Youth Memorization Challenge

Matthew
1   Geneology and Birth
2   Magi and Herod's rage
3   John the Pathmaker and Jesus' baptism
4   Jesus' temptation, preaching, and calling the disciples
5   Sermon on the Mount: Beatitudes and law
6   Sermon on the Mount: Self-righteousness and anxiety
7   Sermon on the Mount: Judging others, tree and fruit, house on the rock
8   Miracles: heals, stills, and casts out
9   Jesus forgives, eats, and restores
10 Jesus' sending, instructing, and warning
11 Jesus Preaches: about John, against cities, promising rest
12 Sabbath controversy, demon controversy, rebuke of Pharisees, and true brethren
13 Kingdom Parables: seeds, tares, treasure, pearl
14 John's death, feeding 5,000, walking on water
15 The Heart Defiles, Miracle for a Canaanite, 4,000 fed
16 Testing Jesus, Peter's Confession, Cost of Discipleship
17 Transfiguration, faith of a mustard seed, Jesus pays taxes
18 Greatest in the Kingdom, Church Discipline, parable of debtors
19 Divorce, Jesus loves the little children, first last/last first (rich young ruler)
20 First last/last first (workers in the vineyard, sons of Zebedee and mommy) sight for the blind
21 Triumphal Entry, Jesus drives out the money changers, parables about chief priests and Pharisees
22 Parable of the Wedding Feast, give Caesar Caesar's, answering Sadducees
23 Do as they say, not as they do, Eight Woes, Lament over Jerusalem
24 End Times: Signs, Faithful Slave
25 End Times: Parables of Virgins and Talents, Sheep and goats, care for "the least of these"
26 Jesus anointed, Last Supper, sleepy disciples, Jesus betrayed, Jesus before the high priest, Peter's denial
27 Judas' suicide, Jesus before Pilate, Barabbas released, Jesus mocked, scourged, crucified, and buried
28 Angel appears to Marys, Jesus appears to Marys, Chief priests lie, Great Commission

Mark
1.  Jesus baptized and tempted, calling disciples, preaching, healing and casting out.
2.  Jesus forgives and eats, A question about fasting, Lord of the Sabbath (grain)
3.  Lord of the Sabbath (healing a withered hand), appointing the 12, demon controversy, unforgivable sin, true brethren
4.  Parable of 4 soils told and explained, Kingdom parables (seed and mustard seed), Jesus stills the sea
5.  Jesus casts out (into pigs), heals hemorrhaging woman, and raises Jairus' daughter
6.  Hometown rejection, Jesus sending, instructing and warning, death of John the Baptist, 5,000 fed, walking on water
7.  Traditions vs. Word of God, the heart defiles, Miracle for a Gentile
8.  4,000 fed, Peter's Confession & rebuke, Cost of Discipleship
9.  Transfiguration, Tricky Exorcism, Death foretold, first last/ last first, warnings against stumbling
10. Divorce, Jesus loves the little children, first last/ last first (sons of Zebedee and rich young ruler), Death foretold, Blind Bart
11. Triumphal Entry, Marcan Sandwich: fig tree/cleansing the temple/fig tree, Jesus' Authority Questioned
12. Parable of the Vine-Growers, give Caesar Caesar's, answering Sadducees, Greatest Commandment, Widow's pennies
13. End Times: Signs, Tribulation, Be ready!
14. Jesus anointed, Last Supper, sleepy disciples, Jesus' betrayal & arrest, Jesus before the High Priest, Peter's Denial
15. Jesus before Pilate, Barabbus released, Jesus mocked, beaten, crucified, and buried
16. Marys find the empty tomb, the controversial ending

