Study Desk

So they looked for a way to arrest Jesus. But they were afraid to, because the people thought he was a prophet.

The king sent some servants to tell the invited guests to come to the banquet, but the guests refused.

But the guests did not pay any attention. Some of them left for their farms, and some went to their places of business.

The king asked, "Friend, why didn't you wear proper clothes for the wedding?" But the guest had no excuse.

Many are invited, but only a few are chosen.

Once there were seven brothers who lived here. The first one married, but died without having any children. So his wife was left to his brother.

"I am the God worshiped by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." He isn't the God of the dead, but of the living.

So obey everything they teach you, but don't do as they do. After all, they say one thing and do something else.

But none of you should be called a teacher. You have only one teacher, and all of you are like brothers and sisters.

If you put yourself above others, you will be put down. But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. You won't go in yourselves, and you keep others from going in.

You Pharisees and teachers of the Law of Moses are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You travel over land and sea to win one follower. And when you have done so, you make that person twice as fit for hell as you are.

You are in for trouble! You are supposed to lead others, but you are blind. You teach that it doesn't matter if a person swears by the temple. But you say that it does matter if someone swears by the gold in the temple.

You also teach that it doesn't matter if a person swears by the altar. But you say that it does matter if someone swears by the gift on the altar.

You blind leaders! You strain out a small fly but swallow a camel.

You Pharisees and teachers are show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You wash the outside of your cups and dishes, while inside there is nothing but greed and selfishness.

You Pharisees and teachers are in for trouble! You're nothing but show-offs. You're like tombs that have been whitewashed. On the outside they are beautiful, but inside they are full of bones and filth.

That's what you are like. Outside you look good, but inside you are evil and only pretend to be good.

You Pharisees and teachers are nothing but show-offs, and you're in for trouble! You build monuments for the prophets and decorate the tombs of good people.

But you prove that you really are the relatives of the ones who killed the prophets.