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but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.

But he said, ‘No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them.

Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, "Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn."'"

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."

When it was full, men drew it ashore and sat down and sorted the good into containers but threw away the bad.

And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household."

But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod,

And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given.

Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.

But Jesus said, "They need not go away; you give them something to eat."

but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them.

But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" and they cried out in fear.

But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid."

But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, "Lord, save me."

But you say, ‘If anyone tells his father or his mother, "What you would have gained from me is given to God,"

"‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person."

But Peter said to him, "Explain the parable to us."

But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person.

These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone."