Bible stories

Beloved by children, revered by Jews, Christians, and many others, Bible stories have long had a place in family religious worship, spiritual instruction, literature, and the cultural underpinnings of many societies. In many Christian churches, they are regular ingredients of Sunday School curricula. The underlying spiritual principles in many of these stories are being used in preaching and teaching for adults as well. The Tanakh (Old Testament for Christians) contains among others stories about the creation and fall of mankind, the covenant God established with Abraham, and the history of the 'Chosen People' of Israel. The New Testament in the Christian Bible contains stories about the life of Jesus Christ, the parables he told, and about the first period of apostolic activities.

Bible stories include:

Old Testament stories

• [The Creation]?
• [Adam and Eve]?
• [The Fall of Man]?
• [Cain and Abel]?
• [Noah and the Flood]?
• [The Covenant]?
• [The Three Visitors]?
• [The Offer of Abraham]?
• [Abraham and Melchizedek]?
• [The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah]?
• [Esau Sells his Birthright Blessing]?
• [Jacob's Dream at Bethel]?
• [Jacob Wrestle]?
• [Dinah and the Sechemites]?
• [Joseph in Egypt]?
• [Judah and Tamar]?
• [Pharaoh's Dreams]?
• [Joseph and the Famine]?
• [The Birth of Moses]?
• [The Ten Plagues]?
• [The Exodus]?
• [The Wanderings in the Desert]?
• [The Golden Calf]?
• [Moses Receives the Ten Commandments]?
• [Water From the Rock]?
• [The Twelve Spies]?
• [Balaam and the Donkey]?
• [Rahab and the Spies]?
• [The Fall of Jericho]?
• [The Sun Stands Still]?
• [The Judges]?, some of these:
  • [Deborah and Barak]?
  • [Samson and Delilah]?
  • Gideon?
• [Boaz and Ruth]?
• [David and Goliath]?
• [David and Johathan]?
• [David and Bathsheba]?
• [Absalom's Conspiracy]?
• [The Wisdom of Solomon]?
• [Solomon builds the Temple]?
• [The Queen of Sheba]?
• [Eliah on Mount Carmel]?
• [Eliah Taken up to Heaven]?
• [The Sunnamite's Son]?
• [The Healing of Naaman]?
• Hezekiah
• [The Exile]?
• [Nebuchadnezzar's Deam]?
• [Daniel in the Lion's Den]?
• [The Fiery Furnace]?
• [Jonah and the Fish]?
• [Esther and Mordechai]?
• [The Return to Jerusalem]?
• [The Building of the Second Temple]?

New Testament stories

• [The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold]?
• [The Birth of Jesus Foretold]?
• [The Shepherds and the Angels]?
• [The Tree Wise Men from the East]?
• [The Birth of Jesus]?
• [Jesus at the Temple]?
• [The Temptation of Jesus]?
• [The Wedding at Cana]?
• [The Healing of the Man who was Born Blind]?
• [The Healing of the Lepers]?
• [The Faith of the Centurion]?
• [The Healing of the Crippled Woman]?
• [The Rich Young Ruler]?
• [Zacheus the Tax Collector]?
• [The Healing of the Demon-possessed man]?
• [The Healing of the Sick Woman]?
• [The Triumphant Entry]?
• [The Healing at the Pool]?
• [The Healing of the Boy With an Evil Spirit]?
• [Peter's Confession]?
• [The Young Man from Nain]?
• [The Woman Caught in Adultry]?
• [The Woman at the Well]?
• [The Death and Resurrection of Lazarus]?
• [The Feeding of the Multitudes]?
• [Jesus Walks on the Water]?
• [The Transfiguration]?
• [Jesus Annointed at Bethany]?
• [Jesus Washes his Disciples' Feet]?
• The Last Supper
• [Jesus Agony at the Mount of Olives]?
• [The Betrayal and Arrest]?
• [The Trial of Jesus]?
• [Peter's Denials]?
• [The Crucifixion]?
• [The Resurrection]?
• [On the Road to Emmaus]?
• Jesus'Appearances?
• [Peter's Restoration]?
• [The Ascension]?

Parables told by Jesus

• [The Sower]?
• [The Good Samaritan]?
• [The Good Shepherd]?
• [The Lost Sheep]?
• [The Faithful Servant]?
• [The Lost Son]?
• [The Shrewd Manager]?
• [The Rich Fool]?
• [The Rich Man and Lazarus]?
• [The Persistent Widow]?
• [The Ten Virgins]?
• [The Great Banquet]?
• [The Two Sons]?
• [The Householder]?
• [The Marriage Feast]?
• [The Pharisee and the Tax Collector]?
• [The Lost Coin]?
• [The Talents]?
• [The Workers in the Vineyard]?
• [The Tenants]?

Acts of the Apostles

• [The Day of Pentecost]?
• [The Life of the Early Church]?
• [Ananias and Sapphira]?
• [Peter Heals the Crippled Beggar]?
• [The Stoning of Stephen]?
• Simon the Sorcerer
• [Philip and the Ethiopian]?
• [Saul's Conversion]?
• [Peter's Vision]?
• [Peter's Escape from Prison]?
• [The Council at Jerusalem]?
• [Paul and Silas in Prison]?
• [The Riot in Ephesus]?
• [Paul's Trials]?
• [The Shipwreck]?

There are related stories, which some people would not include in a list of Bible stories, that derive from the various Apocrypha:

• List of narratives from the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon.
• List of narratives from New Testament Apocrypha, especially the various Apocryphal Acts and Gospels.

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