Study Desk

When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to you with this question: ‘Are you the One who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?'"

This was written about him: ‘I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare the way for you.' Malachi 3:1

But the Pharisees and experts on the law refused to accept God's plan for themselves; they did not let John baptize them.)

They are like children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, ‘We played music for you, but you did not dance; we sang a sad song, but you did not cry.'

Then Jesus turned toward the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave me no water for my feet, but she washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

The seed that fell on rock is like those who hear God's teaching and accept it gladly, but they don't allow the teaching to go deep into their lives. They believe for a while, but when trouble comes, they give up.

When Jesus got out on the land, a man from the town who had demons inside him came to Jesus. For a long time he had worn no clothes and had lived in the burial caves, not in a house.

"Go back home and tell people how much God has done for you." So the man went all over town telling how much Jesus had done for him.

When Jesus got back to Galilee, a crowd welcomed him, because everyone was waiting for him.

A woman was in the crowd who had been bleeding for twelve years, but no one was able to heal her.

He said to them, "Take nothing for your trip, neither a walking stick, bag, bread, money, or extra clothes.

But Jesus said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have only five loaves of bread and two fish, unless we go buy food for all these people."

Then Jesus took the five loaves of bread and two fish, and looking up to heaven, he thanked God for the food. Then he divided the food and gave it to the followers to give to the people.

Those who want to save their lives will give up true life. But those who give up their lives for me will have true life.

When Moses and Elijah were about to leave, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good that we are here. Let us make three tents—one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (Peter did not know what he was talking about.)

But Jesus said to him, "Don't stop him, because whoever is not against you is for you."

When the time was coming near for Jesus to depart, he was determined to go to Jerusalem.

He sent some messengers ahead of him, who went into a town in Samaria to make everything ready for him.

I tell you, on the Judgment Day it will be better for the people of Sodom than for the people of that town.

"How terrible for you, Korazin! How terrible for you, Bethsaida! If the miracles I did in you had happened in Tyre and Sidon, those people would have changed their lives long ago. They would have worn rough cloth and put ashes on themselves to show they had changed.