Study Desk

Leaving the synagogue, he went to Shim‘on's house. Shim‘on's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked him to do something for her.

They did this and took in so many fish that their nets began to tear.

So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; and they came and filled both boats to the point of sinking.

For astonishment had seized him and everyone with him at the catch of fish they had taken,

And as soon as they had beached their boats, they left everything behind and followed him.

Some men came carrying a paralyzed man lying on a bed. They wanted to bring him inside and lay him in front of Yeshua,

but they couldn't find a way to get him in because of the crowd. So they went up onto the roof and lowered him on his mattress through the tiles into the middle of the gathering, right in front of Yeshua.

Amazement seized them all, and they made a b'rakhah to God; they were awestruck, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today."

Next they said to him, "Yochanan's talmidim are always fasting and davvening, and likewise the talmidim of the P'rushim; but yours go on eating and drinking."

The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; and when that time comes, they will fast."

The Torah-teachers and P'rushim watched Yeshua carefully to see if he would heal on Shabbat, so that they could accuse him of something.

But he knew what they were thinking and said to the man with the shriveled hand, "Come up and stand where we can see you!" He got up and stood there.

But the others were filled with fury and began discussing with each other what they could do to Yeshua.

Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his talmidim was there with great numbers of people from all Y'hudah, Yerushalayim and the coast around Tzor and Tzidon; they had come to hear him and be healed of their diseases.

They came to Yeshua and pleaded earnestly with him, "He really deserves to have you do this,

They were all filled with awe and gave glory to God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us," and, "God has come to help his people."

and he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but the rest are taught in parables, so that they may look but not see, and listen but not understand .

As for what fell in the midst of thorns these are the ones who hear; but as they go along, worries and wealth and life's gratifications crowd in and choke them, so that their fruit never matures.

But what fell in rich soil — these are the ones who, when they hear the message, hold onto it with a good, receptive heart; and by persevering, they bring forth a harvest.

Then Yeshua's mother and brothers came to see him, but they couldn't get near him because of the crowd.