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• Matthew 20

  Matthew 20 contains the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, Jesus' third prediction of his passion, the request of the mother of Zebedee's sons along with Jesus' teaching on service, and the healing of two blind men at Jericho.

• Healing of the Blind Man at Bethsaida

  The healing of the blind man at Bethsaida is a miracle in which Jesus spat on the eyes of a blind man in Bethsaida and laid his hands on him twice, restoring his sight in stages. Of the four Gospels, it appears only in Mark 8:22–26.

• Luke 18

  Luke 18 contains two parables about prayer (the unjust judge, and the Pharisee and the tax collector), Jesus' blessing of little children, his conversation with a rich ruler, a prediction of his passion, and the healing of a blind man near Jericho.

• Light of the World

  An expression Jesus used of himself (John 8:12) and of his disciples (Matthew 5:14). It denotes one who reveals God's truth and salvation to a world in darkness.

• Luke 7:22

  In this verse, when the imprisoned John the Baptist asks whether Jesus is "he that should come," Jesus answers by pointing to acts of healing and to the preaching of the gospel, which recall the prophecies of Isaiah. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of Jesus' messiahship, divine healing, and the gospel for the poor.

• Light to the Gentiles

  "Light to the Gentiles" is an expression in the Book of Isaiah indicating that the Servant of God was given a mission to bring the light of salvation beyond Israel to all nations. The New Testament applies it to Jesus Christ and to the preaching of the gospel.

• Matthew 18:18–19

  After describing how to deal with a brother who has sinned within the community, Jesus gives the disciples the authority to "bind and loose" and promises an answer to prayer in which two agree. The passage is frequently cited as a basis for church discipline, for united prayer, and for "binding" prayer, and its interpretation varies among denominations.

• Parable of the Two Sons

  The Parable of the Two Sons is a parable of Jesus found in Matthew 21:28-32. It contrasts a son who refused his father's request but afterward changed his mind and went to work with a son who said he would go but did not.

• Two Witnesses

  The Two Witnesses are two prophetic figures in Revelation 11 who prophesy for 1,260 days, are killed by the beast, and then come back to life and ascend to heaven. Interpreters differ over who they are.

• Two-Source Hypothesis

  The Two-Source Hypothesis holds that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke were written using both the Gospel of Mark and a hypothetical collection of the sayings of Jesus called "Q." It is one of the leading theories proposed to explain the Synoptic Problem.

• Two Kingdoms Doctrine

  The two kingdoms doctrine is a Protestant teaching holding that God governs the world in two ways: a spiritual government, through which he rules faith by his Word, and a temporal government, through which the state and the law preserve social order.

• The Two Natures of Christ

  The two natures of Christ is the doctrine that Jesus Christ possesses, in one person, both a truly divine nature (divinity) and a truly human nature (humanity). It was formally defined at the Council of Chalcedon in 451.

• The Widow's Two Mites

  The widow's two mites refers to the incident in which Jesus, watching at the treasury of the Temple in Jerusalem, saw a poor widow put in two mites, all that she had, and declared that she had put in more than anyone else. It is recorded in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.

• Matthew 18:20

  "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them" is a promise of Jesus. It is widely used to offer comfort that he is present even in small gatherings, although some interpreters note that its original context concerns the church's judgment and prayer.

• Feeding of the Five Thousand

  The Feeding of the Five Thousand is the event in which Jesus Christ fed a crowd of about five thousand men, not counting women and children, with five loaves of bread and two fish. It is recorded in all four Gospels.

• Lot's Daughters

  Lot's daughters are the two daughters of Lot who appear in Genesis 19. They escaped with their father when Sodom was destroyed and later bore sons by him, becoming the ancestors of the Moabites and the Ammonites.

• Sending of the Seventy

  An event in which Jesus appointed seventy others, apart from the Twelve, and sent them two by two ahead of him into every town he intended to visit. It is recorded only in Luke 10.

• Revelation 11:4

  A verse that identifies the "two witnesses" of Revelation 11 as "the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks." The imagery is drawn from the vision in Zechariah 4. Interpreters disagree about who the two witnesses are, and in Korea the verse has frequently been cited in the teachings of heretical groups.

• Tablets of the Covenant

  The Tablets of the Covenant are the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai. Scripture also calls them the tables of testimony and records that they were kept inside the Ark of the Covenant.

• Ezekiel 17

  Ezekiel 17 uses the parable of two eagles and a vine to rebuke the king of Judah for breaking his covenant with Babylon and relying on Egypt. The chapter closes with God's promise of restoration: He will plant a tender twig from the top of a cedar on a high mountain.