; w04 3/1 12; w90 3/15 15-16, 19
“food supplies at the proper time”: it-1 499; w90 3/15 15-16
faith like a ship (1Ti 1): w99 7/15 15-20
father’s willingness to give (Mt 7; Lu 11): cf 114-115; w13 4/1 11; w06 12/15 22-23; w02 9/1 12; w90 5/15 14-15
figs, good and bad (Jer 24): it-2 770; mwb17.04 4; w13 3/15 8, 10; w94 3/1 13-17; w94 4/15 30
fig tree (Lu 13): it-1 1180; it-2 901; jy 184; w13 5/15 9; w03 5/15 25-26; gt chapter 79; w88 10/15 8
fine shepherd (Joh 10): cf 9-10, 124-125; jy 186-187; w02 9/1 17-18; w95 2/1 9-12; w95 5/15 24; gt chapter 80; w88 11/1 8-9; ws 11-12
doorkeeper: it-1 898-899; it-2 88
voice: cf 124-125; it-2 1161; w04 9/1 13-14, 17; w90 3/15 25
fishers of men (Mt 4; Mr 1; Lu 5): w20.09 2-7; w16.05 9; w92 6/15 12-17
foundation of house (Mt 7; Lu 6): w16.10 18; w08 2/15 31-32; w08 11/1 29-31; w07 1/1 32; w07 9/1 31; w05 5/15 32
foundling nurtured to womanhood (Eze 16): w88 9/15 17
God’s field (1Co 3): w99 7/15 12
gold nose ring in snout of a pig (Pr 11): w02 7/15 29-30; yp 243-244; w87 5/15 29
grand evening meal (Lu 14): it-1 1180; jy 194-195; w10 4/15 26; gt chapter 83; w88 12/15 8-9
Greek games (1Co 9): bt 149; w92 8/1 13-18; w90 9/15 25
hope like an anchor (Heb 6): ijwbq 158; w22.10 25; w21.02 30
Jesus’ comment on ‘his food’ (Joh 4:34): w23.03 7
Jotham’s illustration of trees (Jg 9): it-1 362; w08 2/15 9; w96 5/15 13
king contemplating battle (Lu 14): jy 196-197; gt chapter 84; w89 1/1 8-9
Kingdom of the heavens: mwb18.02 2; jy 106, 108-111; w96 2/1 17-20; gt chapter 43; si 178, 184; w87 3/15 8-9; w87 4/1 8-9; w87 4/15 8-9
king who canceled large debt (Mt 18): w21.06 22; it-1 601, 1179; w16.01 16; jy 152-153; w12 11/15 26-27; w07 9/15 29; w05 3/15 6; w04 2/1 15; lr 77-81; w02 9/1 14; w97 12/1 15, 20; w91 8/15 21; gt chapter 64; si 179; w88 3/1 8-9
jailers: it-1 1250
monetary equivalents: w94 10/15 25
leaven hidden in flour (Mt 13; Lu 13): it-1 1179; it-2 1008; jy 108; w14 12/15 8-10; kr 90-91; w08 7/15 19-21
understanding clarified (2008): w08 7/15 17, 19
lost drachma coin (Lu 15): w20.06 24-25; it-1 1181; jy 199; w12 12/1 21; w03 2/1 14-15, 17-18; w91 4/15 18-19; gt chapter 85; w89 1/15 8-9
value of coin: it-2 427; w12 12/1 21
lost sheep (Mt 18; Lu 15): w21.06 20; lff lesson 57; w20.06 28-29; it-1 1180-1181; jy 150-151, 198-199; kr 127; w12 4/15 5; w08 2/1 10; w03 2/1 14-17; lr 162-164; w91 4/15 18-19; gt chapters 63, 85; w89 1/15 8; w88 2/15 9
marriage feast (Mt 22): mwb20.04 2; it-1 1183; jy 248-249; gt chapter 107; w90 1/15 8-9
those first invited: it-2 485
three calls for guests to come: w08 1/15 31
treatment of king’s slaves: it-1 89
minas (Lu 19): it-1 1182; mwb18.08 4; jy 232-233; kr 10; w93 5/1 14; w92 3/15 6; gt chapter 100; w89 10/1 8-9
ascertaining gains: w90 3/15 15
bank: it-1 248
mirror (Jas 1:22-25): w22.01 12-13; w22.03 4; w14 3/15 8-9; km 7/14 2; w11 8/1 21; w09 8/1 13; w08 6/15 25; w96 1/1 31; w95 7/15 32; g91 7/8 7-8; w88 8/15 15-16
murderous cultivators of vineyard (Mt 21; Mr 12; Lu 20): mwb20.04 2; it-1 89, 1183; w17.12 9-10; jy 246-247; ip-1 76-77; gt chapter 106; w90 1/1 8-9; w88 6/1 12
