GIGS (Groups Investigating God)
JESUS & WOMEN - POSSIBLE GIG PASSAGES

• Mary chosen to give birth to God's Son:
  Luke 1.26-56 (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• Jesus heals a woman with chronic hemorrhaging:
  Mark 5.25-34 (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• Jesus raises a widow's son:
  Luke 7.11-15 (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• A "sinful" woman's love is accepted and honored:
  Luke 7.36-50: (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• Women who supported Jesus' ministry:
  Luke 8.1-3 (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• Jesus raises a leader's daughter…but stops to care for and heal a non-assuming bleeding woman:
  Luke 8.40-56 (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• A woman leads her village to faith in Jesus:
  John 4.1-42 (NIV, NLT) (see esp. 1-26, 39-42)
  
  
• Jesus saves a woman caught (framed) in adultery:
  John 8.1-11 (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• A woman disciple praised for her desire to learn:
  Luke 10.38-42 (NIV, NLT)
  38 As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed them into her home. 39 Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord's feet, listening to what he taught. 40 But Martha was worrying over the big dinner she was preparing. She came to Jesus and said, "Lord, doesn't it seem unfair to you that my sister just sits here while I do all the work? Tell her to come and help me." 41 But the Lord said to her, "My dear Martha, you are so upset over all these details! 42 There is really only one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it--and I won't take it away from her."
  
  
• Jesus chooses a woman's health over "religiosity":
  Luke 13.10-17 (NIV NLT)
  
  
• Two sisters' and their dead brother:
  John 11.1-45 (NIV, NLT)
  
  
• A woman's spiritual identity not tied to husband!!!:
  Mark 12.18-27 (NIV, NLT*)
  
  
• A poor woman's extravagant gift:
  Mark 12.41-44 (NIV, NLT*)
  41 Jesus went over to the collection box in the Temple and sat and watched as the crowds dropped in their money. Many rich people put in large amounts. 42 Then a poor widow came and dropped in two pennies. 43 He called his disciples to him and said, "I assure you, this poor widow has given more than all the others have given. 44 For they gave a tiny part of their surplus, but she, poor as she is, has given everything she has."
  
  
• A woman's gift for Jesus' burial – an example forever!:
  Mark 14.1-9 (NIV NLT)