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The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him.

After looking around at them all, He said to him, "Stretch out your hand!" And he did so; and his hand was restored.

"When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?"

And He said, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND.

"Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved.

"Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light.

"So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."

Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.

"Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.

They did so, and had them all sit down.

But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement.

But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things;

"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.

"And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So 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.

"No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.

"So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs.

so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation,

Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, " Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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