Study Desk

John wore clothes made from camel's hair, had a leather belt around his waist, and ate locusts and wild honey.

This is what John preached to the people: "There is one coming after me who is greater than I; I am not good enough even to kneel down and untie his sandals.

When Jesus was walking by Lake Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew throwing a net into the lake because they were fishermen.

Jesus and his followers went to Capernaum. On the Sabbath day He went to the synagogue and began to teach.

The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught like a person who had authority, not like their teachers of the law.

As soon as Jesus and his followers left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.

Simon and his friends went to look for Jesus.

A man with a skin disease came to Jesus. He fell to his knees and begged Jesus, "You can heal me if you will."

Jesus felt sorry for the man, so he reached out his hand and touched him and said, "I will. Be healed!"

Immediately the paralyzed man stood up, took his mat, and walked out while everyone was watching him. The people were amazed and praised God. They said, "We have never seen anything like this!"

Later, as Jesus was having dinner at Levi's house, many tax collectors and "sinners" were eating there with Jesus and his followers. Many people like this followed Jesus.

When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw Jesus eating with the tax collectors and "sinners," they asked his followers, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"

One Sabbath day, as Jesus was walking through some fields of grain, his followers began to pick some grain to eat.

Jesus was angry as he looked at the people, and he felt very sad because they were stubborn. Then he said to the man, "Hold out your hand." The man held out his hand and it was healed.

Jesus left with his followers for the lake, and a large crowd from Galilee followed him.

When Jesus saw the crowds, he told his followers to get a boat ready for him to keep people from crowding against him.

Then Jesus went home, but again a crowd gathered. There were so many people that Jesus and his followers could not eat.

When his family heard this, they went to get him because they thought he was out of his mind.

And if Satan is against himself and fights against his own people, he cannot continue; that is the end of Satan.

No one can enter a strong person's house and steal his things unless he first ties up the strong person. Then he can steal things from the house.