Chapter 10

10:1-4, 5-15, 16-25, 26-33, 34-39, 40-42 Discuss with some young people about these events and this instruction. Help them to develop dramatic stories about these. Help them to act the stories for their friends and neighbours.

Help some children to make pictures that show these events.

10:1 What did Jesus do? For what purposes did he give authority? What do you think about those things?

10:2 Who are these people? What are their relationships?

10:3 Make a list of the people. What do you learn about Matthew and James? What do you think about those facts?

10:4 Make a list of the people. What do you learn about them? What do you think about that?

10:5 Who are the people that we read about? What might the instructions mean?

10:6 What must the disciples do? What might the picture language mean?

10:7 What should be the message? What might that mean?

10:8 Make a list of the things that the disciples must do. What should change? What should the disciples do about payment? What do you think about that?

10:9 What are the instructions? What difference might they make?

10:10 Make a list of the instructions. What do you think that they might mean? What should the people do? What do you think about all that?

10:11 What should the disciples do? What do you think about that?

10:12 Make a list of the instructions. What have you done that might be like that? How might the disciples feel because they should do that?

10:13 What should the disciples do? What will God do? What do you think about that?

10:14 What might happen? If that does happen, what must the disciples do? What might happen when they do that?

10:15 Express this in your own words. What might it mean for the people in that home or town?

10:16 Make a list of what the disciples should be like. What might this picture language mean? What do you think about that?

10:17 What will people do to the disciples? What must the disciples do? What do you think about all that?

10:18 Make a list of the things that will happen. What do you think about all that?

10:19 What should the disciples not do when someone arrests them? What do you think about that?

10:20 What will happen? What do you think that it might mean?

10:21 What will happen? What might be the reason why those things happen? What has happened that is like that?

10:22 What should you expect if you are God’s friend? What will you do because you know that?

10:23 What should the disciples do? Why was that? What time was available?

10:24 What do you learn about teachers and students? What do you think about that?

10:25 Express this in your own words. What do you think that it might mean?

10:26 Make a list of the facts. What should the disciples not do? What will change? What do you think about all that?

10:27 What are the instructions? What will happen when people follow them? What might be the reason why that is important?

10:28 Make a list of the things that you learn about fear. Why should you be afraid of God rather than of people?

10:29 Express this picture language in your own words. How does God consider a little bird? What do you think about that?

10:30 What does God do? Have you ever tried to do that? What difference might it make that you know that?

10:31 What do you learn? What difference might that make to you?

10:32 What does a person need to do? What difference will there be as a result? What will you do about that?

10:33 What might someone do? What difference would there be as a result? What will you do about that?

10:34 Why did Jesus come? What should you not expect? Why is that?

10:35 What will happen in families? Why is that?

10:36 What do you learn? What do you think about that?

10:37 Make a list of the facts. How suitable would you be to follow Jesus as a disciple? What do you think about that?

10:38 What should you do? What is true about you if you do not do that?

10:39 What will happen if you save your own life? What will happen if you lose your own life? What do you think about all this?

10:40 How can you speak to three people when you speak to one person? Who does that?

10:41 Express this in your own words. What do you think about the way in which God considers these actions?

10:42 How does a cup of water become valuable? Why might you want to be kind to Jesus’ disciples?