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And anyone who does not take up his execution-stake and follow me is not worthy of me.

Whoever finds his own life will lose it, but the person who loses his life for my sake will find it.

Indeed, if someone gives just a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my talmid — yes! — I tell you, he will certainly not lose his reward!"

Meanwhile, Yochanan the Immerser, who had been put in prison, heard what the Messiah had been doing; so he sent a message to him through his talmidim,

Then Yeshua began to denounce the towns in which he had done most of his miracles, because the people had not turned from their sins to God.

One Shabbat during that time, Yeshua was walking through some wheat fields. His talmidim were hungry, so they began picking heads of grain and eating them.

He entered the House of God and ate the Bread of the Presence!" — which was prohibited, both to him and to his companions; it is permitted only to the cohanim.

He will not fight or shout, no one will hear his voice in the streets;

If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself; so how can his kingdom survive?

"Or again, how can someone break into a strong man's house and make off with his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? After that he can ransack his house.

The good person brings forth good things from his store of good, and the evil person brings forth evil things from his store of evil.

He was still speaking to the crowd when his mother and brothers appeared outside, asking to talk with him.

Pointing to his talmidim, he said, "Look! Here are my mother and my brothers!

He told them many things in parables: "A farmer went out to sow his seed.

Whoever hears the message about the Kingdom, but doesn't understand it, is like the seed sown along the path — the Evil One comes and seizes what was sown in his heart.

Yeshua put before them another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field;

but while people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, then went away.

Yeshua put before them another parable. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed which a man takes and sows in his field.

Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His talmidim approached him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."

The Son of Man will send forth his angels, and they will collect out of his Kingdom all the things that cause people to sin and all the people who are far from Torah;