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The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."

Jesus answered him, "It is written, ‘ You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him .'"

Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here,

Jesus answered him, "It is said, ‘ You are not to put the Lord your God to the test .'"

"Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God."

Demons also came out of many, crying out, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

But Jesus said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do."

Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God.

Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen incredible things today."

how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?"

Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God.

Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you.

Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has come to help his people!"

I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is."

Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand .

"Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God.

But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it."