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He won't break off a bent reed or put out a dying flame, but he will make sure that justice is done.

But when I force out demons by the power of God's Spirit, it proves that God's kingdom has already come to you.

I tell you that any sinful thing you do or say can be forgiven. Even if you speak against the Son of Man, you can be forgiven. But if you speak against the Holy Spirit, you can never be forgiven, either in this life or in the life to come.

Good people bring good things out of their hearts, but evil people bring evil things out of their hearts.

But Jesus replied: You want a sign because you are evil and won't believe! But the only sign you will get is the sign of the prophet Jonah.

When an evil spirit leaves a person, it travels through the desert, looking for a place to rest. But when the demon doesn't find a place,

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched and dried up, because they did not have enough roots.

But a few seeds did fall on good ground where the plants produced a hundred or sixty or thirty times as much as was scattered.

Jesus' disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you use nothing but stories when you speak to the people?"

Jesus answered: I have explained the secrets about the kingdom of heaven to you, but not to others.

Everyone who has something will be given more. But people who don't have anything will lose even what little they have.

So God's promise came true, just as the prophet Isaiah had said, "These people will listen and listen, but never understand. They will look and look, but never see.

But God has blessed you, because your eyes can see and your ears can hear!

Many prophets and good people were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you that they did not see or hear.

The seeds that fell along the road are the people who hear the message about the kingdom, but don't understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the message from their hearts.

But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.

The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they start worrying about the needs of this life and are fooled by the desire to get rich. So the message gets choked out, and they never produce anything.

But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and scattered weed seeds in the field and then left.

Leave the weeds alone until harvest time. Then I'll tell my workers to gather the weeds and tie them up and burn them. But I'll have them store the wheat in my barn."

But everyone who has done right will shine like the sun in their Father's kingdom. If you have ears, pay attention!