Study Desk

As the men were leaving Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, how good it is that we are here! We will make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (He did not really know what he was saying.)

and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name, welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me, also welcomes the one who sent me. For the one who is least among you all is the greatest."

"Do not try to stop him," Jesus said to him and to the other disciples, "because whoever is not against you is for you."

He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get everything ready for him.

Jesus said to him, "Anyone who starts to plow and then keeps looking back is of no use for the Kingdom of God."

Stay in that same house, eating and drinking whatever they offer you, for workers should be given their pay. Don't move around from one house to another.

"How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago sat down, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins!

And as for you, Capernaum! Did you want to lift yourself up to heaven? You will be thrown down to hell!"

Forgive us our sins, for we forgive everyone who does us wrong. And do not bring us to hard testing.'"

A friend of mine who is on a trip has just come to my house, and I don't have any food for him!'

For those who ask will receive, and those who seek will find, and the door will be opened to anyone who knocks.

Would any of you who are fathers give your son a snake when he asks for fish?

Or would you give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?

"Anyone who is not for me is really against me; anyone who does not help me gather is really scattering.

"When an evil spirit goes out of a person, it travels over dry country looking for a place to rest. If it can't find one, it says to itself, ‘I will go back to my house.'

As the people crowded around Jesus, he went on to say, "How evil are the people of this day! They ask for a miracle, but none will be given them except the miracle of Jonah.

In the same way that the prophet Jonah was a sign for the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign for the people of this day.

Your eyes are like a lamp for the body. When your eyes are sound, your whole body is full of light; but when your eyes are no good, your whole body will be in darkness.

But give what is in your cups and plates to the poor, and everything will be ritually clean for you.

"How terrible for you Pharisees! You give to God one tenth of the seasoning herbs, such as mint and rue and all the other herbs, but you neglect justice and love for God. These you should practice, without neglecting the others.