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But he said, ‘No, because if you pull up the weeds, you might uproot some of the wheat at the same time.

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

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it grows up it is larger than any garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the birds flying about come and nest in its branches."

When it was full, the fishermen brought the net up onto the shore, sat down and collected the good fish in baskets, but threw the bad fish away.

And they took offense at him. But Yeshua said to them, "The only place people don't respect a prophet is in his home town and in his own house."

Herod had wanted to put Yochanan to death; but he was afraid of the people, in whose eyes Yochanan was a prophet.

The king became deeply upset; but out of regard for the oaths he had sworn before his dinner guests, he ordered that her wish be granted,

On hearing about this, Yeshua left in a boat to be by himself in the wilderness. But the people learned of it and followed him from the towns by land.

But Yeshua replied, "They don't need to go away. Give them something to eat, yourselves!"

But by this time, the boat was several miles from shore, battling a rough sea and a headwind.

But at once Yeshua spoke to them. "Courage," he said, "it is I. Stop being afraid."

But when he saw the wind, he became afraid; and as he began to sink, he yelled, "Lord! Save me!"

But you say, ‘If anyone says to his father or mother, "I have promised to give to God what I might have used to help you,"

‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far away from me.

But what comes out of your mouth is actually coming from your heart, and that is what makes a person unclean.

These are what really make a person unclean, but eating without doing n'tilat-yadayim does not make a person unclean."

But Yeshua did not say a word to her. Then his talmidim came to him and urged him, "Send her away, because she is following us and keeps pestering us with her crying."

But she came, fell at his feet and said, "Sir, help me!"

She said, "That is true, sir, but even the dogs eat the leftovers that fall from their master's table."

But his response was, "When it is evening, you say, ‘Fair weather ahead,' because the sky is red;