Study Desk

"How blessed are those who are merciful,Psalm 41:1; Matthew 6:14; Mark 11:25; 2 Timothy 1:16; Hebrews 6:10; James 2:13;">[xr] for it is they who will receive mercy!

"How blessed are those who are pure in heart,Psalm 15:2; 24:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12; Hebrews 12:14; 1 John 3:2-3;">[xr] for it is they who will see God!

"Stop storing up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moths and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.Proverbs 23:4; 1 Timothy 6:17; Hebrews 13:5; James 5:1;">[xr]

Truly I tell you, whoever gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he isin the name of">[fn] a disciple will never lose his reward."Matthew 8:5-6; 25:40; Mark 9:41; Hebrews 6:10;">[xr]

So I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven,will be forgiven to people">[fn] but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.Mark 3:28; Luke 12:10; Acts 7:51; Hebrews 6:4; 1 John 5:16;">[xr]

Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and settle there. And so the final condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That's just what will happen to this evil generation!"Hebrews 6:4; 10:26; 2 Peter 2:20-22;">[xr]

For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."John 15:14; Galatians 5:6; 6:15; Colossians 3:11; Hebrews 2:11;">[xr]

For this people's heart has become dull,Hebrews 5:11;">[xr] and their ears are hard of hearing.they hear with ears of heaviness">[fn] They have shut their eyes so that they might not see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.'Isaiah 6:9-10">[fn]

For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you see but did not see them, and to hear the things you hear but did not hear them."Hebrews 11:13; 1 Peter 1:10-11;">[xr]

Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ,[fn] the Son of the living God!"Matthew 14:33; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20; John 6:69; 11:27; Acts 8:37; 9:20; Hebrews 1:2,5; 1 John 4:15; 5:5;">[xr]

For the Son of Man came to save the lost."[fn]Esther 1:14; Psalm 34:7; Zechariah 13:7; Luke 1:19; Hebrews 1:14;">[xr]

But if he doesn't listen, take one or two others with you so that 'every word may be confirmed by the testimonymouth">[fn] of two or three witnesses.'Deuteronomy 19:15">[fn]Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15; John 8:17; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Hebrews 10:28;">[xr]

That's the way it is with the Son of Man. He did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many people."Isaiah 53:10-11; Daniel 9:24,26; Matthew 26:28; Luke 22:27; John 11:51-52; Romans 5:15,19; Philippians 2:7; 1 Timothy 2:6; Titus 2:14; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:19;">[xr]

But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.2 Chronicles 24:21; 36:16; Nehemiah 9:26; Matthew 5:12; Acts 7:52; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Hebrews 11:36-37;">[xr]

But when the tenant farmers saw his son, they said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come on, let's kill him and get his inheritance!'Psalm 2:2,8; Matthew 26:3; 27:1; John 11:53; Acts 4:27; Hebrews 1:2;">[xr]

They said to him, "He will put those horrible men to a horrible death. Then he will lease the vineyard to other farmers who will give him his produce at harvest time."Luke 20:16; 21:24; Acts 13:46; 15:7; 18:6; 28:28; Romans 9:1-33; 10:1-21; 11:1-36; Hebrews 2:3;">[xr]

'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?Exodus 3:6">[fn] HeGod">[fn] is not the God of the dead, but of the living."Exodus 3:6,16; Mark 12:26; Luke 20:37; Acts 7:32; Hebrews 11:16;">[xr]

'The Lord said to my Lord,Psalm 110:1; Acts 2:34; 1 Corinthians 15:25; Hebrews 1:13; 10:12-13;">[xr] "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet"'?Psalm 110:1">[fn]

But the person who endures to the end will be saved.Matthew 10:22; Mark 13:13; Hebrews 3:6,14; Revelation 2:10;">[xr]

Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear."Psalm 102:26; Isaiah 51:6; Jeremiah 31:35-36; Matthew 5:18; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33; Hebrews 1:11;">[xr]