Study Desk

"Look at the birds of the sky, that they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather crops into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more important than they?

yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

"And the rain fell and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

"Are two sparrows not sold for an assarion? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father.

"Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a heavy drinker, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' And yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

"Or have you not read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the Sabbath, and yet are innocent?

yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Yet He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."

"Do you not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you picked up?

And yet Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You!"

But the crowd sternly warned them to be quiet; yet they cried out all the more, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

"But he replied, 'I do not want to.' Yet afterward he regretted it and went.

"And the man came to his second son and said the same thing; and he replied, 'I will, sir'; and yet he did not go.

"And you will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end.

"Yet later, the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.'

And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will."

But he said, "Why, what evil has He done?" Yet they kept shouting all the more, saying, "Crucify Him!"

and yet they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution occurs because of the word, immediately they fall away.

yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants, and forms large branches, with the result that THE BIRDS OF THE SKY can NEST UNDER its shade."