proof against Trinity: ti 17
mustard grain (Mt 13; Mr 4; Lu 13): it-1 1179; jy 108; w14 12/15 7-8; kr 90-91; w08 7/15 17-19, 21; g96 8/8 22-23
birds lodging in grown plant: w08 7/15 18-19
“tiniest of all the seeds”: it-2 454; g96 8/8 22; gt chapter 43; w87 3/15 9
understanding clarified (2008): w08 7/15 17-19
narrow door (Lu 13): jy 192; gt chapter 82; w88 12/1 8
neighborly Samaritan (Lu 10): ijwbq 190; cl 214-215; w21.10 8; w18.08 19; w18.09 19; it-1 1180; it-2 490-491; mwb18.07 4; w15 3/15 11; jy 172-173; w07 9/15 26; w07 10/1 5; my story 95; lr 82-86; w02 9/1 4-5, 15; w01 1/1 14; w98 7/1 30-31; w96 3/15 21-22; w91 8/15 20-21; gt chapter 73; w88 7/15 24-25; g86 1/22 7-8
ethnic differences: w18.06 10; g 8/09 7-8; w93 9/15 3-4
inn: it-1 1201; w98 7/1 30
oil and wine on man’s wounds: w12 8/1 26; w89 11/15 25
road from Jerusalem to Jericho: cf 122-123; ijwbq 190; it-1 54; w02 9/1 16-17; w98 7/1 30
new wine, old wineskins (Mt 9; Mr 2; Lu 5): it-2 1189; jy 70; w10 3/1 15; gt chapter 28; w89 7/15 25; w86 6/1 9
olive tree (Ro 11): mwb19.02 6; it-1 362; it-2 552; w11 5/15 22-25; w11 8/15 32; w10 11/1 29; w00 5/15 28-29
grafting “contrary to nature”: it-1 993; it-2 474, 552; w11 5/15 24-25; w00 5/15 28-29
pearl of high value (Mt 13): it-1 1179; it-2 594; w17.06 10; jy 111; w14 12/15 10; kr 65; w05 2/1 8-18; w93 5/1 32; w91 1/15 19-20; gt chapter 43; w87 4/15 8-9
pearls before swine (Mt 7): it-2 594, 1049; jy 90; gt chapter 35; w86 11/15 8
persistent friend (Lu 11): w19.11 13; it-1 1180; jy 174; w13 4/1 11; w06 12/15 20-22; w02 9/1 12; gt chapter 74; w90 5/15 13-14; w88 8/1 9
Pharisee and tax collector (Lu 18): it-1 1182; jy 220-221; w12 5/15 28; w10 10/15 8-9; lr 112-116; gt chapter 94; w89 7/1 8-9; w88 4/15 14; w87 7/15 10
fasting twice a week: w89 11/15 25
power of Christ protects as would a tent (2Co 12:9): w08 6/15 6; w06 12/15 24
prodigal son (Lu 15): w21.10 5-6, 9; w20.06 25-28; it-1 1181; mwb18.07 6; jy 200-203; w14 12/15 14-15; w02 9/1 14-15; w98 10/1 9-17; w97 9/1 30-31; g95 1/8 19-21; w91 4/15 19; gt chapter 86; w89 2/1 8-9; w89 2/15 16-17; w88 1/15 21-23
attitude upon return: w90 2/15 23
herds swine: it-2 1049
robe: it-1 653, 1181
similarity to God’s dealings with mankind: g86 2/22 9-10
putting hand to plow and looking at things behind (Lu 9): it-2 649; mwb18.07 3; jy 155; w12 3/15 25-26; w12 4/15 15-16; w92 5/1 20-21; gt chapter 65; w88 3/15 25
refiner (Mal 3): kr 22-23; w87 6/15 10-11, 16-17
rich man (Lu 12): it-1 1180; it-2 1038; jy 180; w13 2/15 23-24; w08 7/1 12-13; w07 8/1 26-30; w05 10/1 32; lr 87-91; w98 11/15 19; gt chapter 77; w88 9/15 9
lesson taught: w86 7/15 31
“they” who demanded the man’s soul: w86 7/15 31
rich man and Lazarus (Lu 16): ijwbq 187; it-1 1181; it-2 226; jy 206-209; gt chapter 88; si 191; w89 3/15 8-9; w89 4/1 24-25; pe 88-89; rs 174-175
bosom position of Abraham: it-1 356-357
Hades: it-1 1016
Lazarus a beggar: it-1 279
