Study Desk

But what father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish?

Or, if his son asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

But if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.

And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason, they will be your judges.

For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation.

But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.

"But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God, but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.

Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seat in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the marketplaces.

Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it."

But He said, "Woe to you scholars of the Law as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute,

Woe to you, scholars of the Law! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering."

At this time, after so many thousands of the crowd had gathered together that they were trampling on one another, He began saying to His disciples first, "Be on your guard for the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Are not five sparrows sold for two assaria? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say."

Then He said to them, "Watch out and be on your guard against every form of greed, for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions."

And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."'

So is the one who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."

And He said to His disciples, "For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on.