Study Desk

The father instantly cried out, "I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!"

But Jesus took him by the hand and helped him to his feet, and he stood up.

for he wanted to spend more time with his disciples and teach them. He said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies. He will be killed, but three days later he will rise from the dead."

But they didn't answer, because they had been arguing about which of them was the greatest.

"Anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes not only me but also my Father who sent me."

John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone using your name to cast out demons, but we told him to stop because he wasn't in our group."

"But if you cause one of these little ones who trusts in me to fall into sin, it would be better for you to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone hung around your neck.

Salt is good for seasoning. But if it loses its flavor, how do you make it salty again? You must have the qualities of salt among yourselves and live in peace with each other."

But Jesus responded, "He wrote this commandment only as a concession to your hard hearts.

But ‘God made them male and female' from the beginning of creation.

and the two are united into one.' Since they are no longer two but one,

One day some parents brought their children to Jesus so he could touch and bless them. But the disciples scolded the parents for bothering him.

But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not murder. You must not commit adultery. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. You must not cheat anyone. Honor your father and mother.'"

This amazed them. But Jesus said again, "Dear children, it is very hard to enter the Kingdom of God.

Jesus looked at them intently and said, "Humanly speaking, it is impossible. But not with God. Everything is possible with God."

But many who are the greatest now will be least important then, and those who seem least important now will be the greatest then."

They will mock him, spit on him, flog him with a whip, and kill him, but after three days he will rise again."

But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink from the bitter cup of suffering I am about to drink? Are you able to be baptized with the baptism of suffering I must be baptized with?"

But I have no right to say who will sit on my right or my left. God has prepared those places for the ones he has chosen."

But among you it will be different. Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant,