Study Desk

"Whoever hears these teachings of mine and does not obey them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

When Jesus finished speaking, the people were amazed at his teaching.

Jesus touched the man. He said, "I want to heal you. Be healed!" Immediately the man was healed from his leprosy.

The officer said, "Lord, my servant is very sick at home in bed. He can't move his body and has much pain."

Then Jesus said to the officer, "Go home. Your servant will be healed the way you believed he would." Right then his servant was healed.

When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he told his followers to go to the other side of the lake.

Jesus got into a boat, and his followers went with him.

Jesus got into a boat and went back across the lake to his own town.

Jesus ate dinner at Matthew's house. Many tax collectors and others with bad reputations came and ate with him and his followers.

The Pharisees saw that Jesus was eating with these people. They asked his followers, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and other sinners?"

So Jesus and his followers went with the man.

On the way, there was a woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. She came close behind Jesus and touched the bottom of his coat.

She was thinking, "If I can touch his coat, I will be healed."

Jesus said to his followers, "There is such a big harvest of people to bring in. But there are only a few workers to help harvest them.

God owns the harvest. Ask him to send more workers to help gather his harvest."

Jesus called his twelve followers together. He gave them power over evil spirits and power to heal every kind of disease and sickness.

Simon, the Zealot, Judas Iscariot (the one who handed Jesus over to his enemies).

"When you enter a city or town, find some worthy person there and stay in his home until you leave.

I have come to make this happen: ‘A son will turn against his father. A daughter will turn against her mother. A daughter-in-law will turn against her mother-in-law.

When Jesus finished these instructions for his twelve followers, he left there. He went to the towns in Galilee to teach the people and tell them God's message.