Study Desk

"I have loved you," says the LORD . "But you ask, 'How have you loved us?' "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" the LORD says. "Yet I have loved Jacob,

"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me. "But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings.

"You have said harsh things against me," says the LORD . "Yet you ask, 'What have we said against you?'

Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent?

Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.

Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds of the air can perch in its shade."

She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.

"You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?' "

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled ; yet he liked to listen to him.

Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret.

What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?