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And pointing to his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!

He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field;

He put before them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field;

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples approached him, saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."

The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will collect out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all evildoers,

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

And he said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."

He came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these deeds of power?

Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

And are not all his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all this?"

and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has been raised from the dead, and for this reason these powers are at work in him."

For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife,

The king was grieved, yet out of regard for his oaths and for the guests, he commanded it to be given;

His disciples came and took the body and buried it; then they went and told Jesus.

Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?"

and begged him that they might touch even the fringe of his cloak; and all who touched it were healed.

But he did not answer her at all. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, "Send her away, for she keeps shouting after us."

Great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the mute, and many others. They put them at his feet, and he cured them,

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion for the crowd, because they have been with me now for three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"