Study Desk

Some people brought a paralyzed fellow to see him, but they couldn't even get in the house.

But just so you know that God's Top Hand has the authority on earth to forget sins . . ." He turned to the paralyzed man and said,

When Jesus heard their question, he said to them. "Those who are healthy don't need to be doctored, but those who are sick do. I have not come to gather the old pet cows, but the outcasts and outlaws with nines in their tails."

There was this one time that the guys who rode with John the Baptist, as well as some other goody-goody preachers, were going without food for religious reasons. All these folks came to Jesus and asked, "Why do all those who follow John, and those who follow the Pharisees, go without food in order to get closer to God, but your cowboys don't?"

Jesus looked hard at them, but he felt sorry for 'em because of their stubbornness and pride. He told the guy with the crippled wing, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and it was completely normal.

But whenever a demon saw him, they would always fall down and holler out, "You are the Son of God, his Top Hand!"

But Jesus always kept the demons from telling anyone who he really was.

The religious experts came all the way from Jerusalem, but they said he was possessed by the devil and that is how he was able to cast out the demons.

But no one can steal a ranch's cattle unless he first ties up the cowboy watching over it. Then they can rustle anything they find.

but anyone who rejects the love of God and attributes the Holy Spirit's work to the devil, that person's sin will not be forgiven."

but they withered quickly because there was nowhere for the roots to go.

Other seeds fell among the cactus and thistles. They sprouted, but were choked out by the thorns.

He told them, "The secret of the Boss's outfit has been given to you. But for the sake of everyone else, I teach with stories

so this old saying would come true, 'They look, but cannot see. They hear, but they cannot understand. If they could see and understand, they would turn to me and be forgiven.'"

The seed that fell on the road stands for those who hear the good news, but they let Satan take it away before it does anything to them.

But they don't last long because it was all emotion and no faith. They wither quickly when faced with any kind of adversity.

but the words that could save them are choked out by worry, lusting after money, and the desire for materialistic things.

Those who listen and apply what I say to do, they'll start catching on even more and more. But if you ignore the things I say, you'll end up losing more than you started with."

He has no idea how it works, but he knows it does. The earth makes things grow. First, a little green leaf pokes up through the dirt. Then the head of wheat forms.

but it grows to be the biggest plant in the garden. It grows large and ends up providing shade and protection."