rich man takes poor man’s sheep (2Sa 12): w21.10 12-13; w12 2/15 23-24
seeds sown illustrate resurrection (1Co 15): w98 7/1 19-20
sewing unshrunk cloth on old garment (Mr 2): it-2 904; jy 70
sheep and goats (Mt 25): ijwbq 115; mwb20.04 2; it-1 1183-1184; w15 3/15 25-29; w15 7/15 17-18; jy 264-265; kr 226, 228; w13 7/15 6-7; w10 9/15 28-29; w99 5/1 13; rq 13; w95 10/15 18-28; w93 5/1 19-20; jv 163-164; gt chapter 111; w90 5/15 8-9; w89 9/1 19-20; w87 3/1 29; w87 5/15 12-13; tp 82
“as a shepherd separates” (Mt 25:32): w15 1/1 13
characteristics of each: w89 5/1 19
goats: w22.09 16; it-1 617; w95 10/15 26-27
judgment: w97 2/15 29; w95 10/15 22-23, 25-28; w87 3/1 29
separation: w15 3/15 26-27; w97 7/1 30-31; w95 10/15 22-23, 27-28; w88 1/1 16-18; w88 5/1 14
sheep gain “everlasting life”: w09 8/15 8-9
sheep termed “righteous ones”: it-1 606; w95 10/15 25-26
understanding clarified (1881): w15 3/15 26
understanding clarified (1884): w95 2/1 12
understanding clarified (1923): w23.10 4; w15 3/15 26; re 120; w95 2/1 12; w95 5/15 18
understanding clarified (1995): w15 3/15 26-27; w13 7/15 6; w97 7/1 30-31; w95 10/15 18-24, 26-28
sinners are attached to sin as draft animals are to a wagon (Isa 5:18): ip-1 82-83
slave getting in from the field (Lu 17): it-1 1181; jy 210; w12 12/15 10-11; w05 3/15 18-19; gt chapter 89; w89 4/15 24
slaves presenting themselves to righteousness (Ro 6): w05 12/1 29
slaves watching for master’s return from marriage (Lu 12): jy 182; w04 10/1 21-22; w03 1/1 18; w00 1/15 11; gt chapter 78; w88 10/1 8-9
sower (Mt 13; Mr 4; Lu 8): w18.05 14-15; it-1 1178; jy 106, 108-109; w08 7/15 12-14; w03 2/1 8-13; w99 11/1 15-17; w96 2/1 17-18; w92 12/15 6; gt chapter 43; w87 3/15 8-9; w87 4/1 8
seed: it-2 1014; w99 11/1 16
seeds falling along road: it-1 830
seeds sown in fine soil: jy 109; w03 2/1 20-23; wt 107; w97 10/15 14
soil: w21.10 26; w20.03 3; kr 78; w08 7/15 13-14; w05 2/1 28; w90 8/1 18
sower: w08 7/15 13-14
sower who sleeps (Mr 4): w21.10 27; w14 12/15 12-13; w08 7/15 14-16
strain out gnat, gulp down camel (Mt 23): w02 9/1 11
straw in brother’s eye (Mt 7): w08 5/15 9-10; w02 9/1 11; w02 11/15 18
video Remove the Rafter: lff lesson 56
stumbled by hand, foot, or eye (Mt 18): mwb18.02 8
talents (Mt 25): w21.08 21-23; mwb20.04 2; it-1 1183; w15 3/15 19-24; jy 262-263; w12 8/1 28-29; w12 9/15 23, 25-27; w10 7/15 17-18; w04 3/1 15-18; w04 10/1 22-23; w99 5/1 22-23; gt chapter 111; w90 5/1 8-9; w87 2/1 17-18; ws 56-58, 60-72
abilities of slaves considered: w15 3/15 21-22; w10 7/15 18; w95 6/15 17-18
bankers: it-1 248; w11 5/1 26; w08 12/1 8
settling accounts: w15 3/15 23; w90 3/15 12-14; w87 8/1 16-17
understanding clarified (2015): w15 3/15 20-24
ten virgins (Mt 25): mwb20.04 2; it-1 1183; mwb18.03 7; w15 3/15 12-16; jy 260-261; w12 9/15 23, 25-26; w07 9/1 31; re 56; w04 3/1 14-15, 17-18; w99 5/1 21-22; gt chapter 111; w90 4/15 8-9; ws 38-44, 46-55
bridegroom arrives (Mt 25:10): mwb18.03 7; w15 3/15 13; w13 7/15 7-8
bridegroom delays (Mt 25:5): jy 261
Israelite wedding customs: it-2 341
