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And when the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away.

He said to them, An enemy did this; his servants then said to him, Do you want us to go and pick them out?

He related another parable to them, and said, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field.

Then Jesus left the multitudes and came into the house; and his disciples came up to him, and said, Explain to us the parable of the tares and the field.

The Son of man will send his angels, and they will pick out from his kingdom all things which cause stumbling, and all workers of iniquity.

Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a treasure which is hidden in the field, which a man discovered and hid, and because of his joy, he went and sold everything he had, and bought that field.

He said to them, Therefore every scribe who is converted to the kingdom of heaven, is like a man who is a householder, who brings out new and old things from his treasures.

And he came to his own city; and he taught them in their synagogues, in such a way, that they were amazed and said, Where did he get this wisdom and these wonders?

Is he not the carpenter''s son? Is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James and Joses and Simon and Judah?

Are not all his sisters with us? Where did he get all these things?

And they were perplexed about him. But Jesus said to them, No prophet is insulted, except in his own city and in his own house.

And he said to his servants, This man is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead; this is why great miracles are wrought by him.

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

And his head was brought in on a tray, and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.

Then his disciples came and took up his body and buried it, and they came and informed Jesus.

When it was evening, his disciples came to him, and they said to him, This is a lonely place, and it is getting late; dismiss the people so that the men may go to the villages and buy food for themselves.

And he ordered the people to sit down on the ground, and he took the five loaves of bread and the two fish, and he looked up to heaven and he blessed them, and he broke them, and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples placed them before the people.

And immediately he urged his disciples to go up into the boat, in advance of him to the crossing place, while he dismissed the people.

And his disciples saw him walking on the water, and they were scared, and they said, It is a false vision; and they cried out because of their fear.

But when he saw that the wind was severe, he was afraid, and began to sink, and he raised his voice and said, My Lord, save me.