Study Desk

You could have at least put my money in the bank, so that I could have earned interest on it."

This is my blood, and with it God makes his agreement with you. It will be poured out, so that many people will have their sins forgiven.

But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true." All of Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.

Jesus replied, "We must go to the nearby towns, so that I can tell the good news to those people. This is why I have come."

Then he chose twelve of them to be his apostles, so that they could be with him. He also wanted to send them out to preach

Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven and blessed the food. Then he broke the bread and handed it to his disciples to give to the people. He also divided the two fish, so that everyone could have some.

You are good at rejecting God's commands so that you can follow your own teachings!

Some people brought their children to Jesus so that he could bless them by placing his hands on them. But his disciples told the people to stop bothering him.

The Law of the Lord also says that parents have to offer a sacrifice, giving at least a pair of doves or two young pigeons. So that is what Mary and Joseph did.

and the seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message. But the devil comes and snatches the message out of their hearts, so that they will not believe and be saved.

No one lights a lamp and puts it under a bowl or under a bed. A lamp is always put on a lampstand, so that people who come into a house will see the light.

My Father has given me everything, and he is the only one who knows the Son. The only one who really knows the Father is the Son. But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so that they can know him too.

No one lights a lamp and then hides it or puts it under a clay pot. A lamp is put on a lampstand, so that everyone who comes into the house can see the light.

so that they could catch him saying something wrong.

His master then told him, "Go out along the back roads and fence rows and make people come in, so that my house will be full.

But he said to his father, "For years I have worked for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even given me a little goat, so that I could give a dinner for my friends.

I know what I'll do, so that people will welcome me into their homes after I've lost my job."

I didn't know who he was. But I came to baptize you with water, so that everyone in Israel would see him.

God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die.

I don't depend on what people say about me, but I tell you these things so that you may be saved.