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The Book of Hope

by

Life Publishers International

Copywrite 1991

by

Life Publishers International

Deerfield, florida

All Rights Reserved

This book may not be duplicated except in a special meedia for the blind.

Translated in to Grade II Braille

by

The Whitney Library for the Blind

A Division of Home Missions Inc.

Springfield, Missouri

Volume and On-line versions created

by

Mike Keithley

Mountain View, California

TABLE Of Contents

Preliminaries

A Letter From Your Best friend

Contents

Preface

1. The Thirty Years of Preparat

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold

1.3 The Birth of Jesus Foretold

1.4 Mary Visits Elizabeth

1.5 Mary's Song

1.6 The Birth of John the Baptist

1.7 Zechariah's Song

1.8 The Birth of Jesus

1.9 The Shepherds and the Angels

1.10 Jesus Presented in the Temple

1.11 The Visit of the Magi

1.12 The Escape to Egypt

1.13 The Killing of the Children

1.14 The Return to Nazareth

1.15 The Boy Jesus at the Temple

II. The Year of Inauguration

2.1 John the Baptist Prepares the Way

2.2 The Baptism of Jesus

2.3 The Temptation of Jesus

2.4 John the Baptist Denies Being the Christ

2.5 Jesus the Lamb of God

2.6 Jesus' First Disciples

2.7 Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

2.8 Jesus Changes Water to Wine

2.9 Jesus Clears the Temple

2.10 Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

2.11 John the Baptist's Testimony About Jesus

2.12 Imprisonment of John the Baptist

2.13 Jesus Talks with a Samaritan Woman

2.14 The Disciples Rejoin Jesus

2.15 Many Samaritans Believe

2.16 Jesus Returns to Galilee

2.17 Jesus Heals the Official's Son

2.18 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

2.19 Jesus Begins to Preach

III. The Year of Popularity

3.1 The Calling of the First Disciples

3.2 Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit

3.3 Jesus Heals Many

3.4 Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place

3.5 Jesus Heals the Sick

3.6 A Man With Leprosy

3.7 Jesus Heals a Paralytic

3.8 The Calling of Levi

3.9 Jesus Questioned About Fasting

3.10 The Healing at the Pool

3.11 Life Through the Son

3.12 Testimonies About Jesus

3.13 Lord of the Sabbath

3.14 Crowds Follow Jesus

3.15 The Appointing of the Twelve Apostles

The Sermon on the Mount (3.16-34)

