Study Desk

The official got down on his knees and began begging, "Have pity on me, and I will pay you every cent I owe!"

The man got down on his knees and began begging, "Have pity on me, and I will pay you back."

Some Pharisees wanted to test Jesus. They came up to him and asked, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife for just any reason?"

That's why a man leaves his father and mother and gets married. He becomes like one person with his wife.

The Pharisees asked Jesus, "Why did Moses say that a man could write out divorce papers and send his wife away?"

Some people brought their children to Jesus, so that he could place his hands on them and pray for them. His disciples told the people to stop bothering him.

After Jesus had placed his hands on the children, he left.

Jesus said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? Only God is good. If you want to have eternal life, you must obey his commandments."

Jesus said to his disciples, "It's terribly hard for rich people to get into the kingdom of heaven!

Jesus answered: Yes, all of you have become my followers. And so in the future world, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, I promise that you will sit on twelve thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Israel.

As Jesus was telling what the kingdom of heaven would be like, he said: Early one morning a man went out to hire some workers for his vineyard.

After he had agreed to pay them the usual amount for a day's work, he sent them off to his vineyard.

He said he would pay them what was fair, if they would work in his vineyard.

"Because no one has hired us," they answered. Then he told them to go work in his vineyard.

As Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem, he took his twelve disciples aside and told them in private:

The Son of Man did not come to be a slave master, but a slave who will give his life to rescue many people.

Jesus was followed by a large crowd as he and his disciples were leaving Jericho.

Jesus felt sorry for them and touched their eyes. Right away they could see, and they became his followers.

When Jesus and his disciples came near Jerusalem, he went to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives and sent two of them on ahead.

But the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were angry when they saw his miracles and heard the children shouting praises to the Son of David.