The Company He Kept
Who Jesus Chose to Spend His Time With — and What His Choices Reveal About the Heart of God
Welcome. This is an eight-session Bible study that walks you through the dinner tables, roadside encounters, and unlikely friendships of Jesus Christ. He ate with tax collectors. He wept with a woman washing His feet. He rested at a well with a Samaritan nobody respected. He ate lunch with a man so short he had to climb a tree to see Him. He opened paradise to a thief dying beside Him. Every person He chose to be with tells us something about who God is — and who God wants to be with. Start with Session One and let each encounter reshape the way you think about grace.
The Journey
Eight Encounters, One Heart
Each session is designed to be read in one sitting. Take your time. Let each encounter teach you about the God who picks the people nobody else would.
The Tax Collector at the Table
Matthew Was Called While Collecting Taxes, and Jesus Sat With His Friends — Why Jesus Chose the Most Despised Man in Town
The Sinner in the Room — the Woman Who Wept on His Feet
Simon the Pharisee Hosted a Dinner and Didn't Offer Jesus Water for His Feet. The Woman Gave Him Her Tears.
The Samaritan Woman at the Well
Five Husbands, a Stranger at Noon, and the First Evangelist — Why Jesus Spent His Longest One-on-One Conversation With a Woman Nobody Respected
The Woman Caught in Adultery
The Mob Had Stones. Jesus Had a Question. And the One Whose Name Was About to Be Her Sin Became the One Whose Truth Set Her Free.
The Ten Lepers — and the One Who Came Back
All Ten Were Healed. One Returned. And He Was a Samaritan. What Gratitude Looks Like When It Crosses the Lines Culture Drew.
Zacchaeus — the Man in the Tree
Rich, Short, Hated, and Climbing — Why Jesus Invited Himself to the House of the Man Nobody Wanted to Eat With
The Thief on the Cross
With His Last Breath, a Dying Criminal Turned to a Dying King — and Jesus Didn't Ask for a Résumé. He Opened Paradise.
What His Company Means for You
If Jesus Chose These People, He Chose You — A Closing Word on Why the Guest List Was Never About Worthiness and Always About Welcome
After You Finish
When you've walked through all eight encounters, take time to reflect on who you see in each story. Because somewhere in the company Jesus kept, you'll find yourself — and the God who was never too holy to sit at your table.