Study Desk

"I tell you, make friends for yourselves using worldly riches so that when those riches are gone, you will be welcomed in those homes that continue forever.

Besides, there is a big pit between you and us, so no one can cross over to you, and no one can leave there and come here.'

I have five brothers, and Lazarus could warn them so that they will not come to this place of pain.'

So be careful! "If another follower sins, warn him, and if he is sorry and stops sinning, forgive him.

"The tax collector, standing at a distance, would not even look up to heaven. But he beat on his chest because he was so sad. He said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

Some people brought even their babies to Jesus so he could touch them. When the followers saw this, they told them to stop.

He ran ahead to a place where Jesus would come, and he climbed a sycamore tree so he could see him.

So he called ten of his servants and gave a coin to each servant. He said, ‘Do business with this money until I get back.'

But the people in the kingdom hated the man. So they sent a group to follow him and say, ‘We don't want this man to be our king.'

"But the man became king. When he returned home, he said, ‘Call those servants who have my money so I can know how much they earned with it.'

So they brought it to Jesus, threw their coats on the colt's back, and put Jesus on it.

So they answered that they didn't know where it came from.

So the man sent a third servant. The farmers wounded him and threw him out.

So the farmers threw the son out of the vineyard and killed him. "What will the owner of this vineyard do to them?

So they watched Jesus and sent some spies who acted as if they were sincere. They wanted to trap Jesus in saying something wrong so they could hand him over to the authority and power of the governor.

So the spies asked Jesus, "Teacher, we know that what you say and teach is true. You pay no attention to who people are, and you always teach the truth about God's way.

So they were not able to trap Jesus in anything he said in the presence of the people. And being amazed at his answer, they became silent.

David calls the Christ ‘Lord,' so how can the Christ be his son?"

Jesus said, "Be careful so you are not fooled. Many people will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the One' and, ‘The time has come!' But don't follow them.

People will be so afraid they will faint, wondering what is happening to the world, because the powers of the heavens will be shaken.