Study Desk

They argued about this, saying, "If we answer, ‘John's baptism was from God,' Jesus will say, ‘Then why did you not believe him?'

Jesus said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and give to God the things that are God's."

In that life they are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from the dead.

Even Moses clearly showed that the dead are raised to life. When he wrote about the burning bush, he said that the Lord is ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

God is the God of the living, not the dead, because all people are alive to him."

Some people were talking about the Temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts offered to God. But Jesus said,

How terrible it will be for women who are pregnant or have nursing babies! Great trouble will come upon this land, and God will be angry with these people.

When these things begin to happen, look up and hold your heads high, because the time when God will free you is near!"

I will not eat another Passover meal until it is given its true meaning in the kingdom of God."

In the same way, after supper, Jesus took the cup and said, "This cup is the new agreement that God makes with his people. This new agreement begins with my blood which is poured out for you.

What God has planned for the Son of Man will happen, but how terrible it will be for that one who turns against the Son of Man."

But from now on, the Son of Man will sit at the right hand of the powerful God."

They all said, "Then are you the Son of God?" Jesus said to them, "You say that I am."

But the other criminal stopped him and said, "You should fear God! You are getting the same punishment he is.

When the army officer there saw what happened, he praised God, saying, "Surely this was a good man!"

But he had not agreed to the other leaders' plans and actions against Jesus. He was from the town of Arimathea and was waiting for the kingdom of God to come.

Jesus said to them, "What are you talking about?" They said, "About Jesus of Nazareth. He was a prophet who said and did many powerful things before God and all the people.

They stayed in the Temple all the time, praising God.

In the beginning there was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.