Study Desk

When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.

While Pilate was sitting on the judge's seat, his wife sent him this message: "Don't have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him."

The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.

and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.

Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on.

Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.

He said this because they were saying, "He has an impure spirit."

Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come."

because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."

For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married.

because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.

The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her.

Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest."

When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.

He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them,

because they all saw him and were terrified. Immediately he spoke to them and said, "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."

If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance."