Study Desk

People brought their small children to Jesus so that he could lay his hands on them to bless them. But the followers told the people to stop bringing their children to him.

Jesus saw what happened. He did not like his followers telling the children not to come. So he said to them, "Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because God's kingdom belongs to people who are like these little children.

The man was upset when Jesus told him to give away his money. He didn't want to do this, because he was very rich. So he went away sad.

He heard that Jesus from Nazareth was walking by. So he began shouting, "Jesus, Son of David, please help me!"

Jesus stopped and said, "Tell him to come here." So they called the blind man and said, "You can be happy now. Stand up! Jesus is calling you."

Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the Temple. He looked at everything in the Temple area, but it was already late. So he went to Bethany with the twelve apostles.

He saw a fig tree with leaves. So he went to the tree to see if it had any figs growing on it. But he found no figs on the tree. There were only leaves, because it was not the right time for figs to grow.

So Jesus said to the tree, "People will never eat fruit from you again." His followers heard him say this.

So I tell you to ask for what you want in prayer. And if you believe that you have received those things, then they will be yours.

When you are praying and you remember that you are angry with another person about something, forgive that person. Forgive them so that your Father in heaven will also forgive your sins."

So the leaders answered Jesus, "We don't know the answer." Jesus said, "Then I will not tell you who gave me the authority to do these things."

"Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent a servant to the farmers to get his share of the grapes.

So the man sent another servant. The farmers killed this servant. The man sent many other servants to the farmers. The farmers beat some of them and killed the others.

So they took the son, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him.

"So what will the man who owns the vineyard do? He will go and kill those farmers. Then he will lease the land to others.

When these Jewish leaders heard this story, they knew it was about them. They wanted to find a way to arrest Jesus, but they were afraid of what the crowd would do. So they left him and went away.

So the second brother married the woman. But he also died and had no children. The same thing happened with the third brother.

But all seven brothers had married her. So at the time when people rise from death, whose wife will she be?"

Jesus answered, "How could you be so wrong? It's because you don't know what the Scriptures say. And you don't know anything about God's power.

So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people. You Sadducees are so wrong!"