Study Desk

He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat."

When daylight came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated as apostles:

Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,

Then Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of His disciples was there, along with a great number of people from all over Judea, Jerusalem, and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon.

Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.

The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built.

But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell-and great was its destruction."

When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain. His disciples went with Him, accompanied by a large crowd.

As He approached the town gate, He saw a dead man being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a sizeable crowd from the town was with her.

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

A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. "A great prophet has appeared among us!" they said. "God has visited His people!"

So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, "Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?"

As she stood behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears and wipe them with her hair. Then she kissed His feet and anointed them with the perfume.

"A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.

Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.

One day Jesus said to His disciples, "Let us cross to the other side of the lake." So He got into a boat with them and set out.