Study Desk

Give, and it will be given to you; a good measure—pressed down, shaken together, and running over—will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you."

For each tree is known by its own fruit. Figs aren't gathered from thornbushes, or grapes picked from a bramble bush.

A good man produces good out of the good storeroom of his heart. An evil man produces evil out of the evil storeroom, for his mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with Him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for You to grant this,

For I too am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under my command. I say to this one, ‘Go!' and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!' and he comes; and to my slave, ‘Do this!' and he does it."

and sent them to the Lord, asking, "Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?"

When the men reached Him, they said, "John the Baptist sent us to ask You, ‘Are You the One who is to come, or should we look for someone else?'"

But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other: We played the flute for you, but you didn't dance; we sang a lament, but you didn't weep!

For John the Baptist did not come eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!'

Turning to the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she, with her tears, has washed My feet and wiped them with her hair.

So He said, "The secrets of the kingdom of God have been given for you to know, but to the rest it is in parables, so that Looking they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.

And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, welcome the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and depart in a time of testing.

As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who, when they have heard, go on their way and are choked with worries, riches, and pleasures of life, and produce no mature fruit.

For nothing is concealed that won't be revealed, and nothing hidden that won't be made known and come to light.

Therefore take care how you listen. For whoever has, more will be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."

When He got out on land, a demon-possessed man from the town met Him. For a long time he had worn no clothes and did not stay in a house but in the tombs.

For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was guarded, bound by chains and shackles, he would snap the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.

"Go back to your home, and tell all that God has done for you." And off he went, proclaiming throughout the town all that Jesus had done for him.

When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they were all expecting Him.