Stories
The narratives, parables, miracles and sermons of the Old and New Testaments, each with every passage that tells it.
Old Testament
Beginnings
Patriarchs
- Call of Abraham
- Covenant with Abraham
- Three visitors at Mamre
- Sodom and Gomorrah
- Sacrifice of Isaac
- Wife for Isaac
- Esau sells his birthright
- Isaac blesses Jacob
- Jacob’s ladder
- Jacob wrestles with God
- Joseph sold by his brothers
- Joseph and Potiphar’s wife
- Joseph interprets Pharaoh’s dreams
- Joseph makes himself known to his brothers
Exodus and the wilderness
- Birth of Moses
- Burning bush
- Plagues of Egypt
- Passover
- Crossing of the Red Sea
- Bitter water made sweet
- Manna and the quails
- Water from the rock
- Ten Commandments
- Golden calf
- Spies sent into Canaan
- Aaron’s rod that budded
- Bronze serpent
- Balaam’s donkey
- Moses recalls the journey from Horeb
- Moses sets out the law
- Blessings and curses
- Choose life
Joshua and the judges
- Rahab and the spies
- Crossing of the Jordan
- Walls of Jericho
- Sun stands still
- Joshua’s farewell
- Covenant at Shechem
- Deborah and Barak
- Call of Gideon
- Gideon’s fleece
- Gideon’s three hundred
- Trees choose a king
- Samson and Delilah
- Ruth
- Birth of Samuel
- Call of Samuel
- Ark and Dagon
Saul, David and Solomon
- Samuel’s farewell
- David anointed
- David and Goliath
- David and Jonathan
- David spares Saul
- Saul and the medium of Endor
- Ark brought to Jerusalem
- Promise to David
- David and Bathsheba
- Poor man’s ewe lamb
- Wise woman of Tekoa
- Death of Absalom
- Solomon asks for wisdom
- Judgment of Solomon
- Solomon’s prayer at the dedication of the Temple
- Queen of Sheba
Divided kingdom
- Flour and oil of the widow of Zarephath
- Son of the widow of Zarephath
- Elijah on Mount Carmel
- Elijah at Horeb
- Call of Elisha
- Prisoner who got away
- Naboth’s vineyard
- Elijah taken up into heaven
- Waters of Jericho healed
- Widow’s oil
- Shunammite’s son
- Death in the pot
- Hundred men fed with twenty loaves
- Naaman healed of leprosy
- Ax head that floated
- Bones of Elisha
- Thistle and the cedar
- Angel strikes the Assyrian camp
- Shadow on the sundial
- Book of the law found
Prophets
- Song of the vineyard
- Call of Isaiah
- Call of Jeremiah
- Jeremiah’s sermon in the Temple
- Linen loincloth
- Potter and the clay
- Wood of the vine
- Unfaithful bride
- Two eagles and the vine
- Lioness and her cubs
- Oholah and Oholibah
- Boiling pot
- Shepherds of Israel
- Valley of dry bones
- Nebuchadnezzar’s dream
- Three young men in the fiery furnace
- Writing on the wall
- Daniel in the lions’ den
- Susanna
- Bel and the dragon
- Jonah and the great fish
- Jonah at Nineveh
Return from exile and the Maccabees
Other books
New Testament
Infancy
- The Word made flesh
- Genealogy of Jesus
- Birth of John the Baptist foretold
- Annunciation
- Visitation
- Birth of John the Baptist
- Joseph’s dream
- Nativity
- Angels and the shepherds
- Presentation in the Temple
- Magi
- Flight into Egypt
- Massacre of the innocents
- Finding in the Temple
Beginning of the ministry
- Preaching of John the Baptist
- Baptism of Jesus
- Temptation in the wilderness
- First disciples
- Wedding at Cana
- Nicodemus
Ministry in Galilee
- Samaritan woman
- Official’s son
- In the synagogue at Nazareth
- Call of the fishermen
- Miraculous catch of fish
- Sermon on the Mount
- Lamp under a basket
- House built on rock
- Sermon on the Plain
- Cleansing of a leper
- Centurion’s servant
