Study Desk

He agreed to pay the workers one silver coin for working that day. Then he sent them into the vineyard to work.

"But the man who owned the field said to one of them, ‘Friend, I am being fair with you. You agreed to work for one silver coin. Right?

Then Zebedee's wife came to Jesus and brought her sons. She bowed before Jesus and asked him to do something for her.

Jesus said to them, "It is true that you will drink from the cup that I drink from. But it is not for me to say who will sit at my right or my left. My Father has decided who will do that. He has prepared those places for them."

Do as I did: The Son of Man did not come for people to serve him. He came to serve others and to give his life to save many people."

Jesus stopped and said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?"

Jesus felt sorry for the blind men. He touched their eyes, and immediately they were able to see. Then they became followers of Jesus.

On the way to Jerusalem, many people spread their coats on the road for Jesus. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

Jesus said to them, "The Scriptures say, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer.' But you are changing it into a ‘hiding place for thieves.'"

If you believe, you will get anything you ask for in prayer."

"Listen to this story: There was a man who owned a vineyard. He put a wall around the field and dug a hole for a winepress. Then he built a tower. He leased the land to some farmers and then left on a trip.

Later, it was time for the grapes to be picked. So the man sent his servants to the farmers to get his share of the grapes.

"God's kingdom is like a king who prepared a wedding feast for his son.

"When the king came in to meet the guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in the right clothes for a wedding.

Show me a coin used for paying the tax." They showed Jesus a silver coin.

They said, "Teacher, Moses told us that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have children for the dead brother.

So you should obey them. Do everything they tell you to do. But their lives are not good examples for you to follow. They tell you to do things, but they don't do those things themselves.

They make strict rules that are hard for people to obey. They try to force others to obey all their rules. But they themselves will not try to follow any of those rules.

"The only reason they do what they do is for other people to see them. They make the little Scripture boxes they wear bigger and bigger. And they make the tassels on their prayer clothes long enough for people to notice them.

They love for people to show respect to them in the marketplaces and to call them ‘Teacher.'