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so that you will not be seen by people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

But if God dresses the grass of the field in this way, although it is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not do so much more for you, you of little faith?

"Do not judge, so that you will not be judged.

And behold, a great storm arose on the sea, so that the boat was being inundated by the waves, but he himself was asleep.

And when he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from among the tombs met him, very violent, so that no one was able to pass by along that road.

So the demons implored him, saying, "If you are going to expel us, send us into the herd of pigs."

And he said to them, "Go!" So they departed and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and drowned in the water.

And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could expel them and could heal every disease and every sickness.

Yes, Father, for to do so was your gracious will.

So he said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he was hungry, and those with him,

Then to what degree is a man worth more than a sheep? So then, it is permitted to do good on the Sabbath."

Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to him. And he healed him so that the man who was mute could speak and see.

For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

Then it goes and brings along with itself seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that person becomes worse than the first. So it will be for this evil generation also!"

And large crowds gathered close around him, so that he got into a boat to sit down, and all the crowd was standing on the shore.

For the heart of this people has become dull, and with their ears they hear with difficulty, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."

So when the wheat sprouted and yielded grain, then the darnel appeared also.

So the slaves of the master of the house came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have darnel?'

And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!' So the slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?'

It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it is grown it is larger than the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the sky come and nest in its branches."