The Difficult Words of Jesus Leader Guide World Book Day 2026 - Adult more than 400 years since

more than 400 years since its initial publication

keeping us content amid sinful inequities

we can be swayed by teachers or sayings that sound wise

We eat in restaurants that the kids choose

but theologian Tom Wright invites children to discover the many surprising ways in which the stories link to one another

The Difficult Words of Jesus Leader Guide World Book Day 2026 - Adult more than 400 years sinceJesus provided his disciples teachings for how to follow Torah, Gods word; he told them parables to help them discern questions of ethics and of human nature; he offered them beatitudes for comfort and encouragement. But sometimes Jesus spoke words that followers then and now have found difficult. He instructs disciples to hate members of their own families (Luke 14: 26), to act as if they were slaves (Matthew 20: 27), and to sell their belongings and