Study Desk

So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins." Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said,

As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at his tax collector's booth. "Follow me and be my disciple," Jesus said to him. So Levi got up and followed him.

So the Son of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!"

He looked around at them angrily and was deeply saddened by their hard hearts. Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand." So the man held out his hand, and it was restored!

Jesus instructed his disciples to have a boat ready so the crowd would not crush him.

He had healed many people that day, so all the sick people eagerly pushed forward to touch him.

Once again Jesus began teaching by the lakeshore. A very large crowd soon gathered around him, so he got into a boat. Then he sat in the boat while all the people remained on the shore.

Other seed fell among thorns that grew up and choked out the tender plants so they produced no grain.

so that the Scriptures might be fulfilled: ‘When they see what I do, they will learn nothing. When they hear what I say, they will not understand. Otherwise, they will turn to me and be forgiven.'"

but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced.

So they took Jesus in the boat and started out, leaving the crowds behind (although other boats followed).

So they arrived at the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gerasenes.

So Jesus gave them permission. The evil spirits came out of the man and entered the pigs, and the entire herd of about 2,000 pigs plunged down the steep hillside into the lake and drowned in the water.

So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.

pleading fervently with him. "My little daughter is dying," he said. "Please come and lay your hands on her; heal her so she can live."

She had heard about Jesus, so she came up behind him through the crowd and touched his robe.

Jesus realized at once that healing power had gone out from him, so he turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my robe?"

So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God.

So Herodias bore a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But without Herod's approval she was powerless,

for Herod respected John; and knowing that he was a good and holy man, he protected him. Herod was greatly disturbed whenever he talked with John, but even so, he liked to listen to him.