Study Desk

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).

They left their nets immediately and followed him.

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

They were all amazed so that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him."

Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew's house, with James and John.

When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.

So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.

But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.

And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!"

When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast.

Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way.

So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him.

Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done.

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him.

He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach