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			The Bible for this series The scripture text and readings are taken from the One Year Chronological Bible. This is the New Living Translation.* These are available online or the local Christian Book Store at a reasonable price. Having your own copy will make it much easier to follow and to do your daily Bible SNAP-shot devotional.
A Biblical Expedition into the Life and Teachings of the Son of God
1st Quarter - SNAP-shot Journal Volume ONE to be used with this section
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Start Date	Week #	Scripture References for Week		Chronological Bible Date	Memory Verse for Week from NLT*
January13, 2013	ONE The Origins of Jesus	Mark 1.1a Luke 1.1-4 John 1.1-18 Matthew 1.1-17 Luke 3.23b-38 Luke1.5-38		September 24	John 1.4 "The word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone."
January 20, 2013	TWO The Bridge of Life	Luke 1.39-80 Matthew 1.18-25 Luke 2.1-40		September 25	Luke 1.74-75 We have been rescued from our enemies so we can serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness for as long as we live."
January 27, 2013	THREE Growing Up Jesus	Matthew 2.1-23 Luke 2.41-53 Mark 1.1b-8 Matthew 3.1-12 Luke 3.1-18 Mark 1.9-11 Matthew 3.13-17 Luke 3.21-22		September 26	Luke 2.52 "Jesus grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and all the people."
February 3, 2013	FOUR First things 1st	Mark 1.12-14 Matthew 4.1-11 Luke 4.1-15 John 1.19-2.25		September 27	Luke 4.8 Jesus replied, "The Scriptures say, 'You must worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'"
February 10, 2013	FIVE Eternal Life	John 3.1-4.45 Luke 3.19-20		September 28	John 3.3 Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, unless you are born from above, you cannot see the Kingdom of God." or 'born again'
February 17, 2013	SIX The Synagogue Tour	Mark 1.14-15 Matthew 4.12-17 Luke 3.23a John 4.46-54 Luke 4.16-30 Mark 1.16-20 Matthew 4.18-22 Mark 1.21-28 Luke 4.31-37 Mark 1.29-34 Matthew 8.14-17 Luke 4.38-41 Mark 1.35-39 Luke 4.42-44 Matthew 4.23-25		September 29	Mark 1.15 "The time promised by God has come at last!" he announced. "The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!"
February 24, 2013	SEVEN Contrast & Choices	Luke 5.1-11 Mark 1.40-45 Matthew 8.1-4 Luke 5.12-16 Mark 2.1-12 Matthew 9.1-8 Luke 5.17-26 Mark 2.13-17 Matthew 9.9-13 Luke 5.27-32 Mark 2.18-22 Matthew 9.14-17 Luke 5.33-39		September 30	Matthew 9.17 "And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved."
March 3, 2013	EIGHT The Sabbath Question	John 5.1-47 Mark 2.23-28 Matthew 12.1-8 Luke 6.1-5 Mark 3.1-6 Matthew 12.9-14 Luke 6.6-11 Matthew 12.15-21		October 1	Mark 2.27-28 Then Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath. So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!"
March 10, 2013 Daylight Savings Begins	NINE Higher Standards to Live By	Mark 3.7-19 Luke 6.12-16 Matthew 5.1-12 Luke 6.17-26 Matthew 5.13-48 Luke 6.27-36 Matthew 6.1-4		October 2	Matthew 5.15-16 No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.
March 17, 2013	TEN Four Foundations to Build On	Matthew 6.5-7.6 Luke 6.37-42 Matthew 7.7-20 Luke 6.43-45 Matthew 7.21-29 Luke 6.46-49		October 3	Matthew 7.6 "Don't waste what is holy on people who are unholy. Don't throw your pearls to pigs! They will trample the pearls, then turn and attack you."
March, 24, 2013 Palm Sunday	ELEVEN The Results of Wisdom	Matthew 8.5-13 Luke 7.1-17 Matthew 11.1-19 Luke 7.18-35 Matthew 11.20.30 Luke 7.36-50		October 4	Matthew 11.28-30 Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light."
March 31, 2013 EASTER	TWELVE What Jesus Said	Luke 8.1-3 Mark 3.20-30 Matthew 12.22-45 Mark 3.31-35 Matthew 12.46-50 Luke 8.19-21 Mark 4.1-9 Matthew 13.1-9 Luke 8.4-8 Mark 4.10-20		October 5	Matthew 12.35 A good person produces good things from the treasury of a good heart, and an evil person produces evil things from the treasury of an evil heart.
April 7, 2013	THIRTEEN The Kingdom Explained	Matthew 13.10-23 Luke 8.9-18 Mark 4.21-29 Matthew 13.24-30 Mark 4.30-34 Matthew 13.31-52 Mark 4.35-41 Matthew 8.23-27 Luke 8.22-25		October 6	Luke 8.17 For all that is secret will eventually be brought into the open, and everything that is concealed will be brought to light and made known to all.
