Study Desk

They are like children, sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, who say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.'

And other seed fell among the thorns, and when the thorns grew up with it, they choked it out.

And He said, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

And those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.

And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy, and these have no root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away.

And the seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of life, and do not bear ripe fruit.

And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd.

Now it happened that on one of those days He and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they set sail.

But as they were sailing along, He fell asleep, and a windstorm descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and in danger.

And they came to Him and woke Him up, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And He woke up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm.

And He said to them, "Where is your faith?" They were fearful and marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?"

And they were pleading with Him not to command them to go away into the abyss.

And when the demons came out of the man, they entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

And when the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and in the countryside.

And the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting down at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.

And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear. And He got into a boat and returned.

And as Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.

And Jesus said, "Who is the one who touched Me?" And while they were all denying it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are surrounding and pressing in on You."

Now they were all crying and lamenting for her, but He said, "Stop crying, for she has not died, but is asleep."

And they began laughing at Him, knowing that she had died.