Study Desk

Now your home will be left completely empty. I tell you, you will not see me again until that time when you will say, ‘Welcome! God bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord.'"

"If you wanted to build a building, you would first sit down and decide how much it would cost. You must see if you have enough money to finish the job.

Some of the Pharisees asked Jesus, "When will God's kingdom come?" Jesus answered, "God's kingdom is coming, but not in a way that you can see it.

Then Jesus said to his followers, "The time will come when you will want very much to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not be able to.

"What do you want me to do for you?" He said, "Lord, I want to see again."

Jesus said to him, "You can see now. You are healed because you believed."

Then the man was able to see. He followed Jesus, thanking God. Everyone who saw this praised God for what happened.

He wanted to see who Jesus was. There were many others who wanted to see Jesus too. Zacchaeus was too short to see above the people.

So he ran to a place where he knew Jesus would come. Then he climbed a sycamore tree so he could see him.

The king said to him, ‘That's great! You are a good servant. I see that I can trust you with small things. So now I will let you rule over ten of my cities.'

He said, "Go into the town you can see there. When you enter the town, you will find a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it, and bring it here to me.

But Jesus said, "The time will come when all that you see here will be destroyed. Every stone of these buildings will be thrown down to the ground. Not one stone will be left on another."

"You will see armies all around Jerusalem. Then you will know that the time for its destruction has come.

Then people will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

In the same way, when you see all these things happening, you will know that God's kingdom is very near.

He agreed. Then he waited for the best time to hand him over to them. He wanted to do it when no one was around to see it.

"When you go into the city, you will see a man carrying a jar of water. Follow him. He will go into a house.

A servant girl saw him sitting there. She could see because of the light from the fire. She looked closely at Peter's face. Then she said, "This man was also with Jesus."

They covered his eyes so that he could not see them. Then they hit him and said, "Be a prophet and tell us who hit you!"

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very happy. He had heard all about him and had wanted to meet him for a long time. Herod wanted to see a miracle, so he was hoping that Jesus would do one.