Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Introduction xiii
Archbishop Of Canterbury Justin Welby If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? (Matthew 5:46) 1
Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? (Matthew 6:27) Barbara Brown Taylo 5
Why do you see the speck in your neighbor's eye, but do not notice the log in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3, NRSV) Adam Hamilto 9
You of little faith, why are you so afraid? (Matthew 8:26) Sarah Youn 13
Do you believe that I am able to do this? (Matthew 9:28) James Martin 17
What did you go out into the wilderness to see? (Matthew 11:7) Serene Jone 22
If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? (Matthew 12:11) Sister Rosemary Nyirumb 26
Who is my mother, and who are my brothers? (Matthew 12:48) Cardinal Donald Wuer 30
Why did you doubt? (Matthew 14:31) Nadia Bolz-Webe 33
Why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? (Matthew 15:3) Lauren Winne 37
What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? (Matthew 16:26) Jonathan L. Walto 41
If a man owns a hundred sheep, and one of them wanders away, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go to look for the one that wandered off? (Matthew 18:12) Michael W. Smit 45
Haven't you read that at the beginning the Creator "made them male and female"? (Matthew 19:4) Archbishop Charles Chapu 48
Why do you ask me about what is good? (Matthew 19:17) Cardinal George Pel 52
Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? (Matthew 23:17) Ellen T. Charr 56
Why are you bothering this woman? (Matthew 26:10) Sister Simone Campbel 60
Do you drink I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? (Matthew 26:53) Phyllis Tickl 64
My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46) Luke Power 68
Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, "Your sins are forgiven," or to say "Get up, take your mat and walk"? (Mark 2:9) Joel Housto 72
How can the guests of the bride- groom fast while he is with them? (Mark 2:19) Bishop Minerva G. Carcan 76
Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill? (Mark 3:4) Yvette Plunde 80
How can Satan drive out Satan? (Mark 3:23) Kate Braestru 84
What is your name? (Mark 5:9) Yolanda Pierc 89
Who touched my clothes? (Mark 5:30) Wilfredo De Jesu 93
Why all this commotion and wading? (Mark 5:39) Mihee Kim-Kor 96
Don't you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? (Mark 7:18) Rita Nakashima Broc 100
Why does this generation ask for a sign? (Mark 8:12) Carrie Newcome 105
Why are you talking about having no bread? (Mark 8:17) Walter Brueggeman 110
Who do people say I am? (Mark 8:27) Christian Wima 116
How long has he been like tins? (Mark 9:21) Mark Burnet 120
How can you make it salty again? (Mark 9:50) Barry C. Blac 124
Why do you call me good? (Mark 10:18) Marilynne Robinso 128
Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with? (Mark 10:38) Scott Cairn 132
What do you want me to do for you? (Mark 10:51) Gene Robinso 135
John's baptism-was it from heaven, or of human origin? (Mark 11:30) Paul Eli 139
Haven't you read this passage of Scripture? (Mark 12:10) Eugene Peterso 143
Whose image is this? And whose inscription? (Mark 12:16) Kwok Pui-La 147
Simon, are you asleep? Couldn't you keep watch for one hour? (Mark 14:37) Roger Lundi 151
Am I leading a rebellion that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? (Mark 14:48) Valerie Weaver-Zerche 155
Why were you searching for me? Didn't you know I had to be in my Father's house? (Luke 2:49) Mitali Perkin 159
Can the blind lead the blind? (Luke 6:39) Eugene Cho 163
Why do you call me, "Lord, Lord," and do not do what I say? (Luke 6:46) Lecra 167
Do you see this woman? (Luke 7:44) Otis Moss II 170
Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers? (Luke 10:36, RSV) Dhyanchand Car 173
Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? (Luke 11:11) Grace Ji-Sun Ki 177
Cardinal Timothy Dolan: Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? (Luke 13:2) 181
What is the kingdom of God like? What shall I compare it to? (Luke 13:18) Stephanie Paulsel 184
Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins and loses one. Doesn't she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? (Luke 15:8) Archbishop Blase Cupic 188
Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to give praise to God except the foreigner? (Luke 17:17-18) Naim Atee 192
When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? (Luke 18:8) Thomas Rosic 196
For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? (Luke 22:27) Sharon E. Watkin 200
Judas, are you betraying the Son of Manwirh a kiss? (Luke 22:48) Rudy Rasmu 204
Why are you troubled? (Luke 24:38) Samuel Rodriguez Jr 208
What do you want? (John 1:38) Archbishop Jose H. Gome 212
Woman, why do you involve me? (John 2:4) Spencer Reec 216
Do you not understand these things (John 3:10) Roma Downe 220
Will you give me a drink? (John 4:7) Alexia Salvatierr 223
Do you want to be healed? (John 5:6, ESV) Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholome 227
Does this offend you? (John 6:61) Sara Mile 231
You do not want to leave too, do you? (John 6:67) Neichelle R. Guidr 235
Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? (John 8:10) Amy Butle 239
What shall I say? "Farrier, save me from this hour"? (John 12:27) Richard Rodrigue 243
Do you understand what I have done for you? (John 13:12) Amy Gran 248
Will you really lay down your life for me? (John 13:38) WM. Paul Youn 250
My Father's house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? (John 14:2) Jamie Grac 254
Who is it you want? (John 18:4,7) Chris Tomli 258
Shall I not drink the cup the Father has given me? (John 18:11) Andrew Krivá 262
Why question me? (John 18:21) Gene Luen Yan 266
Woman, why are you weeping? Who is it you are looking for? (John 20:15) Keith Kristyn Gett 268
Friends, haven't you any fish? (John 21:5) Makoto Fujsmur 272
Simon, son of John, do you love me? (John 21:17) J. Ross Wagne 276
If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? (John 21:22) Rob Bel 279
Acknowledgments 285
Biblical Reference Guide 287
