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And the enemies of a man will be the members of his household.

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it.

And whoever gives one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he will never lose his reward."

And it happened that when Jesus had finished giving orders to his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and to preach in their towns.

Now when John heard in prison the deeds of Christ, he sent word by his disciples

Then he began to reproach the towns in which the majority of his miracles had been done, because they did not repent:

At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath. And his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck off heads of grain and eat them.

And he warned them that they should not reveal his identity,

He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

And in his name the Gentiles will hope.

And if Satan expels Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?

Or how can someone enter into the house of a strong man and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he can thoroughly plunder his house.

The good person from his good treasury brings out good things, and the evil person from his evil treasury brings out evil things.

And while he was still speaking to the crowds, behold, his mother and brothers were standing there outside, desiring to speak to him.

And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Behold my mother and my brothers!

When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown on the side of the path.

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field.

But while his people were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed darnel in the midst of the wheat and went away.

He put before them another parable, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.