Study Desk

And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking.

They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.

For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,

And when they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed him.

And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus,

but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus.

And amazement seized them all, and they glorified God and were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen extraordinary things today."

And they said to him, "The disciples of John fast often and offer prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink."

The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days."

And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.

But they were filled with fury and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

"Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man!

And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy to have you do this for him,

And when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and "God has visited his people!"

And when the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?'"

(When all the people heard this, and the tax collectors too, they declared God just, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

"To what then shall I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?

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

he said, "To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'