- Demoniac in the synagogue at Capernaum
- Peter’s mother-in-law
- Calming of the storm
- Demoniac of Gerasa
- Paralytic let down through the roof
- Call of Matthew
- New wine in old wineskins
- Raising of Jairus’ daughter
- Woman with a flow of blood
- Two blind men
- Mute demoniac
- Sending of the Twelve
- Widow’s son at Nain
- Children in the marketplace
- Two debtors
- Sick man at the pool of Bethesda
- Discourse on the work of the Son
- Man with a withered hand
- Blind and mute demoniac
- Jesus and Beelzebul
- Strong man bound
- Return of the unclean spirit
- Jesus’ mother and brothers
- Sower
- Seed growing by itself
- Weeds among the wheat
- Mustard seed
- Leaven
- Treasure hidden in a field
- Pearl of great price
- Net
- Death of John the Baptist
- Feeding of the five thousand
- Jesus walks on the water
- Bread of Life
- Canaanite woman’s daughter
- Deaf man with a speech impediment
- Feeding of the four thousand
- Blind man at Bethsaida
- Peter’s confession
- Transfiguration
- Possessed boy
- Coin in the fish’s mouth
- Discourse on the Church
- Lost sheep
- Unforgiving servant
Journey to Jerusalem
- Woman caught in adultery
- Light of the world
- Man born blind
- Good shepherd
- Sending of the seventy-two
- Good Samaritan
- Martha and Mary
- Friend at midnight
- Rich fool
- Barren fig tree
- Woman bent double
- Man with dropsy
- Lowest place at the feast
- Great supper
- Tower and the king at war
- Lost coin
- Prodigal son
- Dishonest steward
- Rich man and Lazarus
- Unprofitable servants
- Ten lepers
- Unjust judge
- Pharisee and the tax collector
- Raising of Lazarus
- Jesus blesses the children
- Rich young man
- Workers in the vineyard
- Blind man at Jericho
- Zacchaeus
- Pounds
In Jerusalem
- Entry into Jerusalem
- Cleansing of the Temple
- Withered fig tree
- Two sons
- Wicked tenants
- Wedding feast
- Tribute to Caesar
- Greatest commandment
- Woes against the scribes and Pharisees
- Widow’s mite
- Discourse on the end of the age
- Fig tree in leaf
- Watchful servants
- Faithful and wise servant
- Ten virgins
- Talents
- Sheep and the goats
Passion
- Anointing at Bethany
- Last Supper
- Washing of the feet
- Discourse at the Last Supper
- Prayer of Jesus for his disciples
- Agony in the garden
- Arrest of Jesus
- High priest’s servant’s ear
- Jesus before the Sanhedrin
- Peter’s denial
- Death of Judas
- Jesus before Pilate
- Jesus before Herod
- Crucifixion
- Burial of Jesus
- Guard at the tomb
Resurrection
- Empty tomb
- Appearance to Mary Magdalene
- Road to Emmaus
- Appearance to the disciples
- Doubting Thomas
- Catch of fish after the Resurrection
- Feed my sheep
- Great Commission
- Ascension
Early Church
- Matthias chosen
- Pentecost
- Peter at Pentecost
- Lame man at the Beautiful Gate
- Peter in Solomon’s Portico
- Peter and John before the Council
- Ananias and Sapphira
- Apostles freed from prison
- Seven chosen to serve
- Stephen before the Council
- Stoning of Stephen
- Simon the magician
- Philip and the Ethiopian
- Conversion of Paul
- Aeneas healed
- Tabitha raised
- Cornelius and Peter’s vision
- Peter in the house of Cornelius
- Peter freed from prison
- Elymas struck blind
- Paul at Antioch in Pisidia
- Lame man at Lystra
- Council of Jerusalem
- Slave girl at Philippi
- Earthquake at Philippi
- Paul at the Areopagus
- Sons of Sceva
- Riot at Ephesus
- Eutychus raised
- Paul’s farewell at Miletus
- Paul’s defense in Jerusalem
- Paul before Felix
- Paul before Agrippa
- Shipwreck
- Viper on Malta