Study Desk

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 someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

"Abba, Father," he said, "everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will."

Yet even then their testimony did not agree.

Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon.

And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian."

Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he."

What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?

‘Even the dust of your town we wipe from our feet as a warning to you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God has come near.'

I tell you, even though he will not get up and give you the bread because of friendship, yet because of your shameless audacity he will surely get up and give you as much as you need.

Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.

Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!

"Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.

But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I've been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won't eventually come and attack me!'"

Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words.