Study Desk

The man said, "Lord, be kind to my son. He suffers so much from the seizures he has. He often falls into the fire or into the water.

Jesus answered, "You people today have no faith. Your lives are so wrong! How long must I stay with you? How long must I continue to be patient with you? Bring the boy here."

But we don't want to upset these tax collectors. So do this: Go to the lake and fish. After you catch the first fish, open its mouth. Inside its mouth you will find a four-drachma coin. Take that coin and give it to the tax collectors. That will pay the tax for you and me."

"So God's kingdom is like a king who decided to collect the money his servants owed him.

He was not able to pay the money to his master, the king. So the master ordered that he and everything he owned be sold, even his wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

The master felt sorry for him. So he told the servant he did not have to pay. He let him go free.

All the other servants saw what happened. They felt very sorry for the man. So they went and told their master everything that happened.

So you should have given that other man who serves with you the same mercy I gave you.'

The master was very angry, so he put the servant in jail to be punished. And he had to stay in jail until he could pay everything he owed.

So they are no longer two, but one. God has joined them together, so no one should separate them."

Then the people brought their little children to Jesus so that he could lay his hands on them to bless them and pray for them. When the followers saw this, they told the people to stop bringing their children to him.

But when the young man heard Jesus tell him to give away his money, he was sad. He didn't want to do this, because he was very rich. So he left.

Peter said to him, "We left everything we had and followed you. So what will we have?"

So he said to them, ‘If you go and work in my field, I will pay you what your work is worth.'

So they went to work in the vineyard. "The man went out again about twelve o'clock and again at three o'clock. Both times he hired some others to work in his vineyard.

So take your pay and go. I want to give the man who was hired last the same pay I gave you.

"So those who are last now will be first in the future. And those who are first now will be last in the future."

So Jesus said to the sons, "You don't understand what you are asking. Can you drink from the cup that I must drink from?" The sons answered, "Yes, we can!"

So Jesus called the followers together. He said, "You know that the rulers of the non-Jewish people love to show their power over the people. And their important leaders love to use all their authority over the people.

There were two blind men sitting by the road. They heard that Jesus was coming by. So they shouted, "Lord, Son of David, please help us!"