Study Desk

God bless the coming kingdom of our ancestor David. Hooray for God in heaven above!"

From a distance Jesus saw a fig tree covered with leaves, and he went to see if there were any figs on the tree. But there were not any, because it wasn't the season for figs.

Then he taught the people and said, "The Scriptures say, ‘My house should be called a place of worship for all nations.' But you have made it a place where robbers hide!"

The chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses heard what Jesus said, and they started looking for a way to kill him. They were afraid of him, because the crowds were completely amazed at his teaching.

Everything you ask for in prayer will be yours, if you only have faith.

But they said to themselves, "Someday he will own this vineyard. Let's kill him! That way we can have it all for ourselves."

The Holy Spirit led David to say, ‘The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right side until I make your enemies into a footstool for you.'

If you are out in the field, don't go back for your coat.

It will be an awful time for women who are expecting babies or nursing young children.

It is like what happens when a man goes away for a while and places his servants in charge of everything. He tells each of them what to do, and he orders the guard to keep alert.

We could have sold this perfume for more than three hundred silver coins and given the money to the poor!" So they started saying cruel things to the woman.

But Jesus said: Leave her alone! Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing for me.

She has done all she could by pouring perfume on my body to prepare it for burial.

They were glad to hear this, and they promised to pay him. So Judas started looking for a good chance to betray Jesus.

The owner will take you upstairs and show you a large room furnished and ready for you to use. Prepare the meal there."

The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But it is going to be terrible for the one who betrays me. That man would be better off if he had never been born."

Then he said, "This is my blood, which is poured out for many people, and with it God makes his agreement.

When Jesus came back and found the disciples sleeping, he said to Simon Peter, "Are you asleep? Can't you stay awake for just one hour?

When Jesus returned to the disciples the third time, he said, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The time has come for the Son of Man to be handed over to sinners.

And at that time there was a prisoner named Barabbas. He and some others had been arrested for murder during a riot.