Study Desk

Look at the ravens. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!

And if God cares so wonderfully for flowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you. Why do you have so little faith?

Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and he will give you everything you need.

Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God.

Then he touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised God!

Then Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? How can I illustrate it?

He also asked, "What else is the Kingdom of God like?

"There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.

And people will come from all over the world—from east and west, north and south—to take their places in the Kingdom of God.

Yes, today, tomorrow, and the next day I must proceed on my way. For it wouldn't do for a prophet of God to be killed except in Jerusalem!

Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you."

Hearing this, a man sitting at the table with Jesus exclaimed, "What a blessing it will be to attend a banquet in the Kingdom of God!"

In the same way, there is more joy in heaven over one lost sinner who repents and returns to God than over ninety-nine others who are righteous and haven't strayed away!

"No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to money."

Then he said to them, "You like to appear righteous in public, but God knows your hearts. What this world honors is detestable in the sight of God.

"Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in.

"The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.'

One of them, when he saw that he was healed, came back to Jesus, shouting, "Praise God!"

Has no one returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?"

One day the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will the Kingdom of God come?" Jesus replied, "The Kingdom of God can't be detected by visible signs.