Study Desk

They were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

And Simon and his companions hunted for him.

When they found him, they said to him, "Everyone is searching for you."

He answered, "Let us go on to the neighboring towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is what I came out to do."

saying to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."

So many gathered around that there was no longer room for them, not even in front of the door; and he was speaking the word to them.

And as he sat at dinner in Levi's house, many tax collectors and sinners were also sitting with Jesus and his disciples—for there were many who followed him.

He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions."

Then he said to them, "The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath;

He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him;

for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him.

When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, "He has gone out of his mind."

"Truly I tell you, people will be forgiven for their sins and whatever blasphemies they utter;

for they had said, "He has an unclean spirit."

A crowd was sitting around him; and they said to him, "Your mother and your brothers and sisters are outside, asking for you."

And he said to them, "To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside, everything comes in parables;

But they have no root, and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

but the cares of the world, and the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it yields nothing.

For there is nothing hidden, except to be disclosed; nor is anything secret, except to come to light.

For to those who have, more will be given; and from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away."