Study Desk

So I tell you that on the day of judgment the people of Sodom will get off easier than you.

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

So the Son of Man is Lord over the Sabbath.

People are worth much more than sheep, and so it is right to do good on the Sabbath."

So God's promise came true, just as Isaiah the prophet had said,

The crowds were so amazed that they asked, "Could Jesus be the Son of David?"

So if Satan fights against himself, how can his kingdom last?

You are a bunch of evil snakes, so how can you say anything good? Your words show what is in your hearts.

So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said, "These people will listen and listen, but never understand. They will look and look, but never see.

The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they start worrying about the needs of this life and are fooled by the desire to get rich. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.

So God's promise came true, just as the prophet had said, "I will use stories to speak my message and to explain things that have been hidden since the creation of the world."

So he told them, "Every student of the Scriptures who becomes a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like someone who brings out new and old treasures from the storeroom."

and went to his hometown. He taught in their meeting place, and the people were so amazed that they asked, "Where does he get all this wisdom and the power to work these miracles?

So the people were very unhappy because of what he was doing. But Jesus said, "Prophets are honored by everyone, except the people of their hometown and their own family."

so much that he swore to give her whatever she wanted.

The king was sorry for what he had said. But he did not want to break the promise he had made in front of his guests. So he ordered a guard

That evening the disciples came to Jesus and said, "This place is like a desert, and it is already late. Let the crowds leave, so they can go to the villages and buy some food."

The people found out that he was there, and they sent word to everyone who lived in that part of the country. So they brought all the sick people to Jesus.

Jesus did not say a word. But the woman kept following along and shouting, so his disciples came up and asked him to send her away.

So I will call you Peter, which means "a rock." On this rock I will build my church, and death itself will not have any power over it.