Study Desk

If you love only those who love you, why should you get a reward for that? Even the tax collectors do that.

Give us the food we need for today.

Yes, if you forgive others for the wrongs they do to you, then your Father in heaven will also forgive your wrongs.

"Don't save treasures for yourselves here on earth. Moths and rust will destroy them. And thieves can break into your house and steal them.

"The only source of light for the body is the eye. If you look at people and want to help them, you will be full of light.

"And why do you worry about clothes? Look at the wildflowers in the field. See how they grow. They don't work or make clothes for themselves.

If God makes what grows in the field so beautiful, what do you think he will do for you? It's just grass—one day it's alive, and the next day someone throws it into a fire. But God cares enough to make it beautiful. Surely he will do much more for you. Your faith is so small!

"Continue to ask, and God will give to you. Continue to search, and you will find. Continue to knock, and the door will open for you.

Yes, whoever continues to ask will receive. Whoever continues to look will find. And whoever continues to knock will have the door opened for them.

"Do any of you have a son? If he asked for bread, would you give him a rock?

Or if he asked for a fish, would you give him a snake? Of course not!

"Do for others what you would want them to do for you. This is the meaning of the Law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.

On that last Day many will call me Lord. They will say, ‘Lord, Lord, by the power of your name we spoke for God. And by your name we forced out demons and did many miracles.'

Then Jesus said to him, "Don't tell anyone about what happened. But go and let the priest look at you. And offer the gift that Moses commanded for people who are made well. This will show everyone that you are healed."

Jesus went to the city of Capernaum. When he entered the city, an army officer came to him and begged for help.

The officer answered, "Lord, I am not good enough for you to come into my house. You need only to give the order, and my servant will be healed.

The men who had the work of caring for the pigs ran away. They went into town and told the people everything that happened, especially about the men who had the demons.

Some of the teachers of the law heard what Jesus said. They said to themselves, "What an insult to God for this man to say that!"

The Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins. But how can I prove this to you? Maybe you are thinking it was easy for me to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven.' There's no proof that it really happened. But what if I say to the man, ‘Stand up and walk'? Then you will be able to see that I really have this power." So Jesus said to the paralyzed man, "Stand up. Take your mat and go home."

The people saw this and they were amazed. They praised God for letting someone have such power.