3.16 The Beatitudes

3.17 Salt and Light

3.18 The Fulfillment of the Law

3.19 Murder

3.20 Adultery

3.21 Divorce

3.22 Oaths

3.23 An Eye for an Eye

3.24 Love for Enemies

3.25 Giving to the Needy

3.26 Prayer

3.27 Fasting

3.28 Treasures in Heaven

3.29 Do Not Worry

3.30 Judging Others

3.31 Ask, Seek, Knock

3.32 The Narrow and Wide Gates

3.33 A Tree and Its Fruit

3.34 The Wise and Foolish Builders

3.35 The Faith of the Centurion

3.36 Jesus Raises a Widow's Son

3.37 Jesus and John the Baptist

3.38 Rest for the Weary

3.39 Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman

3.40 Jesus in Galilee

3.41 Jesus and Beelzebub

3.42 The Sign of Jonah

3.43 Jesus' Mother and Brothers

3.44 The Parable of the Sower

3.45 A Lamp on a Stand

3.46 The Parable of the Growing Seed

3.47 The Parable of the Weeds

3.48 The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

3.49 The Parable of the Weeds Explained

3.50 The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl

3.51 The Parable of the Net

3.52 Jesus Calms the Storm

3.53 The Healing of a Demon-possessed Man

3.54 A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman

3.55 Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute

3.56 Jesus Rejected Again at Nazareth

4. The Year of Opposition

4.1 The Workers Are Few

4.2 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve

4.3 John the Baptist Beheaded

4.4 Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

4.5 Jesus Walks on the Water

4.6 Jesus Heals All Who Touch Him

4.7 Jesus the Bread of Life

4.8 Many Disciples Desert Jesus

4.9 Clean and Unclean

4.10 The Faith of the Canaanite Woman

4.11 The Healing of a Deaf and Mute Man

4.12 Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand

4.13 The Demand for a Sign

4.14 The Yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees

4.15 The Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida

4.16 Peter's Confession of Christ

4.17 Jesus Predicts His Death

4.18 The Transfiguration

4.19 The Healing of a Boy With a Demon

4.20 Jesus Again Predicts His Death

4.21 The Temple Tax

4.22 The Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven

4.23 A Brother Who Sins Against You

4.24 The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

4.25 The Cost of Following Jesus

4.26 Jesus Goes to the Feast of Tabernacles

4.27 Jesus Teaches at the Feast

4.28 Is Jesus the Christ?

4.29 Unbelief of the Jewish Leaders

4.30 The Woman Caught in Adultery

4.31 The Validity of Jesus' Testimony

4.32 The Children of Abraham

4.33 The Children of the Devil

4.34 The Claims of Jesus About Himself

4.35 Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind

4.36 The Pharisees Investigate the Healing

4.37 Spiritual Blindness

4.38 The Shepherd and His Flock

4.39 Jesus Sends Out the Seventy (or Seventy-two)

4.40 The Parable of the Good Samaritan

4.41 At the Home of Martha and Mary

4.42 Jesus' Teaching on Prayer

4.43 Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

4.44 Warnings and Encouragements

4.45 The Parable of the Rich Fool

4.46 Not Peace but Division

4.47 Repent or Perish

4.48 A Crippled Woman Healed on the Sabbath

4.49 The Unbelief of the Jews

4.50 The Narrow Door

4.51 Jesus' Sorrow for Jerusalem

4.52 Jesus at a Pharisee's House

4.53 The Parable of the Great Banquet

4.54 The Cost of Being a Disciple

4.55 The Parable of the Lost Sheep

4.56 The Parable of the Lost Coin

4.57 The Parable of the Lost Son

4.58 The Parable of the Shrewd Manager

4.59 The Rich Man and Lazarus

4.60 Sin, Faith, Duty

4.61 The Death of Lazarus

4.62 Jesus Comforts the Sisters

4.63 Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead

4.64 The Plot to Kill Jesus

4.65 Ten Healed of Leprosy

4.66 The Coming of the Kingdom of God

4.67 The Parable of the Persistent Widow

4.68 The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

4.69 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce

4.70 The Little Children and Jesus

4.71 The Rich Young Man

4.72 The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard

4.73 Jesus Again Predicts His Death

4.74 A Mother's Request

4.75 Blind Bartimaeus Receives His Sight

4.76 Zacchaeus the Tax Collector

4.77 The Parable of the Ten Minas

4.78 Mary Anoints Jesus at Bethany

5. The Passion Week

5.1 The Triumphal Entry

5.2 Jesus Curses the Fig Tree

5.3 Jesus Again Clears the Temple

5.4 Jesus Once More Predicts His Death

5.5 The Jews Continue in Their Unbelief

5.6 The Fig Tree Withers

5.7 The Authority of Jesus Questioned

5.8 The Parable of the Two Sons

5.9 The Parable of the Tenants

5.10 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet

5.11 Paying Taxes to Caesar

5.12 Marriage at the Resurrection

5.13 The Greatest Commandment

5.14 Whose Son is the Christ?

5.15 Jesus Accuses the Pharisees and the Teachers of the Law

5.16 The Widow's Offering

5.17 Signs of the End of the Age

5.18 The Day and Hour Unknown

5.19 The Parable of the Ten Virgins

5.20 The Parable of the Talents

5.21 The Sheep and the Goats

5.22 The Plot Against Jesus

5.23 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus

5.24 Preparations for the Last Supper

The Last Supper

5.25 Who is the Greatest?

5.26 Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet

5.27 Jesus Predicts Judas' Betrayal

5.28 The Lord's Supper

5.29 A New Command

5.30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial

5.31 Jesus Comforts His Disciples

5.32 Jesus the Way to the Father

5.33 Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

5.34 The Vine and the Branches

5.35 The World Hates the Disciples

5.36 The Work of the Holy Spirit

5.37 The Disciples' Grief Will Turn to Joy

5.38 Jesus Prays for Himself

5.39 Jesus Prays for His Disciples

5.40 Jesus Prays for All Believers

5.41 Gethsemane

5.42 Jesus Arrested

5.43 Jesus Taken to Annas

5.44 Peter's First Denial

5.45 The High Priest Questions Jesus

5.46 Peter's Second and Third Denials

5.47 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin

5.48 Judas Hangs Himself

5.49 Jesus Before Pilate

5.50 Jesus Before Herod

5.51 Jesus Again Before Pilate

5.52 Jesus Sentenced to be Crucified

5.53 The Soldiers Mock Jesus

5.54 The Crucifixion

5.55 The Death of Jesus

5.56 The Burial of Jesus

5.57 The Guard at the Tomb

6. The Last Forty Days

6.1 The Resurrection

6.2 Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene

6.3 Jesus Appears to the Other Women

6.4 The Guards' Report

6.5 On the Road to Emmaus

6.6 Jesus Appears to His Disciples

6.7 Jesus Appears to Thomas

6.8 Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

6.9 Jesus Reinstates Peter

6.10 The Great Commission

6.11 Final Instructions

6.12 The Ascension

6.13 The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost

6.14 Conclusion

Genealogical Tables of Jesus Christ

Genealogy of Jesus Christ according to Matthew

Genealogy of Jesus Christ according to Luke

Chronological Table of the Life of Christ

Index

Study Questions

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