Study Desk

Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother.

Great fear swept the crowd, and they praised God, saying, "A mighty prophet has risen among us," and "God has visited his people today."

The disciples of John the Baptist told John about everything Jesus was doing. So John called for two of his disciples,

For John the Baptist didn't spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He's possessed by a demon.'

One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat.

Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.

Then Jesus answered his thoughts. "Simon," he said to the Pharisee, "I have something to say to you." "Go ahead, Teacher," Simon replied.

Soon afterward Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and villages, preaching and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom of God. He took his twelve disciples with him,

Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's business manager; Susanna; and many others who were contributing from their own resources to support Jesus and his disciples.

"A farmer went out to plant his seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seed fell on a footpath, where it was stepped on, and the birds ate it.

His disciples asked him what this parable meant.

One day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's cross to the other side of the lake." So they got into a boat and started out.

His only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus went with him, he was surrounded by the crowds.

Coming up behind Jesus, she touched the fringe of his robe. Immediately, the bleeding stopped.

One day Jesus called together his twelve disciples and gave them power and authority to cast out all demons and to heal all diseases.

One day Jesus left the crowds to pray alone. Only his disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do people say I am?"

Jesus warned his disciples not to tell anyone who he was.

If anyone is ashamed of me and my message, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he returns in his glory and in the glory of the Father and the holy angels.

And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became dazzling white.

They were glorious to see. And they were speaking about his exodus from this world, which was about to be fulfilled in Jerusalem.