Study Desk

"The queen of the south will stand up with the people of this day on the day men stand before God. She will say that these people are guilty because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wise sayings of Solomon. And see, Someone greater than Solomon is here!

Then He got in a boat and sat down because so many people had gathered around Him. Many people were standing on the shore.

Some seeds fell between rocks. The seeds came up at once because there was so little ground.

When the sun was high in the sky, they dried up and died because they had no root.

But how great are your eyes because they see. How great are your ears because they hear.

Its root is not deep and it does not last long. When troubles and suffering come because of the Word, he gives up and falls away.

He said, ‘No, because if you pull out the weeds, the good grain will come up also.

And they were ashamed of Him and turned away because of Him. Jesus said to them, "One who speaks for God is shown no respect in his own town and in his own house."

He did not do many powerful works there because they did not put their trust in Him.

For Herod had taken John and put him in prison. It was because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.

Because her mother told her to do it, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist on a plate."

The king was sorry. But he said for it to be given because he had promised and because of those who were eating with him.

His followers came to Him. They said, "Did You know the proud religious law-keepers were ashamed and turned away because of You when they heard this?"

Then Jesus called His followers to Him. He said, "I pity these people because they have been with Me three days and they have no food. I do not want to send them home without food. They might get too weak as they go."

(*He said to them, "In the evening you say, ‘The weather will be good tomorrow because the sky is red.'

And in the morning you say, ‘We will have a storm today because the sky is red and the clouds are low.' You understand the things you see in the sky, but you cannot understand the special things you see these days!)

They started to think about it among themselves and said, "He said this because we forgot to bring bread."

Jesus said to him, "Simon, son of Jonah, you are happy because you did not learn this from man. My Father in heaven has shown you this.

If anyone wants to keep his life safe, he will lose it. If anyone gives up his life because of Me, he will save it.

Jesus said to them, "Because you have so little faith. For sure, I tell you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to over there,' and it would move over. You will be able to do anything.