Luke
1.  John's miraculous birth foretold, Jesus' miraculous birth foretold, Mary's song, John's birth, Zacharias prophecies
2.  The Nativity, Simeon & Anna meet the Messiah, Jesus found in the temple
3.  John's preaching and imprisonment, Jesus' baptism and geneology
4.  Jesus tempted, Hometown rejection, Jesus heals & casts out
5.  Fishers of men, Jesus heals and forgives, Physician for the sick not the healthy, parable of old and new
6.  Lord of the Sabbath (grain & withered hand), calling the 12, Sermon on the Mount Luke's style: Beatitudes, Love Enemies, Judging, Tree & Fruit, House on the Rock
7.  Jesus heals the Centurion's slave, raises the widow's son, preaches about John, served by the sinful woman, parable of 2 debtors
8.  4 soils, True Brethren, Jesus stills the sea, casts out (into pigs), heals hemorrhaging woman, & raises Jairus' daughter
9.  Sending & Instructing, 5,000 fed, Peter's Confession, Cost of Discipleship, Transfiguration, Tricky Exorcism, least=greatest, Don't look back
10. 70 sent out, Good Samaritan, Mary & Martha
11. Lord's Prayer, Ask Seek Knock, demon controversy, Jesus greater than Solomon/Jonah, Woe to Pharisees & lawyers
12. Fear God not man, confess=confessed deny=denied, Don't worry, Be ready, Jesus divides
13. Repent! (2 tragedies & fruitless fig tree), healing on the Sabbath, Kingdom parables (mustard seed & leaven), narrow door, Lament for Jerusalem
14. Healing on the Sabbath, the humble are exalted, Parable of the Wedding Feast, Cost of Discipleship
15. Parables: Lost sheep, lost coin, Prodigal Son
16. Parable of the shrewd manager, no one can serve two masters, Rich man & Lazarus
17. Unworthy Slaves, 10 cleansed, the coming of the Son of Man
18. Parables: Persistent Prayer, Humility (prayer of the Pharisee vs. prayer of tax collector) Jesus loves the little children, Rich young ruler, death foretold, sight for the blind
19. Zaccheus repents, parable of nobleman entrusting his slaves, Triumphal Entry, Lament over Jerusalem, Jesus clears the Temple,
20. Jesus' authority questioned, parable of vine-growers, Give Caesar Caesar's, answering Sadduccees
21. Widow's pennies, End Times: Signs, Persecution, Be ready!
22. The Last Supper, least=greatest greatest=least, sleepy disciples, betrayal & arrest, Peter's denial, Jesus beaten, Jesus before council of elders
23. Jesus before Pilate, Herod, then Pilate again, Barabbas released, the thief's conversion, Jesus crucified & buried
24. Empty Tomb, A Bible lesson on the road to Emmaus, Jesus appears to disciples, Ascension

John
1.   Eternal Word became flesh, testimony and witness of John the Baptist, first disciples
2.   Water to wine, Jesus clears the temple
3.   You must be born again, God loved the world that hated Him, John exalts Christ
4.   Woman at the Well, Jesus heals an official's son
5.   Healing at Bethesda, Jesus' equality with God and authority, witnesses to Jesus
6.   5,000 fed, Jesus walks on water, "I am the Bread of Life"
7.   Jesus' provocative teaching at the feast, division among the people
8.   The adulterous woman, the Light of the world, the truth will set you free, "before Abraham was, I AM"
9.   Controversy over the man born blind
10. The Good Shepherd, "I and the Father are one"
11. Death and resurrection of Lazarus, "I am the resurrection and the life," Plot to kill Jesus
12. Mary anoints Jesus, The Triumphal Entry, Son of Man must be lifted up, people's unbelief, why Jesus came
13. Jesus washes the disciples' feet, Satan enters Judas, A New Commandment, Jesus predicts Peter's denial
14. "I am the way, the truth, and the life," Jesus promises the Holy Spirit 
15. Those who abide in the Vine bear fruit, The world will hate you
16. Jesus comforts his disciples: The coming Spirit, sorrow into joy, "I have overcome the world"
17. The High Priestly Prayer
18. Betrayal & arrest, Jesus before the High Priest, Peter's denial, Jesus before Pilate: "My Kingdom is not of this world"
19. Pilate's hesitant decision, Jesus flogged, mocked, crucified, & buried, fulfilled prophecy
20. Jesus appears to Mary then disciples, Doubting Thomas, the purpose of this book
21. Jesus appears on the seashore, Jesus questions Peter 3x and predicts Peter's death, a word from the author 

