Study Desk

The boy said, ‘Your brother has come back, and your father killed the best calf to eat. He is happy because he has his son back safe and sound.'

"The older son was angry and would not go in to the party. So his father went out and begged him to come in.

But he said to his father, ‘Look, for all these years I have worked like a slave for you. I have always done what you told me to do, and you never gave me even a young goat for a party with my friends.

"His father said to him, ‘Oh, my son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.

Jesus said to his followers, "Once there was a rich man. He hired a manager to take care of his business. Later, he learned that his manager was cheating him.

"Any man who divorces his wife and marries another woman is guilty of adultery. And the man who marries a divorced woman is also guilty of adultery."

Lazarus wanted only to eat the scraps of food left on the floor under the rich man's table. And the dogs came and licked his sores.

He was sent to the place of death and was in great pain. He saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his arms.

He called, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me! Send Lazarus to me so that he can dip his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am suffering in this fire!'

Jesus said to his followers, "Things will surely happen that will make people sin. But it will be very bad for anyone who makes this happen.

The servant should not get any special thanks for doing his job. He is only doing what his master told him to do.

Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to.

"On that day if a man is on his roof, he will not have time to go inside and get his things. If a man is in the field, he cannot go back home.

I tell you, God will help his people quickly. But when the Son of Man comes again, will he find people on earth who believe in him?"

I tell you, when this man finished his prayer and went home, he was right with God. But the Pharisee, who felt that he was better than others, was not right with God. People who make themselves important will be made humble. But those who make themselves humble will be made important."

Some people brought their small children to Jesus so that he could lay his hands on them to bless them. But when the followers saw this, they told the people not to do this.

But Jesus called the little children to him and said to his followers, "Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because God's kingdom belongs to people who are like these little children.

And you know his commands: ‘You must not commit adultery, you must not murder anyone, you must not steal, you must not tell lies about others, you must respect your father and mother ….'"

But when the man heard Jesus tell him to give away his money, he was sad. He didn't want to do this, because he was very rich.

They will beat him with whips and then kill him. But on the third day after his death, he will rise to life again."