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"HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS.

"AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE."

"And if Satan is casting out Satan, he has become divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

"Or, how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.

"The good person brings out of his good treasure good things; and the evil person brings out of his evil treasure evil things.

While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him.

And extending His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold: My mother and My brothers!

"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one sown with seed beside the road.

Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

"But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and left.

He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field;

Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds of the field."

"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 Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure new things and old."

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?

"Is this not the carpenter's son? Is His mother not called Mary, and His brothers, James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

"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."

and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he himself has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him."

For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip.