Study Desk

He came into a small town, and ten men met him there. They did not come close to him, because they all had leprosy.

Then Jesus said to the man, "Stand up! You can go. You were healed because you believed."

But Jesus called the little children to him and said to his followers, "Let the little children come to me. Don't stop them, because God's kingdom belongs to people who are like these little children.

But when the man heard Jesus tell him to give away his money, he was sad. He didn't want to do this, because he was very rich.

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

I was afraid of you because you are a hard man. You even take money that you didn't earn and gather food that you didn't grow.'

They will destroy you and all your people. Not one stone of your buildings will stay on top of another. All this will happen because you did not know the time when God came to save you."

But they did not know how they could do it, because everyone was listening to him. The people were very interested in what Jesus said.

In that life people are like angels and cannot die. They are children of God, because they have been raised from death.

So they were not still dead, because he is the God only of living people. Yes, to God they are all still living."

"But before all these things happen, people will arrest you and do bad things to you. They will judge you in their synagogues and put you in jail. You will be forced to stand before kings and governors. They will do all these things to you because you follow me.

Everyone will hate you because you follow me.

During that time it will be hard for women who are pregnant or have small babies, because very bad times will come to this land. God will be angry with these people.

The leading priests and teachers of the law wanted to kill Jesus. But they were trying to find a quiet way to do it, because they were afraid of what the people would do.

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."

About an hour later, another man said, "It's true. I'm sure this man was with him, because he is from Galilee."

You and I are guilty. We deserve to die because we did wrong. But this man has done nothing wrong."

because the sun stopped shining. The curtain in the Temple was torn into two pieces.

They became God's children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.

John told people about him. He said loudly, "This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘The one who is coming after me is greater than I am, because he was living before I was even born.'"