Study Desk

The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people's reaction.

Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be severely punished."

"But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. You will be dragged into synagogues and prisons, and you will stand trial before kings and governors because you are my followers.

And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.

About an hour later someone else insisted, "This must be one of them, because he is a Galilean, too."

When they said that he was, Pilate sent him to Herod Antipas, because Galilee was under Herod's jurisdiction, and Herod happened to be in Jerusalem at the time.

Herod was delighted at the opportunity to see Jesus, because he had heard about him and had been hoping for a long time to see him perform a miracle.

Pilate argued with them, because he wanted to release Jesus.

Look at my hands. Look at my feet. You can see that it's really me. Touch me and make sure that I am not a ghost, because ghosts don't have bodies, as you see that I do."

to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

Jesus asked him, "Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this."

Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him.

But Jesus didn't trust them, because he knew all about people.

At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.

He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

Many Samaritans from the village believed in Jesus because the woman had said, "He told me everything I ever did!"

Then they said to the woman, "Now we believe, not just because of what you told us, but because we have heard him ourselves. Now we know that he is indeed the Savior of the world."

And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.

I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.

and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you.