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Give or Take by Louise Bourgeois
A Scullion at Christ Church College, Oxford by John Riley
Terracotta votives; marble finger (S 1492), from excavation at Asklepieion by unknown artists

You are the Body of Christ

1 Corinthians 12:12–31

Joseph interpreting Pharaoh’s dreams by Peter von Cornelius
The Triumph of Joseph by Hilaire Pader
Scenes from the life of Joseph from the Golden Haggadah (upper right: Pharaoh's dream; upper left: Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dream in front of his counsellors; lower right: Joseph ordering the arrest of Simeon; lower left: Joseph) by unknown artist

Joseph’s Rise to Power

Genesis 41

Saint Peter Paying the Tribute with a Piece of Silver Found in a Fish
The Tribute Money by Unknown German or North Italian Artist
The Tribute Money by Masaccio

The Tribute Money

Matthew 17:24–27

Supermarket No. 1 by Ben Shahn
Handball by Ben Shahn
Wheat Field by Ben Shahn

Plucking Grain on the Sabbath

Matthew 12:1–8; Mark 2:23–28; Luke 6:1–5

The Pharisee and the Publican by Jesus Mafa Project
Ecclesia and Synagoga, from the south transept portal of Strasbourg Cathedral by Unknown artist
The Pharisee and the Publican, from Tetraevangelion by Unknown artist

The Pharisee and Tax collector

Luke 18:9–14

Salome's dance; the death of St John the Baptist, from the 'Holkham Bible Picture Book' by Unknown English artist
Salome Dancing for Herod by Hans Horions
Costume Design for Oscar Wilde’s Salome by Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Exster

Salome’s Dance

Matthew 14:6–11; Mark 6:21–28

The testimony of scripture no. 1 by Colin McCahon
A Letter to Hebrews by Colin McCahon
A Letter to Hebrews (Rain in Northland) by Colin McCahon

A Question of Faith

Hebrews 11

The Course of Empire: Desolation by Thomas Cole
The Hymn to the Virgin Icon; Eπί Σοί Xαίρει…(In Thee Rejoiceth...), an icon depicting a multitude of scenes by Theodoros Poulakis
Alexander the Great as the Third King, from the Vision of Daniel by Adriaen Collaert after Maerten de Vos

Daniel’s Four Beasts

Daniel 7:1–8, 15–28

The Carrying of the Cross by Simone Martini
Second Station. Part of The Stations of the Cross / Lema Sabachthani (series) by Barnett Newman
Christ Carrying the Cross by Jan van Hemessen

Forfeit and Gain

Matthew 16:24–28; Mark 8:34–9:1; Luke 9:23–27

An illumination from the Stuttgarter Psalter
Valley of the Shadow of Death by Roger Fenton
The Parma Psalter by Unknown artist

The Lord is My Shepherd

Psalm 23

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