Study Desk

While Jesus was going to Jerusalem, he took his twelve followers aside privately and said to them,

In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served. He came to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many people."

When Jesus and his followers were leaving Jericho, a great many people followed him.

As Jesus and his followers were coming closer to Jerusalem, they stopped at Bethphage at the hill called the Mount of Olives. From there Jesus sent two of his followers

When his followers saw this, they were amazed. They asked, "How did the fig tree dry up so quickly?"

The son answered, ‘I will not go.' But later the son changed his mind and went.

Which of the two sons obeyed his father?" The priests and leaders answered, "The first son." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you do.

When it was time for the grapes to be picked, he sent his servants to the farmers to get his share of the grapes.

So the man decided to send his son to the farmers. He said, ‘They will respect my son.'

The priests and leaders said, "He will surely kill those evil men. Then he will lease the vineyard to some other farmers who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."

"So I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to people who do the things God wants in his kingdom.

"The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

The king invited some people to the feast. When the feast was ready, the king sent his servants to tell the people, but they refused to come.

"But the people refused to listen to the servants and left to do other things. One went to work in his field, and another went to his business.

The king was furious and sent his army to kill the murderers and burn their city.

"After that, the king said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready. I invited those people, but they were not worthy to come.

They said, "Teacher, Moses said if a married man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and have children for him.

Once there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died. Since he had no children, his brother married the widow.

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

Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his followers,