2nd Quarter - SNAP-shot Journal Volume TWO to be used with this section *Available in April of 2013*
Start Date	Week #	Scripture References		Chronological Bible Date	Memory Verse
April 14, 2013	ONE Jesus Changes Everything	Mark 5.1-20 Matthew 8.28-30 Luke 8.26-39 Mark 5.21-43 Matthew 9.18-26 Luke 8.40-56		October 7	Luke 8.48 "Daughter," he said to her, "your faith has made you well. Go in peace."
April 21, 2013	TWO Choosing Sides	Matthew 9.27-34 Mark 6.1-6 Matthew 13.53-58 Matthew 9.35-38 Mark 6.7-13 Matthew 10.1-42 Luke 9.1-6		October 8	Mark 6.5-6 And because of their unbelief, he couldn't do any miracles among them except to place his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their unbelief.
April 28, 2013	THREE Order from Chaos	Luke 9.7-9 Mark 6.14-29 Matthew 14.1-21 Mark 6.30-44 Luke 9.10-17 John 6.1-15 Mark 6.45-52 Matthew 14.22-33 John 6.16-21 Mark 6.53-56 Matthew 14.34-36		October 9	Matthew 14.27 But Jesus spoke to them at once. "Don't be afraid," he said. "Take courage. I am here!
May 5, 2013	FOUR Spiritual Food Last Longer	John 6.22-71 Mark 7.1-23 Matthew 15.1-20		October 10	John 6.40 For it is my Father's will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.
May 12, 2013 Mother's Day	FIVE People see what they want to see	Mark 7.24-30 Matthew 15.21-28 Mark 7.31-37 Matthew 15.29-31 Mark 8.1-10 Matthew 15.32-16.4 Mark 8.11-21 Matthew 16.5-12		October 11	Matthew 16.4 Only an evil, adulterous generation would demand a miraculous sign, but the only sign I will give them is the sign of the prophet Jonah." Then Jesus left them and went away.
May 19, 2013	SIX Seeing things Clearly	Mark 8.22-30 Matthew 16.13-20 Luke 9.18-20 Mark 8.31-9.1 Matthew 16.21-28 Luke 9.21-27 Mark 9.2-13 Matthew 17.1-13 Luke 9.28-36		October 12	Mark 8.34 Then, calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me.
May 26, 2013	SEVEN Battle Lines	Mark 9.14-29 Matthew 17.14-21 Luke 9.37-43a Mark 9.30-32 Matthew 17.22-23 Luke 9.34b-45 Matthew 17.24-27 Mark 9.33-37 Matthew 18.1-6 Luke 9.46-48 Mark 9.38-41 Luke 9.49-50 Mark 9.42-50 Matthew 18.7-35		October 13	Mark 9.35 He sat down, called the twelve disciples over to him, and said, "Whoever wants to be first must take last place and be the servant of everyone else.
June 2, 2013	EIGHT Confusion at the Festival	John 7.1-9 Luke 9.51-56 Matthew 8.18-22 Luke 9.57-62 John 7.10-8.20		October 14	John 8.19 "Where is your father?" they asked. Jesus answered, "Since you don't know who I am, you don't know who my Father is. If you knew me, you would also know my Father."
June 9, 2013	NINE Spiritual Priorities	John 8.21-59 Luke 10.1-11.13		October 15	John 8.31-32 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, "You are truly my disciples if you remain faithful to my teachings. And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
June 16, 2013 Father's Day	TEN People in Trouble	Luke 11.14-12.34		October 16	Luke 12.34 Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.
June 23, 2013	ELEVEN The Great Divide	Luke 12.35-13.21 John 9.1-41		October 17	Luke 12.51 Do you think I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I have come to divide people against each other!
June 30, 2013	TWELVE Getting into Heaven	John 10.1-42 Luke 13.22-14.24		October 18	John 10.27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
July 7, 2013	THIRTEEN The Servant's Heart	Luke 14.25-17.10 John 11.1-37		October 19	Luke 16.10 If you are faithful in little things, you will be faithful in large ones. But if you are dishonest in little things, you won't be honest with greater responsibilities.
*3rd* Quarter - SNAP-shot Journal Volume THREE to be used with this section *Available July 2013*
Start Date	Week #	Scripture References		Chronological Bible Date	Memory Verse
July 14, 2013	ONE	John 11.38-57 Luke 17.11-18.8		October 20	Luke 16.30 *Yes, it will be 'business as usual' right up to the day when the Son of Man is revealed.*
July 21, 2013	TWO	Luke 18.9-14 Mark 10.1-12 Matthew 19.1-12 Mark 10.13-16 Matthew 19.13-15 Luke 18.15-17 Mark 10.17-31 Matthew 19.16-30 Luke 18.18-30		October 21	Luke 18.14b *For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.*
July 28, 2013	THREE	Matthew 20.1-16 Mark 10.32-34 Matthew 20.17-19 Luke 18.31-34 Mark 10.35-45 Matthew 20.20-34 Mark 10.46-52 Luke 18.35-19.27		October 22	Mark 10.45 *For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.*
August 4, 2013	FOUR	Mark 14.3-9 Matthew 26.6-13 John 12.1-11 Mark 11.1-11 Matthew 21.1-11 Luke 19.28-40 John 12.12-19 Luke 19.41-44 John 12.20-36		October 23	Mark 14.7 *You will always have the poor among you, and you can help them whenever you want to. But you will not always have me.*
August 11, 2013	FIVE	John 12.37-50 Mark 11.12-14 Matthew 21.18-22 Mark 11.15-19 Matthew 21.12-17 Luke 19.45-48 Mark 11.20-33 Matthew 21.13-27 Luke 20.1-8		October 24	John 12.47-48 I will not judge those who hear me but don't obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it. But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken.