understanding clarified (2015): w15 3/15 13-16
threshing cumin (Isa 28): it-2 649; w01 10/1 11-12; ip-1 296, 301
treasure hidden in a field (Mt 13): it-1 1179; jy 110-111; w14 12/15 10; kr 65-66; gt chapter 43; w87 4/15 8-9
triumphal procession (2Co 2): it-2 1129; w10 8/1 23
two children (Mt 21): mwb20.04 2; it-1 1182; jy 246; fy 76-77; w94 3/1 28-29; gt chapter 106; w90 1/1 8
two debtors (Lu 7): it-1 601, 1178; jy 100; w10 8/15 6; gt chapter 40; w87 2/1 9
two sticks (Eze 37): w22.01 22; w18.01 14; it-1 417; rr 129-136; w16.07 31; w88 9/15 25
understanding clarified (2016): rr 240; w16.07 31-32
unclean spirit returns (Mt 12): jy 105; gt chapter 42; w87 3/1 8-9
unrighteous steward (Lu 16): it-1 1181; w17.07 8-11; jy 204-205; gt chapter 87; w89 3/1 8-9
vine (Ps 80): w06 6/15 17-18
vine (Joh 15): mwb20.04 3; w18.05 14-15, 17-19; jy 276-277; w09 5/1 15; w06 6/15 18-19; w03 2/1 18-23; w02 2/1 17-18; gt chapter 116; w90 8/15 8
vineyard (Isa 5:1-7): w06 6/15 18; ip-1 73-79
wheat and weeds (Mt 13): it-1 1178-1179; it-2 1014; rr 97-98, 104-105; mwb18.02 3; jy 106, 108, 110; w14 11/15 25-26; kr 9-10; w13 7/15 9-14, 18-19; w10 3/15 19-23; rk 24-25; g 2/07 7-9; re 188, 208-209; w04 2/15 5-6; w03 9/1 5-6; w02 9/1 16; w95 4/15 6; w93 11/1 32; gt chapter 43; gm 26-27; w87 3/15 9; w87 4/15 8
conclusion of system of things: it-2 1056; w10 3/15 21-22; w94 4/15 11
harvest: it-2 207, 756; mwb18.02 3; w13 7/15 12-14, 19; w10 3/15 21-23; w10 6/15 5; ws 68
oversowing weeds in ancient times: w16.10 32
separation during harvest: w13 7/15 12; w10 3/15 21-23; g 2/07 8-9; wt 178-182; w97 7/1 31
slaves of master: w13 7/15 10
storehouse for wheat: it-2 1038; w13 7/15 12; w10 3/15 22; w10 4/15 12
understanding clarified (2013): w13 7/15 13-14
weeds: it-1 1178-1179; it-2 1014, 1176; mwb18.02 3; w13 7/15 9-10, 12-13; w10 3/15 20-22
wheat: w13 7/15 9-14; w10 3/15 19-23; w10 4/15 12
wheat during centuries of apostasy: od 17-18; rr 98-99; w13 7/15 10; w12 1/15 7-8; w12 4/15 32; w10 3/15 21; re 31, 57; w00 10/15 25-26, 30; w94 5/1 23-24; jv 44
wheat grain that dies, then produces fruit (Joh 12): jy 240; gt chapter 103; w89 11/15 8-9
widemouthed cooking pot (Jer 1:13): jr 14-15
widemouthed cooking pot (Eze 11, 24): w88 9/15 15, 21
widow and judge (Lu 18): w21.11 23-24; it-1 1182; it-2 1149; jy 220; w14 4/1 6-7; w06 12/15 25-29; gt chapter 94; w89 3/1 29; w89 7/1 8
widow’s contribution of two coins (Mr 12; Lu 21): cl 184-185; w21.04 6-7; mwb20.04 2; mwb18.05 5; w17.01 11; w09 7/15 29; yp2 166; w07 2/1 17-18; w04 11/1 19, 23; lr 96; ct 151; w97 10/15 16-17; w89 10/15 31; w88 7/1 12; w87 12/1 28-30
value of coins: cl 185; w21.04 6; it-2 427; mwb18.05 5; w09 8/1 30; w08 3/1 12
wife “a weaker vessel” (1Pe 3:7): w06 5/15 32
wild vine (Eze 15): w88 9/15 17
word pictures: mwb21.07 15; w09 5/1 13-15
young child exemplifies humility (Mt 18; Mr 9; Lu 9): jy 149; w12 11/15 15; w08 3/15 4; w07 2/1 8-10; w05 10/15 28; lr 12; gt chapter 62; w88 2/1 9
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