Study Desk

After he had looked around at everyone, he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his bad hand became completely well.

The next morning he called his disciples together and chose twelve of them to be his apostles.

Jesus and his apostles went down from the mountain and came to some flat, level ground. Many other disciples were there to meet him. Large crowds of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the coastal cities of Tyre and Sidon were there too.

Jesus looked at his disciples and said: God will bless you people who are poor. His kingdom belongs to you!

Soon Jesus and his disciples were on their way to the town of Nain, and a big crowd was going along with them.

The boy sat up and began to speak. Jesus then gave him back to his mother.

Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, "A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people."

In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, "I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you."

Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.

Soon after this, Jesus was going through towns and villages, telling the good news about God's kingdom. His twelve apostles were with him,

Joanna, Susanna, and many others had also used what they owned to help Jesus and his disciples. Joanna's husband Chuza was one of Herod's officials.

One day, Jesus and his disciples got into a boat, and he said, "Let's cross the lake." They started out,

Jesus and his disciples sailed across Lake Galilee and came to shore near the town of Gerasa.

The people went out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they also found the man. The demons had gone out of him, and he was sitting there at the feet of Jesus. He had clothes on and was in his right mind. But the people were terrified.

Just then the man in charge of the Jewish meeting place came and knelt down in front of Jesus. His name was Jairus, and he begged Jesus to come to his home

because his twelve-year-old child was dying. She was his only daughter. While Jesus was on his way, people were crowding all around him.

As soon as she came up behind Jesus and barely touched his clothes, her bleeding stopped.

Jesus called together his twelve apostles and gave them complete power over all demons and diseases.

There were about five thousand men in the crowd. Jesus said to his disciples, "Have the people sit in groups of fifty."

Jesus took the five loaves and the two fish. He looked up toward heaven and blessed the food. Then he broke the bread and fish and handed them to his disciples to give to the people.