Study Desk

Here is what you have said: "It's foolish to serve the Lord God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying him and from going around looking sad?

But for you that honor my name, victory will shine like the sun with healing in its rays, and you will jump around like calves at play.

'Bethlehem in the land of Judea, you are very important among the towns of Judea. From your town will come a leader, who will be like a shepherd for my people Israel.'"

He told them, "Go to Bethlehem and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, let me know. I want to go and worship him too."

After the wise men had gone, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up! Hurry and take the child and his mother to Egypt! Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is looking for the child and wants to kill him."

When Herod found out that the wise men from the east had tricked him, he was very angry. He gave orders for his men to kill all the boys who lived in or near Bethlehem and were two years old and younger. This was based on what he had learned from the wise men.

"In Ramah a voice was heard crying and weeping loudly. Rachel was mourning for her children, and she refused to be comforted, because they were dead."

Joseph got up and left with them for Israel.

John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said, "In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.'"

They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the river.

And don't start telling yourselves that you belong to Abraham's family. I tell you that God can turn these stones into children for Abraham.

Jesus answered, "For now this is how it should be, because we must do all that God wants us to do." Then John agreed.

After Jesus had gone without eating for forty days and nights, he was very hungry.

God blesses those people who are treated badly for doing right. They belong to the kingdom of heaven.

You are like salt for everyone on earth. But if salt no longer tastes like salt, how can it make food salty? All it is good for is to be thrown out and walked on.

You are like light for the whole world. A city built on top of a hill cannot be hidden,

If your right eye causes you to sin, poke it out and throw it away. It is better to lose one part of your body, than for your whole body to end up in hell.

If your right hand causes you to sin, chop it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one part of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

You have been taught that a man who divorces his wife must write out divorce papers for her.

You know that you have been taught, "An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth."