Study Desk

"Caesar's," they replied. "Well, then," he said, "give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and give to God what belongs to God."

Jesus replied, "Your mistake is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God.

"But now, as to whether there will be a resurrection of the dead—haven't you ever read about this in the Scriptures? Long after Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had died, God said,

‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' So he is the God of the living, not the dead."

Jesus replied, "‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.'

And don't address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,' for only God in heaven is your Father.

And when you swear ‘by the Temple,' you are swearing by it and by God, who lives in it.

And when you swear ‘by heaven,' you are swearing by the throne of God and by God, who sits on the throne.

And he took a cup of wine and gave thanks to God for it. He gave it to them and said, "Each of you drink from it,

for this is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.

On the way, Jesus told them, "Tonight all of you will desert me. For the Scriptures say, ‘God will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'

who declared, "This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"

But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, "I demand in the name of the living God—tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God."

"Look at you now!" they yelled at him. "You said you were going to destroy the Temple and rebuild it in three days. Well then, if you are the Son of God, save yourself and come down from the cross!"

He trusted God, so let God rescue him now if he wants him! For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.'"

At about three o'clock, Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" which means "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?"

The Roman officer and the other soldiers at the crucifixion were terrified by the earthquake and all that had happened. They said, "This man truly was the Son of God!"

This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God. It began

This messenger was John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.

"The time promised by God has come at last!" he announced. "The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!"