Study Desk

And when Jesus came to the port on the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, he was met by two lunatics,* who were just coming out of the cemetery. They were exceedingly vicious so that noman would dare to pass by that road.

So that what was said by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, who said,

Then they brought near to him a lunatic, who was also dumb and blind; and he healed him, so that the dumb and blind man could speak and see.

And many people gathered around him, so that he had to go up and sit in a boat, and all the people stood on the seashore.

For the heart of this people has become hardened, and their ears hear heavily, and their eyes are dull; so that they cannot see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts; let them return, and I will heal them.

It is the smallest of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is larger than all of the herbs; and it becomes a tree, so that the fowls of the sky come and nest in its branches.

So that it might be fulfilled which was said by the prophet, who said, I will open my mouth in parables, and I will bring out secrets hidden before the foundation of the world.

When it was evening, his disciples came to him, and they said to him, This is a lonely place, and it is getting late; dismiss the people so that the men may go to the villages and buy food for themselves.

So that the people wondered, to see the dumb speaking, and the maimed healed, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they praised the God of Israel.

Jesus answered and said to them, Elijah will come first, so that everything might be fulfilled.

And as he could not pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, together with his wife and children, and all that he had, so that he could pay.

All this happened, so that what was said by the prophet, might be fulfilled, who said,

For John came to you in a righteousness way, and you did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; but you, even though you saw, did not repent, so that later you may believe him.

Blind Pharisees! clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that their outside may also be clean.

So that all the blood of the righteous shed on the ground may come on you, from the blood of Abel the righteous down to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him, and fled.

Now the high priests and the elders and the whole council were seeking witnesses against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

And they were saying, He saved others, but he cannot save himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe in him.

He said to them, Let us walk to the neighboring towns and cities, so that I may preach there also; because I came for this.

But when he went out, he began to publish it still more, and to spread the word, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter the city openly, but he remained outside in a lonely place; and yet they came to him from every place.