Study Desk

"You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf.

"There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?"

Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated; so also the fish, as much as they wanted.

So they gathered them up, and from the fragments of the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten, they filled twelve baskets.

When Jesus realized that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were terrified.

Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the land toward which they were going.

So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

So they said to him, "What sign are you going to give us then, so that we may see it and believe you? What work are you performing?

They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven'?"

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.

Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever."

And here he is, speaking openly, but they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Messiah?

They replied, "Surely you are not also from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet is to arise from Galilee."

They said this to test him, so that they might have some charge to bring against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger on the ground.

When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "Let anyone among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her."

When they heard it, they went away, one by one, beginning with the elders; and Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Jesus straightened up and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?"

They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What do you mean by saying, ‘You will be made free'?"