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"Then it goes and brings along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they come in and live there; and the last condition of that person becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation."

"Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and they sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of soil.

"But after the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

"Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.'

"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear.

"The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,

and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

and when it was filled, they pulled it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away.

and they will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, with the result that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man acquire this wisdom and these miraculous powers?

"And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this Man acquire all these things?"

And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not dishonored except in his hometown and in his own household."

John's disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus.

Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard about this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

Now when it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This place is secluded and the hour is already past to eat; send the crowds away, so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

They said to Him, "We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish."

And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces: twelve full baskets.

When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear.

And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding region and brought to Him all who were sick;