Study Desk

Each day, Jesus kept on teaching in the temple. So the chief priests, the teachers of the Law of Moses, and some other important people tried to have him killed.

One day, Jesus was teaching in the temple and telling the good news. So the chief priests, the teachers, and the nation's leaders

So they told Jesus, "We don't know who gave John the right to baptize."

So the owner sent another servant. The renters also beat him up. They insulted him terribly and sent him away without a thing.

The owner then said to himself, "What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!"

So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. Jesus asked, "What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do?

Jesus' enemies kept watching him closely, because they wanted to hand him over to the Roman governor. So they sent some men who pretended to be good. But they were really spies trying to catch Jesus saying something wrong.

Jesus knew that they were trying to trick him. So he told them,

The Sadducees did not believe that people would rise to life after death. So some of them came to Jesus

So the Lord isn't the God of the dead, but of the living. This means that everyone is alive as far as God is concerned.

David spoke of the Messiah as his Lord, so how can the Messiah be his son?"

People will be so frightened that they will faint because of what is happening to the world. Every power in the sky will be shaken.

So, when you see these things happening, you know that God's kingdom will soon be here.

So Jesus said to Peter and John, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat."

So Jesus told them: Foreign kings order their people around, and powerful rulers call themselves everyone's friends.

So I will give you the right to rule as kings, just as my Father has given me the right to rule as a king.

Jesus was in great pain and prayed so sincerely that his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood.

Jesus got up from praying and went over to his disciples. They were asleep and worn out from being so sad.

Jesus told them, "But now, if you have a moneybag, take it with you. Also take a traveling bag, and if you don't have a sword, sell some of your clothes and buy one. Do this because the Scriptures say, ‘He was considered a criminal.' This was written about me, and it will soon come true." The disciples said, "Lord, here are two swords!" "Enough of that!" Jesus replied. Jesus went out to the Mount of Olives, as he often did, and his disciples went with him. When they got there, he told them, "Pray that you won't be tested." Jesus walked on a little way before he knelt down and prayed, "Father, if you will, please don't make me suffer by having me drink from this cup. But do what you want, and not what I want." Then an angel from heaven came to help him. Jesus was in great pain and prayed so sincerely that his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood. Jesus got up from praying and went over to his disciples. They were asleep and worn out from being so sad. He said to them, "Why are you asleep? Wake up and pray that you won't be tested." While Jesus was still speaking, a crowd came up. It was led by Judas, one of the twelve apostles. He went over to Jesus and greeted him with a kiss. Jesus asked Judas, "Are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" When Jesus' disciples saw what was about to happen, they asked, "Lord, should we attack them with a sword?"

They said, "Tell us! Are you the Messiah?" Jesus replied, "If I said so, you wouldn't believe me.