Study Desk

So Jesus told all the people to sit down on the ground.

Jesus knew what they were saying, so he said, "You have so little faith! Why are you arguing with each other about having no bread?

Why can't you understand that I'm not talking about bread? So again I say, ‘Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.'"

As the men watched, Jesus' appearance was transformed so that his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as light.

So I brought him to your disciples, but they couldn't heal him."

However, we don't want to offend them, so go down to the lake and throw in a line. Open the mouth of the first fish you catch, and you will find a large silver coin. Take it and pay the tax for both of us."

So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

So if your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It's better to enter eternal life with only one hand or one foot than to be thrown into eternal fire with both of your hands and feet.

But if you are unsuccessful, take one or two others with you and go back again, so that everything you say may be confirmed by two or three witnesses.

He couldn't pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.

One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day.

So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o'clock he did the same thing.

"So those who are last now will be first then, and those who are first will be last."

The disciples were amazed when they saw this and asked, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?"

So they finally replied, "We don't know." And Jesus responded, "Then I won't tell you by what authority I do these things.

So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.

So they grabbed him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and murdered him.

"So he sent other servants to tell them, ‘The feast has been prepared. The bulls and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the banquet!'

So the servants brought in everyone they could find, good and bad alike, and the banquet hall was filled with guests.