Study Desk

From then on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!"

"You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me.

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

But I tell you, don't take an oath at all: either by heaven, because it is God's throne;

or by the earth, because it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King.

Neither should you swear by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.

"Whenever you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by people. I assure you: They've got their reward!

Don't be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask Him.

Therefore don't worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

The rain fell, the rivers rose, and the winds blew and pounded that house. Yet it didn't collapse, because its foundation was on the rock.

because He was teaching them like one who had authority, and not like their scribes.

No one patches an old garment with unshrunk cloth, because the patch pulls away from the garment and makes the tear worse.

"Leave," He said, "because the girl isn't dead, but sleeping." And they started laughing at Him.

When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd.

Because people will hand you over to sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues, beware of them.

You will even be brought before governors and kings because of Me, to bear witness to them and to the nations.

because you are not speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is speaking through you.

You will be hated by everyone because of My name. But the one who endures to the end will be delivered.

Anyone finding his life will lose it, and anyone losing his life because of Me will find it.

Anyone who welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. And anyone who welcomes a righteous person because he's righteous will receive a righteous person's reward.