Study Desk

"Go back home and tell people how much God has done for you." So the man went all over town telling how much Jesus had done for him.

So the apostles went out and traveled through all the towns, preaching the Good News and healing people everywhere.

Herod said, "I cut off John's head, so who is this man I hear such things about?" And Herod kept trying to see Jesus.

So the followers did this, and all the people sat down.

But the followers did not understand what this meant; the meaning was hidden from them so they could not understand. But they were afraid to ask Jesus about it.

Jesus knew what they were thinking, so he took a little child and stood the child beside him.

He said to them, "There are a great many people to harvest, but there are only a few workers. So pray to God, who owns the harvest, that he will send more workers to help gather his harvest.

Listen, I have given you power to walk on snakes and scorpions, power that is greater than the enemy has. So nothing will hurt you.

So I tell you, ask, and God will give to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will open for you.

So if Satan is divided against himself, his kingdom will not continue. You say that I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons.

But if I use the power of Beelzebul to force out demons, what power do your people use to force demons out? So they will be your judges.

Then the evil spirit goes out and brings seven other spirits more evil than it is, and they go in and live there. So the person has even more trouble than before."

"No one lights a lamp and puts it in a secret place or under a bowl, but on a lampstand so the people who come in can see.

So be careful not to let the light in you become darkness.

After Jesus had finished speaking, a Pharisee asked Jesus to eat with him. So Jesus went in and sat at the table.

So give what is in your dishes to the poor, and then you will be fully clean.

So you who live now will be punished for the deaths of all the prophets who were killed since the beginning of the world—

So many thousands of people had gathered that they were stepping on each other. Jesus spoke first to his followers, saying, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, because they are hypocrites.

"But God said to him, ‘Foolish man! Tonight your life will be taken from you. So who will get those things you have prepared for yourself?'

Jesus said to his followers, "So I tell you, don't worry about the food you need to live, or about the clothes you need for your body.