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It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and for a servant to be like his master. If then, they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

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

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

He who is concerned about his life shall lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake shall find it.

Anyone who gives a drink to one of these little ones, if only a cup of cold water, in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall never lose his reward.

WHEN Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from that place to teach and to preach in their cities.

But when John heard in prison of the works of Christ, he sent by his disciples,

Then Jesus began to reproach the cities in which his many works were done, and which did not repent. And he said,

AT that time, Jesus walked on the sabbath through the wheat fields; and his disciples became hungry, and they began to pluck ears of wheat and eat.

Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand. And he stretched out his hand, and it was restored like the other.

He will not argue, nor will he cry aloud; and no man will hear his voice in the street.

And in his name will the peoples find hope.

And if Satan cast out Satan. he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand?

Or, how can a man enter into a strong man''s house and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then he plunders his house?

While he was speaking to the people, his mother and his brothers came and stood outside, and wanted to speak with him.

And he pointed his hand to his disciples and said, Behold my mother, and behold my brothers.

Then his disciples drew near to him and said, Why do you speak to them in parables?

Whoever hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away the word which has been sown in his heart. This is that which was sown on the roadside.

He related another parable to them, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.