August 18, 2013	SIX	Matthew 21.28-32 Mark 12.1-12 Matthew 21.33-46 Luke 20.9-19 Matthew 22.1-14 Mark 12.13-17 Matthew 22.15-22 Luke 20.20-26 Mark 12.18-27 Matthew 22.23-33 Luke 20.27-40		October 25	Mark 12.17 *"Well, then," Jesus said, "give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God."*
August 25, 2013	SEVEN	Mark 12.28-34 Matthew 22.34-40 Mark 12.35-37 Matthew 22.41-44 Luke 20.41-44 Mark 12.38-40 Matthew 23.1-12 Luke 20.45-47 Matthew 23.13-39 Mark 12.41-44 Luke 21.1-4		October 26	Matthew 22.37-39 'You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
September 1, 2013	EIGHT	Mark 13.1-23 Matthew 24.1-25 Luke 21.5-24 Mark 13.24-31 Matthew 24.26-35 Luke 21.25-33		October 27	Matthew 24.3 *Later, Jesus sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will all this happen? What sign will signal your return and the end of the world?"*
September 8, 2013	NINE	Mark 13.32-37 Matthew 24.36-51 Luke 21.34-38 Matthew 25.1-46		October 28	Matthew 25.39 To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away.
September 15, 2013	TEN	Mark 14.1-2 Matthew 26.1-5 Luke 22.1-2 Mark 14.10-11 Matthew 26.14-16 Luke 22.3-6 Mark 14.12-16 Matthew 26.17-19 Luke 22.7-13 John 13.1-17 Mark 14.17-26 Matthew 26.20-30 Luke 22.14-30 John 13.18-30		October 29	Luke 22.26 *But among you it will be different. Those who are the greatest among you should take the lowest rank, and the leader should be like a servant.*
September 22, 2013	ELEVEN	John 13.31-38 Mark 14.27-31 Matthew 26.31-35 Luke22.31-38 John 14.1-15.17		October 30	John 13.34-35 So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.
September 29, 2013	TWELVE	John 15.18-17.26		October 31	John 17.21 *I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one–as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.*
October 6, 2013	THIRTEEN	John 18.1-2 Mark 14.32-42 Matthew 26.47-46 Luke 22.39-46 Mark 14.43-52 Matthew 26.47-56 Luke 22.47-53 John 18.3-24		November 1	Matthew 26.41 *Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!*
4th Quarter - SNAP-shot Journal Volume FOUR to be used with this section *Available October 2013*
Start Date	Week #	Scripture References		Chronological Bible Date	Memory Verse
October 13, 2013	ONE	Mark 14.53-65 Matthew 26.57-68 Mark 14.66-72 Matthew 26.69-75 Luke 22.54-62 John 18.25-27 Mark 15.1 Matthew 27.1-2 Luke 22.66-71 Matthew 27.3-10		November 2
October 20, 2013	TWO	Mark 15.2-5 Matthew 27.11-14 Luke 23.1-12 John 18.28-40 Mark 15.6-15 Matthew 27.15-26 Luke 23.13-25 John 19.1-16 Mark 15.16-20 Matthew 27.27-31 Luke 22.63-65		November 3
October 27, 2013	THREE	Mark 15.21-24 Matthew 27.32-34 Luke 23.26-31 John 19.17 Mark 15.25-32 Matthew 27.35-44 Luke 23.32-43 John 19.18-27 Mark 15.33-41 Matthew 27.45-56 Luke 23.44-49 John 19.28-37		November 4
November 3, 2013	FOUR	Mark 15.42-47 Matthew 27.57-61 Luke 23.50-56 John 19.38-42 Matthew 27.62-66 Mark 16.1-8 Matthew 28.1-7 Luke 24.1-12 Mark 16.9-11 John 20.1-18 Matthew 28.8-15		November 5
November 10, 2013	FIVE	Luke 24.13-43 Mark 16.12-13 John 20.19-23 Mark 16.14 John 20.24-21.25 Matthew 28.16-20 Mark16.15-18 Luke 24.44-49		November 6
November 17, 2013	SIX	Mark 16.19-20 Luke 24.50-53 Acts 1.1-2.47		November 7
November 24, 2013	SEVEN	To Be Announced		To Be Announced
December 1, 2013	EIGHT	To Be Announced		To Be Announced
December 8, 2013	NINE	To Be Announced		To Be Announced
December 15, 2013	TEN	To Be Announced		To Be Announced
December 22, 2013	ELEVEN	To Be Announced		To Be Announced
December 29, 2013	TWELVE	To Be Announced		To Be Announced
January 5, 2013	THIRTEEN	To Be Announced		To Be Announced

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