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5. Jesus was a Teacher Who Taught by Placing People First

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Luke 13: 10-17 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, and a woman was there
who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at
all. When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your
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infirmity.” Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.
14 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue leader said to the people, “There
are six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.”
15 The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Doesn’t each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey
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from the stall and lead it out to give it water? Then should not this woman, a daughter of
Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set free on the Sabbath day from
what bound her?”
17 When he said this, all his opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the
wonderful things he was doing.

As Jesus would be walking along with huge crowds surrounding him, he would notice a poor blind man
yelling his name off in the distance. He noticed a woman touching his garments. Jesus paid attention to
people who sought him and needed him. He concentrated on people’s needs.
6. Jesus was a Teacher Who Challenged His Followers
Matthew 14:22-33 Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to
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the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a
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mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a
considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.
25 Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking
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on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said, and cried out in fear.
27 But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”
28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”
29 “Come,” he said.
Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw
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the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”
31 Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you
doubt?”
32 And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat
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worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

Jesus told those he taught to “Get out of your boat!” He asked them to sell all they had and follow Him.
As a great teacher, he asked his audience to RESPOND to his lessons and take some sort of action.

7. Jesus was a Teacher Who Taught with Authority and Purpose
On several occasions, Jesus was approached and questioned about his authority as a leader. In Luke’s
Gospel, Jesus was asked about his authority.

Luke 20:1-8 20 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good
news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. “Tell us by
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what authority you are doing these things,” they said. “Who gave you this authority?”

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