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Then he left the crowds and came into the house, and his disciples came to him saying, "Explain the parable of the darnel in the field to us."

The Son of Man will send out his angels and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of sin and those who do lawless deeds,

"The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, that a man found and concealed, and in his joy he goes and sells everything that he has and buys that field.

And he said to them, "For this reason every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of the house who brings out of his storeroom new things and old things."

And he came to his hometown and began to teach them in their synagogue, so that they were amazed and said, "From where did this man get this wisdom and these miracles?

Is not this one the son of the carpenter? Is not his mother called Mary and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

And are not all his sisters with us? From where then did this man get all these things?"

And they were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his own hometown and in his own household."

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

For Herod, after arresting John, bound him and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip,

And although the king was distressed, because of his oaths and his dinner guests he commanded the request to be granted.

and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother.

And his disciples came and took away the corpse and buried it, and went and told Jesus.

And immediately Jesus extended his hand and caught him and said to him, "You of little faith! Why did you doubt?"

And they were imploring him that they might only touch the edge of his cloak, and all those who touched it were cured.

But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father or his mother, "Whatever benefit you would have received from me is a gift to God,"

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came up and asked him, saying, "Send her away, because she is crying out after us!"

And large crowds came to him, having with them the mute, blind, lame, crippled, and many others, and they put them down at his feet, and he healed them.

And Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have remained with me three days already and do not have anything to eat, and I do not want to send them away hungry lest they give out on the way."