Acts
1.  The Holy Spirit Promised, Matthias chosen
2.  Pentecost
3.  Peter & John heal the lame and proclaim
4.  Peter & John deatained and Christ proclaimed, All things in common
5.  Ananias & Sapphira, Apostles imprisoned, freed by an angel, and proclaiming Christ, Gamaliel's intervention
6.  The Serving Seven, Plot against Stephen
7.  Stephen's speech & stoning
8.  Persecution & Preaching (In Samaria and to the Ethiopian)
9.  Paul's Amazing Coversion, Peter raises Tabitha
10. Salvation to the Gentiles: The visions of Cornelius and Peter
11. Peter reports to the church, the church in Antioch
12. Peter's angelic jailbreak, Herod's death
13. Paul and Barnabas sent on 1st missionary journey, Paul's sermon in Antioch of Pisidia
14. Paul and Barnabas drive from Iconium, worshipped and stoned in Lystra, appointing elders all the way back to Antioch (end of 1st journey)
15. The Jerusalem Coucil
16. Paul's 2nd missionary journey begins, Paul and Silas beaten and imprisoned, in Phillipi the jailhouse rock
17. Paul and Silas rejected in Thessalonica and accepted in Berea, Paul's sermon to philosophers (in the Areopagus)
18. Paul tried in Corinth, Paul's 3rd missionary journey begins, Apollos preaches boldly
19. The excorcism backfire, A riot in Ephesus
20. Paul's long & deadly sermon, Paul's speech to the Ephesian elders
21. Agabus prophecies, Paul goes to Jerusalem, makes a vow, & is arrested in the temple 
22. Paul's testimony before the mob in Jerusalem
23. Paul's clever move (Pharisees vs. Sadducees), The hungry murderers (foiled plot to kill Paul), Paul sent to Felix
24. Paul's trial before Felix: defending his innocence and his faith
25. Paul's trial before Festus: Paul appeals to Caesar, King Agrippa desires to hear Paul
26. Paul presents his testimony and the Gospel before Agrippa and Festus
27. Shipwreck on the way to Rome
28. Snake-bitten Paul heals at Malta, Paul arrives at Rome and preaches the Gospel unhindered   

Romans
1.  The Gospel is the power of God for salvation, God's wrath on unrighteousness
2.  God's impartial judgment, doers of the Law are justified,  true Circumcision
3.  God's faithfulness to the Jews, There is none righteous,  Justification by faith not Law
4.  Abraham justified by faith, the Promise realized by faith
5.  Peace with God, Death in Adam, Life in Christ,
6.  Dead to Sin, Alive to God, Slaves to Righteousness
7.  Released from the Law, the Law and Sin, battle of 2 natures
8.  Alive in the Spirit, Adopted and made heirs,  promised future glory, more than conquerors
9.  God's sovereign election
10. Righteousness by faith, not law, offered to all.
11. The Remnant, the Grafting, the Mystery
12. A Living Sacrifice, many gifts but one body, marks of a believer
13. Submission to Authorities, Fulfilling the Law through Love
14. Don't major on the minors (eating, days), Don't cause another to stumble
15. Christ as the example and the hope, Paul's ministry confession and desire to visit Rome
16. Personal greetings, a warning, Doxology

1 Corinthians
1.  Division in the church, The cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, only boast in the Lord
2.  Know nothing but Christ and Him crucified, Wisdom from the Spirit, not man
3.  God causes the growth, Each man's work tested by fire, You are a temple of God
4.  Stewards of the mysteries of God, What do you have that you did not receive?, Apostles as least of all men
5.  Sexual Immoraity, Judge those inside the church not those outside
6.  Lawsuits, You are not your own
7.  Marriage, Live as you are called
8.  Knowledge puffs up, food offered to idols