Two by Two

“Jesus is a problem for the Romans. With pilgrims from everywhere setting up a tent city at the gates of Capernaum to see Jesus, tensions rise. Jesus officially sends the twelve apostles on an exciting but dangerous mission, causing Little James to ask why he hasn’t been healed.”

Judges 14, 1 Samuel 25, and 18 more

1. Matthew 6:12

   07:03-07:07

   Matthew mentions his Rabbi's teaching about asking God to forgive debts.

   1. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

2. Matthew 5:23-24

   07:28-07:36

   Matthew quotes Jesus' teaching about reconciliation before offering a sacrifice at the altar.

   1. 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
   2. 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

3. Judges 14

   20:08-20:11

   Thomas mentions Samson choosing his own wife while discussing his intentions to marry Ramah.

   1. 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines.
   2. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.
   3. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.
   4. 4 But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
   5. 5 ¶ Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him.
   6. 6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done.
   7. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well.
   8. 8 ¶ And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcase of the lion.
   9. 9 And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
   10. 10 ¶ So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
   11. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him.
   12. 12 ¶ And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
   13. 13 But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.
   14. 14 And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
   15. 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson’s wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father’s house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?
   16. 16 And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
   17. 17 And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
   18. 18 And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
   19. 19 ¶ And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.
   20. 20 But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.

4. 1 Samuel 25

   20:12-20:14

   Thomas mentions David choosing Abigail while discussing his intentions to marry Ramah.

   1. 1 And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
   2. 2 And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
   3. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
   4. 4 ¶ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep.
   5. 5 And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:
   6. 6 And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
   7. 7 And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.
   8. 8 Ask thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David.
   9. 9 And when David’s young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased.
   10. 10 ¶ And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
   11. 11 Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
   12. 12 So David’s young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.
   13. 13 And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
   14. 14 ¶ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
   15. 15 But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields:
   16. 16 They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
   17. 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
   18. 18 ¶ Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
   19. 19 And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal.
   20. 20 And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.
   21. 21 Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
   22. 22 So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
   23. 23 And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
   24. 24 And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
   25. 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
   26. 26 Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
   27. 27 And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
   28. 28 I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
   29. 29 Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
   30. 30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;
   31. 31 That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
   32. 32 ¶ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
   33. 33 And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
   34. 34 For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
   35. 35 So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person.
   36. 36 ¶ And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
   37. 37 But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
   38. 38 And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died.
   39. 39 ¶ And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
   40. 40 And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
   41. 41 And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
   42. 42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
   43. 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives.
   44. 44 ¶ But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.

5. Matthew 10:1-15

   36:12-43:10

   Jesus commissions the twelve apostles, giving them authority and instructions for their mission.

   1. 1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
   2. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
   3. 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;
   4. 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
   5. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
   6. 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
   7. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
   8. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
   9. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
   10. 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
   11. 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
   12. 12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
   13. 13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
   14. 14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
   15. 15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

6. Matthew 10:5-6

   37:41-37:46

   Jesus instructs the twelve to go only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

   1. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
   2. 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7. Matthew 10:7

   37:52-38:00

   Jesus tells the twelve to proclaim that 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand'.

   1. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8. Matthew 10:8

   38:01-38:06

   Jesus instructs the twelve to heal the sick and cast out demons.

   1. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

9. Matthew 10:1

   38:59-39:03

   Jesus grants the twelve authority to heal and cast out demons.

   1. And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

10. Matthew 10:9-10

    39:43-40:08

    Jesus instructs the twelve to take nothing for their journey, not even money or an extra tunic.

    1. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
    2. 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

11. Matthew 10:8

    40:24-40:27

    Jesus says 'Freely you received, freely give' regarding their authority.

    1. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

12. Matthew 10:11

    40:28-40:35

    Jesus tells them to find who is worthy in a town and stay there until they depart.

    1. And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

13. Matthew 10:14

    40:38-40:48

    Jesus instructs them to shake the dust off their feet if a town does not receive them.

    1. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

14. Matthew 24:14

    41:13-41:21

    Jesus explains that his message is for all who will hear it until the end of the age.

    1. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

15. Matthew 10:28

    42:12-42:15

    Jesus tells them not to fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.

    1. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

16. Matthew 10:1

    54:02-54:05

    James asks Jesus about his ability to heal with his condition.

    1. And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

17. Psalm 139:14

    56:40-56:46

    James mentions the 'song of David' that he is 'fearfully and wonderfully made'.

    1. I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

18. Job 1:21

    57:59-58:12

    Jesus quotes Job: 'The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord'.

    1. And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

19. Isaiah 35:6

    58:21-58:25

    Jesus references Isaiah's promise that the lame will leap like a deer.

    1. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

20. Psalm 3

    1:06:12-1:07:09

    The apostles recite Psalm 3 together before departing on their mission.

    1. 1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
    2. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
    3. 3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
    4. 4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
    5. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
    6. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
    7. 7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
    8. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.