Study Desk

But his father said to the servants, "Hurry and bring the best clothes and put them on him. Give him a ring for his finger and sandals for his feet.

But he said to his father, "For years I have worked for you like a slave and have always obeyed you. But you have never even given me a little goat, so that I could give a dinner for my friends.

This other son of yours wasted your money on prostitutes. And now that he has come home, you ordered the best calf to be killed for a feast."

So the rich man called him in and said, "What is this I hear about you? Tell me what you have done! You are no longer going to work for me."

The master praised his dishonest manager for looking out for himself so well. That's how it is! The people of this world look out for themselves better than the people who belong to the light.

My disciples, I tell you to use wicked wealth to make friends for yourselves. Then when it is gone, you will be welcomed into an eternal home.

It is a terrible sin for a man to divorce his wife and marry another woman. It is also a terrible sin for a man to marry a divorced woman.

Jesus said to his disciples: There will always be something that causes people to sin. But anyone who causes them to sin is in for trouble. A person who causes even one of my little followers to sin

Servants don't deserve special thanks for doing what they are supposed to do.

When people say to you, "Look there," or "Look here," don't go looking for him.

At that time no one on a rooftop should go down into the house to get anything. No one in a field should go back to the house for anything.

For a while the judge refused to do anything. Finally, he said to himself, "Even though I don't fear God or care about people,

Won't God protect his chosen ones who pray to him day and night? Won't he be concerned for them?

I go without eating for two days a week, and I give you one tenth of all I earn."

The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up toward heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, "God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner."

Some people brought their little children for Jesus to bless. But when his disciples saw them doing this, they told the people to stop bothering him.

Jesus saw how sad the man was. So he said, "It's terribly hard for rich people to get into God's kingdom!

In fact, it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to get into God's kingdom."

"What do you want me to do for you?" "Lord, I want to see!" he answered.

The Son of Man came to look for and to save people who are lost."