Study Desk

"But the farmers said to each other, ‘This son will inherit the vineyard. If we kill him, it will be ours.'

The Jewish leaders knew that the story was about them. So they wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of the people. So the leaders left him and went away.

Should we pay them, or not?" But knowing what these men were really trying to do, Jesus said to them, "Why are you trying to trap me? Bring me a coin to look at."

They said, "Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, then that man must marry the widow and have children for his brother.

So the second brother married the widow, but he also died and had no children. The same thing happened with the third brother.

But they cheat widows and steal their houses and then try to make themselves look good by saying long prayers. They will receive a greater punishment."

They gave only what they did not need. This woman is very poor, but she gave all she had; she gave all she had to live on."

But before these things happen, the Good News must be told to all people.

All people will hate you because you follow me, but those people who keep their faith until the end will be saved.

God has decided to make that terrible time short. Otherwise, no one would go on living. But God will make that time short to help the people he has chosen.

At that time, someone might say to you, ‘Look, there is the Christ!' Or another person might say, ‘There he is!' But don't believe them.

Earth and sky will be destroyed, but the words I have said will never be destroyed.

But they said, "We must not do it during the feast, because the people might cause a riot."

You will always have the poor with you, and you can help them anytime you want. But you will not always have me.

The Son of Man will die, just as the Scriptures say. But how terrible it will be for the person who hands the Son of Man over to be killed. It would be better for him if he had never been born."

But after I rise from the dead, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

Peter said, "Everyone else may stumble in their faith, but I will not."

But Peter insisted, "I will never say that I don't know you! I will even die with you!" And all the other followers said the same thing.

He prayed, "Abba, Father! You can do all things. Take away this cup of suffering. But do what you want, not what I want."

Stay awake and pray for strength against temptation. The spirit wants to do what is right, but the body is weak."