Study Desk

Put it in writing, because it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it; it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed.

But the Lord is still in the city; he does what is right and never what is wrong. Every morning without fail, he brings justice to his people. And yet the unrighteous people there keep on doing wrong and are not ashamed.

Although there is no grain left, and the grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced, yet from now on I will bless you."

Though I have scattered them among the nations, yet in far-off places they will remember me. They and their children will survive and return home together.

The Lord Almighty says to the priests, "Children honor their parents, and servants honor their masters. I am your father—why don't you honor me? I am your master—why don't you respect me? You despise me, and yet you ask, ‘How have we despised you?'

"I am the Lord , and I do not change. And so you, the descendants of Jacob, are not yet completely lost.

I ask you, is it right for a person to cheat God? Of course not, yet you are cheating me. ‘How?' you ask. In the matter of tithes and offerings.

But John tried to make him change his mind. "I ought to be baptized by you," John said, "and yet you have come to me!"

Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren't you worth much more than birds?

For only a penny you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's consent.

Or have you not read in the Law of Moses that every Sabbath the priests in the Temple actually break the Sabbath law, yet they are not guilty?

Don't you understand yet? Don't you remember when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand men? How many baskets did you fill?

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,' they said, ‘while we put up with a whole day's work in the hot sun—yet you paid them the same as you paid us!'

They tie onto people's backs loads that are heavy and hard to carry, yet they aren't willing even to lift a finger to help them carry those loads.

yet they did not realize what was happening until the flood came and swept them all away. That is how it will be when the Son of Man comes.

He went a little farther on, threw himself face downward on the ground, and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, take this cup of suffering from me! Yet not what I want, but what you want."

So they left the tomb in a hurry, afraid and yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

so that, ‘They may look and look, yet not see; they may listen and listen, yet not understand. For if they did, they would turn to God, and he would forgive them.'"

He sleeps at night, is up and about during the day, and all the while the seeds are sprouting and growing. Yet he does not know how it happens.

Jesus knew what they were saying, so he asked them, "Why are you discussing about not having any bread? Don't you know or understand yet? Are your minds so dull?