Study Desk

Zacchaeus hurried and came down. He was happy to have Jesus in his house.

So he said, "A very important man was preparing to go to a country far away to be made a king. Then he planned to return home and rule his people.

So he called ten of his servants together. He gave a bag of money to each servant. He said, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.'

He came near Bethphage and Bethany, towns near the hill called the Mount of Olives. He sent out two of his followers.

When John baptized people, did his authority come from God or was it only from other people?"

Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent a servant to those farmers so that they would give him his share of the grapes. But they beat the servant and sent him away with nothing.

When the farmers saw the son, they said to each other, ‘This is the owner's son. This vineyard will be his. If we kill him, it will be ours.'

The men were amazed at his wise answer. They could say nothing. They were not able to trick Jesus there in front of the people. He said nothing they could use against him.

"Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry his widow. Then they will have children for the dead brother.

While all the people were listening to Jesus, he said to his followers,

The prophets wrote many things about the time when God will punish his people. The time I am talking about is when all these things must happen.

Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks that you please show us the room where he and his followers can eat the Passover meal.'

In the same way, after supper, Jesus took the cup of wine and said, "This wine represents the new agreement from God to his people. It will begin when my blood is poured out for you."

"Satan has asked to test you men like a farmer tests his wheat. O Simon, Simon,

Jesus left the city and went to the Mount of Olives. His followers went with him. (He went there often.) He said to his followers, "Pray for strength against temptation."

Jesus was full of pain; he struggled hard in prayer. Sweat dripped from his face like drops of blood falling to the ground.

When he finished praying, he went to his followers. He found them asleep, worn out from their grieving.

But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you using the kiss of friendship to hand over the Son of Man to his enemies?"

And one of them did use his sword. He cut off the right ear of the servant of the high priest.

They covered his eyes so that he could not see them. Then they hit him and said, "Be a prophet and tell us who hit you!"