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Jesus answered and said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God.

And said, Leave me alone, what have we in common, O Jesus the Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, Holy One of God!

Demons also came out of many, who cried out saying, You are the Christ, the Son of God. And he rebuked them, and he would not allow them to speak; that they might not know that he was the Christ.

But Jesus said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God in other cities also; because I was sent for this.

IT came to pass when the people gath ered around him to hear the word of God, he stood on the shore of the lake of Gennesaret.

It came to pass on one of the days when Jesus was teaching, the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were sitting, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and Jerusalem. And the power of God was present to heal them.

And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason saying, Who is this man who talks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, except God only?

And immediately he rose up before their eyes, and took his quilt-bed and went to his house, praising God.

And every man was seized with amazement, and they praised God, and were filled with fear, saying, To-day we have seen wonders.

He entered into the house of God, and took the bread that was on the table of the Lord and did eat it, and he gave it to those who were with him; that which was unlawful to eat but only for the priests.

It happened in those days, Jesus went out to a mountain to pray, and he remained all night in prayer to God.

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples and said, Blessed are you poor, for the kingdom of God is yours.

And all men were seized with fear; and they praised God, saying, A great prophet is risen among us; and, God has visited his people.

I say to you that there is no prophet among those who are born of women, who is greater than John the Baptist; and yet even the least person in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

And all the people who heard it, even the publicans, justified themselves before God, for they were baptized with the baptism of John.

But the Pharisees and the scribes suppressed the will of God in themselves, because they were not baptized by him.

AND it came to pass after these things, Jesus was traveling in cities and villages, preaching and giving good news of the kingdom of God. And his twelve were with him,

He said to them, To you it is granted to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to the rest it has to be said in figures; for while they see, they do not perceive; and while they hear, they do not understand.

This is the parable. The seed is the word of God.

He answered and said to them, These are my mother and my brothers, those who hear the word of God and do it.