1. The Early Ministry & Selection of Disciples
Lesson 6

2. Tax Collectors and Jesus
Matthew 9:9-13
For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
Luke 18:9-14
Luke 18:18, 22-26
Luke 19:1-10 | Zacchaeus
Matthew, Left all and followed Him (Luke 5:28)
Zacchaeus, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold (Luke 19:8).
Rich ruler of Luke 18 who went away sorrowfully, for he had great possessions.

3. The Healing of the Infirm John 5:1-18
Bethesda
House of mercy
Water allusions in scripture
John 4:10
Zechariah 14:8-9, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the eastern sea, and half of them toward the western sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. (14:9) And Jehovah shall be King over all the earth: in that day shall Jehovah be one, and his name one.”
Jeremiah 2:11-13 (“Has a nation changed its gods?”)
(Jeremiah 2:13) | For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

4. English Standard Version Maps
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5. The Healing of the Infirm John 5:1-18
Healing in the stirred waters
The explanation implies the healing was no longer available there at the time of the epistle writing.
John 5:5
38 Years with infirmity
John 9:1, 21 (of age)
Mark 5:25 (12 years, woman who touched Jesus’ garment)
Luke 13:11 (18 years, woman with disabling spirit)

6. The Healing of the Infirm John 5:1-18
John 5:6 | Do you want to be made well?
Luke 13:10-16

7. Healing on the Sabbath John 5:9 – That day was the Sabbath
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
John 9:14
Luke 6:6-11
Luke 13:14-16