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So He called them to Himself and said to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan?

Matthew 13:1-9; Luke 8:4-8">[xr] And again He began to teach by the sea. And a great multitude was gathered to Him, so that He got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole multitude was on the land facing the sea.

so that 'Seeing they may see and not perceive,And hearing they may hear and not understand;Lest they should turn,And their sins be forgiven them.' " Isaiah 6:9, 10 ">[fn]

and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word's sake, immediately they stumble.

but when it is sown, it grows up and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out large branches, so that the birds of the air may nest under its shade."

And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.

But He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?" [fn]

So all the demons begged Him, saying, "Send us to the swine, that we may enter them."

So those who fed the swine fled, and they told it in the city and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that had happened.

So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him.

Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?" So they were offended at Him.

So they went out and preached that people should repent.

So she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist!"

So they departed to a deserted place in the boat by themselves.

And Jesus, when He came out, saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd. So He began to teach them many things.

So they sat down in ranks, in hundreds and in fifties.

So they all ate and were filled.

So He said to them, "Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.

So they ate and were filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments.