Study Desk

I am going to be put to a hard test. And I will have to suffer a lot of pain until it is over.

Jesus said to them: Go tell that fox, "I am going to force out demons and heal people today and tomorrow, and three days later I'll be through."

But I am going on my way today and tomorrow and the next day. After all, Jerusalem is the place where prophets are killed.

Finally, he came to his senses and said, "My father's workers have plenty to eat, and here I am, starving to death!

I am no longer good enough to be called your son. Treat me like one of your workers.'"

The son said, "Father, I have sinned against God in heaven and against you. I am no longer good enough to be called your son."

Even if one of them mistreats you seven times in one day and says, "I am sorry," you should still forgive that person.

The Pharisee stood over by himself and prayed, "God, I thank you that I am not greedy, dishonest, and unfaithful in marriage like other people. And I am really glad that I am not like that tax collector over there.

The tax collector stood off at a distance and did not think he was good enough even to look up toward heaven. He was so sorry for what he had done that he pounded his chest and prayed, "God, have pity on me! I am such a sinner."

"You worthless servant!" the king told him. "You have condemned yourself by what you have just said. You knew that I am a hard man, taking what isn't mine and harvesting what I've not planted.

The owner then said to himself, "What am I going to do? I know what. I'll send my son, the one I love so much. They will surely respect him!"

Jesus replied: Don't be fooled by those who will come and claim to be me. They will say, "I am Christ!" and "Now is the time!" But don't follow them.

Peter said, "Lord, I am ready to go with you to jail and even to die with you."

Then they asked, "Are you the Son of God?" Jesus answered, "You say I am!"

Look at my hands and my feet and see who I am! Touch me and find out for yourselves. Ghosts don't have flesh and bones as you see I have."

John spoke about him and shouted, "This is the one I told you would come! He is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born."

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, "I am not the Messiah."

Then when they asked him if he were Elijah, he said, "No, I am not!" And when they asked if he were the Prophet, he also said "No!"

John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, "I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!'"

Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals."