Study Desk

As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.

Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.

"Return home and tell how much God has done for you." So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, "Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here."

The disciples did so, and everyone sat down.

A spirit seizes him and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions so that he foams at the mouth. It scarcely ever leaves him and is destroying him.

But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.

"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Now if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your followers drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light.

When Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee invited him to eat with him; so he went in and reclined at the table.

So you testify that you approve of what your ancestors did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.

So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, ‘For three years now I've been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven't found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'